CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Behrman in order to paint his masterpiece spend the night outside in the rain and storm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans: Behrman was an old artist of sixty years. He worked whole night in the stormy and rainy weather to paint the leaf on the wall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Behrman had worked through the snow to paint the leaf outside Johnsy’s window. He died from pneumonia. He sacrificed his own life to save Johnsy’s life. Thus, the last leaf painted on the wall became his masterpiece.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behram’s masterpiece is the last ivy leaf on the vine. Sue says this because it looked as original as the real ivy leaf which fell at night. Johnsy was looking at the painting and thinking it to be real. That is how she recovered from her depression as she had linked her death to the last ivy leaf on the vine.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: Behrman was out in that stormy night to help Sue save her friend Johnsy. He had painted the last ivy leaf on the brick wall that had fallen that night. His painting was so natural that it convinced Johnsy and saved her life.