CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The writer tells us the story which was told to him by a homeopathic doctor. As we see from the title, the snake and the mirror are the two most important things in the story. This homeopathic doctor encountered a snake, the snake fell on the doctor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The doctor makes two important decisions – saving daily and growing thin moustaches to make himself more handsome and keeping a smile on the face all the time while looking at himself in the mirror. The snake also feels attracted to look at his face in the mirror and leaves the doctor’s arm.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was under the false belief that he was the one who would decide what was going to happen in his life. He was standing in front of the mirror with a lot of pride thinking about his future. The snake was a symbol of God’s control over him. It made him realize that he was close to death and not to life.

Detailed explanation-4: -The doctor’s qualities of patience, presence of mind, courage, and calmness helped him ward off the danger posed by the deadly snake, and saved his life. Q.

Detailed explanation-5: -’The Snake and the Mirror’, a humorous narrative is based on the theme of human vanity and fears and how they affect people. Man is so proud of his physical beauty, that at times, he is often foolish and stupid in his attempts at estimating himself.