Discuss
the following questions and write the answers in your note-books.
(a)
Bring out the irony in the frog's statement - 'Your song must be your
own'.
(b)
Do you think the end is justified?
(c)
Do you think the nightingale is 'brainless'? Give reasons for your
answer.
(d)
Inspite of having a melodious voice and being a crowd puller, the
nightingale turns out to be a loser and dies. How far is she
responsible for her own downfall?
(e)
Do you agree with the Frog's inference of the Nightingale's
character? Give reasons for your answer.
Discuss the following questions and write the answers in your note-books.
(a) Bring out the irony in the frog's statement - 'Your song must be your own'.
(b) Do you think the end is justified?
(c) Do you think the nightingale is 'brainless'? Give reasons for your answer.
(d) Inspite of having a melodious voice and being a crowd puller, the nightingale turns out to be a loser and dies. How far is she responsible for her own downfall?
(e) Do you agree with the Frog's inference of the Nightingale's character? Give reasons for your answer.
(a)The
irony here is that the frog means that the nightingale’s song
is not hers and has been stolen. Indirectly, he means to say that the
nightingale steals others’ songs and that’s why her song
is so melodious.
(b)
The end faced by the innocent nightingale is pitiful yet justified.
It portrays the truth where evil people have an upper-hand over the
innocent ones. Thus, it is natural that the ‘innocence’
of the nightingale is killed by the ‘cruel and crafty designs’
of evil symbolised by the frog.
(c)
The poem justifies the fact that the nightingale is brainless because
she doesn’t see into the things. She is innocent, gullible and
credulous to the extent that she believes whatever the frog says. She
should have been more careful, vigilant and should have had the
ability to see beyond what the frog tells her.
(d)
The nightingale is, herself, responsible for her own downfall. She
doesn’t use her capability to judge and evaluate sweet-tongued
people. That why she is killed by the evil designs of the frog who
ploys her to her death.
(e)
Yes, I agree with the frog’s notion of the Nightingale’s
character. Being flattered and submissive and timid, she invited her
own death upon himself. She should have been able to see through the
frog’s plots and reverted accordingly. However, her innocence
didn’t allow her to evaluate the frog’s tricks.
(a)The irony here is that the frog means that the nightingale’s song is not hers and has been stolen. Indirectly, he means to say that the nightingale steals others’ songs and that’s why her song is so melodious.
(b) The end faced by the innocent nightingale is pitiful yet justified. It portrays the truth where evil people have an upper-hand over the innocent ones. Thus, it is natural that the ‘innocence’ of the nightingale is killed by the ‘cruel and crafty designs’ of evil symbolised by the frog.
(c) The poem justifies the fact that the nightingale is brainless because she doesn’t see into the things. She is innocent, gullible and credulous to the extent that she believes whatever the frog says. She should have been more careful, vigilant and should have had the ability to see beyond what the frog tells her.
(d) The nightingale is, herself, responsible for her own downfall. She doesn’t use her capability to judge and evaluate sweet-tongued people. That why she is killed by the evil designs of the frog who ploys her to her death.
(e) Yes, I agree with the frog’s notion of the Nightingale’s character. Being flattered and submissive and timid, she invited her own death upon himself. She should have been able to see through the frog’s plots and reverted accordingly. However, her innocence didn’t allow her to evaluate the frog’s tricks.
