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Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:Surely, Shakespeare is wicked, and the map a bad exampleWith ships and sun and love tempting them to steal For lives that slyly turn in their cramped holes From fog to endless night (a) For whom is the map a bad example? (b) Where are Shakespeare and the map? (c) How is Shakespeare a bad example? (d) Pick a symbol from the above lines. |
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Answer» (a) The map hung on the wall of school classroom in the slum area is a bad example for the slum children. (b) The map and a picture of Shakespeare are displayed on the dirty classroom walls. (c) Shakespeare represents the world of literature. His picture is at odds in the classroom where it can be of no relevance to the deprived slum children. (d) A symbol used in the above lines is that of fog. It refers to the uncertain and vague future of the slum children. |
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