CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE HAPPY PRINCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He swooped past the matchgirl ____ swooped meaning?
A
Fly very low
B
Fly very high
C
Flapping of wings.
D
Both b and c
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” “Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.” “Dear little Swallow, ’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women.

Detailed explanation-2: -He swooped past the matchgirl, and slipped the jewel into the palm of her hand. “What a lovely bit of glass!” cried the little girl; and she ran home, laughing. Then the swallow came back to the Prince. “You are blind now, ” he said, “so I will stay with you always.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The moral of the lesson “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde is that the worst aspects of modern society can be overcome by love and charity, which have the unique ability to unite men and make them whole.

Detailed explanation-4: -The matchgirl’s matches fell in the gutter and got spoiled. She was crying as her father would beat her for this mistake.

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