CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

AMANDA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Amanda like about Rapunzel’s life?
A
Her life’s difficulties
B
Her life’s secludedness
C
Her life’s boredom in the tower
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She feels she will never let down her hair from the tower. Amanda wants to be Rapunzel to live a peaceful life in a tower where no one gives any instruction and she does not have to do any work. She does not want to escape with a prince like Rapunzel. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Amanda is an escapist. She imagines herself as a fairy like Rapunzel. She wants to live happily in her lonely tower far from the maddening crowd of the world. Like Rapunzel, she wants to take care of her beautiful golden hair.

Detailed explanation-3: -She says so because she wants to be alone. She wants to roam around in the street alone and pattern dust with her bare feet. She finds silence ‘golden’ and freedom ‘sweet’. It is for this reason that she calls herself an orphan.

Detailed explanation-4: -The girl also wants to live alone in a tower as she would not have to care about anything as life in a tower would be tranquil, peaceful and rare. However, she also decided that she would never throw down her hair for anyone to come up as she wanted to live alone always.

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