CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment? Ans: The merchant is the genuine criminal, according to the monarch, because his old father was the true killer, but he was dead, and someone had to punish him in his stead.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the king, the real culprit was the merchant’s dead father. As he was dead, he could not be punished and in place of him, his son who had inherited all his property would be punished.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : The real culprit according to the king is the merchant because although his old father was the real murderer he was dead and someone had to be punishment in his place. He escapes the punishment because he is too thin to be properly executed on the stake.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: According to the King, the real culprit was the rich merchant’s father, who had ordered the goldsmith to make jewellery.

Detailed explanation-5: -After such demand the king tried the merchant. He heard the case and decided to punish the merchant but the merchant put the blame on the bricklayer for building such a weak wall. Then the bricklayer pleaded with the king to punish the dancing girl who distracted him during the building of the wall.