CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The Happy Prince sent the sapphires for two people. First he sent a sapphire for a young writer who was trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre, but he was too cold to write anymore. There was no fire in the grate and hunger had made him faint.

Detailed explanation-2: -Once he saw a matchgirl who was scared of being beaten by her father, because she accidentally dropped matches in the canal. He told the bird to pluck his second eye and give the sapphire to that girl. The prince then became completely blind and the bird decided to not leave and to live with him and help the poor.

Detailed explanation-3: -He sent the sapphire to the young playwright so that he could sell it to the jeweller, buy firewood, and finish his play. On seeing the sapphire, the young man felt appreciated and believed that he could finish his play. The Happy Prince then saw a little matchgirl who was standing in the square just below him.

Detailed explanation-4: -The prince couldn’t endure seeing his city’s ugliness, sadness, and suffering, so he gave away all of his valuable stones and gold to make his people happy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Happy prince sent his second sapphire to a poor match girl. Her matches had fallen into the gutter. She was afraid that her father would beat her if she did not bring home some money. So, the prince helped her by sending her the second sapphire.