Question

(a) Working in pairs give antonyms of the following words.

kind hearted	benevolent	suspicious	innocent	cunning	protective
unscrupulous	credulous	sympathetic	penitent	caring	concerned
forgiving	generous	understanding	clever	sentimental	honourable
stern	pious	wild	brutal	trusting	embittered

(b) Select words from the above box to describe the characters in the play as revealed by the following lines from the play.

Lines from the play	Speaker	Quality revealed
1. “You told him she was feeling poorly, did you? And so my brother is to be kept out of bed, and go without his supper because you told him she was feeling poorly.”`	-	-
2. ……… “take my comforter, it will keep you warm.”	-	-
3. “If people lie to me they are poorer, not I.”	-	-
4. “You are like a child. I can’t trust you out of my sight. No sooner my back is turned than you get that minx Marie to sell the silver salt-cellars.”	-	-
5. “My dear there is so much suffering in the world, and I can do so very little.”	-	-
6. “My mother gave them to me on—on her death bed just after you were born, and − and she asked me to keep them in remembrance of her, so I would like to keep them.”	-	-
7. “I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff.”	-	-
8. “You have your soul to lose, my son.”	-	-
9. “Give me food or I’ll stick my knife in you both and help myself.”	-	-
10. “…they have made me what I am, they have made me a thief. God curse them all.”	-	-
11. “Why the devil are you kind to me? What do you want?”	-	-
12. “I --- I --- didn’t believe there was any good in the world…but somehow I --- I --- know you’re good, and --- and it’s a queer thing to ask, but could you, would you bless me before I go?”	-	-

Answer 1

(a)

(1) Kind Hearted − Hard Hearted

(2) Benevolent - Unkind

(3) Suspicious − Trusting, Trustworthy

(4) Innocent - Guilty

(5) Cunning - Artless

(6) Protective - Unprotective

(7) Unscrupulous - Scrupulous

(8) Credulous - Incredulous

(9) Sympathetic - Unsympathetic

(10) Penitent − Impenitent

(11) Caring − Uncaring

(12) Concerned - Unconcerned

(13) Forgiving − Unforgiving

(14) Generous - Miserly

(15) Understanding − Unperceiving

(16) Clever - Foolish

(17) Sentimental − Unemotional

(18) Honourable − Despicable

(19) Stern - Indulgent

(20) Pious - Impious

(21) Wild − Tame

(22) Brutal − Humane

(23) Trusting − Suspicious

(24) Embittered − Pleasant, Content, Genial

(b)

Lines from the play	Speaker	Quality revealed
1. “You told him she was feeling poorly, did you? And so my brother is to be kept out of bed, and go without his supper because you told him she was feeling poorly.”`	Persome	Protective
2. ……… “take my comforter, it will keep you warm.”	Bishop	Kind hearted
3. “If people lie to me they are poorer, not I.”	Bishop	Innocent
4. “You are like a child. I can’t trust you out of my sight. No sooner my back is turned than you get that minx Marie to sell the silver salt-cellars.”	Persome	Caring
5. “My dear there is so much suffering in the world, and I can do so very little.”	Bishop	Sympathetic
6. “My mother gave them to me on—on her death bed just after you were born, and − and she asked me to keep them in remembrance of her, so I would like to keep them.”	Bishop	Sentimental
7. “I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff.”	Convict	Cunning
8. “You have your soul to lose, my son.”	Bishop	Pious
9. “Give me food or I’ll stick my knife in you both and help myself.”	Convict	Unscrupulous
10. “…they have made me what I am, they have made me a thief. God curse them all.”	Convict	Embittered
11. “Why the devil are you kind to me? What do you want?”	Convict	Suspicious
12. “I --- I --- didn’t believe there was any good in the world…but somehow I --- I --- know you’re good, and --- and it’s a queer thing to ask, but could you, would you bless me before I go?”	Convict	Penitent