CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The goldsmith blamed a rich merchant for pressurising him to make some jewellery for him, thereby not leaving him with any time to complete the dancing girl’s jewellery. Therefore, he blames the rich merchant for being indirectly responsible for the thief’s death.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rich merchant was blamed. His father had ordered the jewellery. But he was now dead. So, the merchant was to be punished in his father’s place.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Merchant’s son is called a stupid boy because he wasn’t aware of what Nagendra was selling. He thought wisdom is a thing just like a vegetable or a fruit and that’s why he even bought it.

Detailed explanation-5: -How does the blame come back to the rich merchant who had been accused in the first place? Solution : On investigating the identity of the rich merchant who had asked the goldsmith to make jewellery for him, it was found to be the father of the merchant who had been blamed for the thief’s death in the first place.