Imagine
that you are Lord Ullin. You bemoan and lament the tragic loss of
your lovely daughter and curse yourself for having opposed her
alliance with the chieftain. Express your feelings of pain and
anguish in a letter to your friend.
Imagine that you are Lord Ullin. You bemoan and lament the tragic loss of your lovely daughter and curse yourself for having opposed her alliance with the chieftain. Express your feelings of pain and anguish in a letter to your friend.
A model
answer has been provided for students' reference.
It
is strongly recommended that students prepare the answer on their
own.
Dear
friend,
With
deep anguish I am writing to you that I am the most
unfortunate father in this world who lost his daughter. Do you know
that we Scottish people honour conventions and traditions? As a king
I have to honour the convention of our society. I lost my daughter by
opposing her wish to marry her lover, the chieftain. My daughter
requested me to accept her proposal to marry her lover, the
chieftain. I told her that as our social convention does not allow a
daughter to marry against the will of her father so she should
refrain from such an act. Against my wishes, she eloped with her
lover.
I
ordered my men to search for her and her lover. Having anticipated
such a move from my end, she, with her lover wanted to escape to
a place where my men could not find them. She went to the sea and
requested the boat man to ferry them. The boat man told her that the
weather was too bad to sail in the sea but she insisted. When my men
and I went to the sea shore I saw that the turbulent
sea had capsized the boat carrying my daughter. She was
waving her hand for rescue and help. I kept watching the incident but
could not help. I lost her forever. I am now repenting and feeling
guilty that by opposing her alliance with the chieftain I pushed her
to death. I curse myself. I do not know what to do now. I have
committed filicide. I am thinking to abdicate my position and retreat
to the forests as an ascetic. Day and night I think of her and her
waving hands.
Your
friend
Lord
Ullin.
A model answer has been provided for students' reference.
It is strongly recommended that students prepare the answer on their own.
Dear friend,
With deep anguish I am writing to you that I am the most unfortunate father in this world who lost his daughter. Do you know that we Scottish people honour conventions and traditions? As a king I have to honour the convention of our society. I lost my daughter by opposing her wish to marry her lover, the chieftain. My daughter requested me to accept her proposal to marry her lover, the chieftain. I told her that as our social convention does not allow a daughter to marry against the will of her father so she should refrain from such an act. Against my wishes, she eloped with her lover.
I ordered my men to search for her and her lover. Having anticipated such a move from my end, she, with her lover wanted to escape to a place where my men could not find them. She went to the sea and requested the boat man to ferry them. The boat man told her that the weather was too bad to sail in the sea but she insisted. When my men and I went to the sea shore I saw that the turbulent sea had capsized the boat carrying my daughter. She was waving her hand for rescue and help. I kept watching the incident but could not help. I lost her forever. I am now repenting and feeling guilty that by opposing her alliance with the chieftain I pushed her to death. I curse myself. I do not know what to do now. I have committed filicide. I am thinking to abdicate my position and retreat to the forests as an ascetic. Day and night I think of her and her waving hands.
Your friend
Lord Ullin.
