CLASS 10
DUST OF SNOW
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Both are a reasonable way for the world to end
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Only fire should be the reason for the end of the world
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Only ice should be the reason for the end of the world
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The poet says that both fire and ice are destructive. Here, fire stands for the heat of desire and ice stands for hatred. He thinks that our violent desires will end the world. If it survives, it will be ruined by hatred.
Detailed explanation-2: -ANS-According to the poet, the world will end due to the ‘fire’, which symbolises desire. But if the world had to end twice then it will be due to the hatred symbolised by ‘ice’. The poet feels that there is enough hatred in the world that is spreading among the people. This hatred will end the world one day.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fire and ice both act as means of destruction of the world. Both degrade humans at an internal level. Their effect at the start might be invisible but in the long term, they can cause visible damage. Both these elements have a negative connotation of desire and hatred respectively.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the poet, different people have different ideas on how the world will end. When some say that the world would end in fire, some others say that it would end in ice. Here, the poet equates fire with human desire and ice with hatred. As the poet has tasted both of them, he still favours the idea of FIRE.
Detailed explanation-5: -’Fire’ stands for greed, avarice, lust, conflict, and fury. ‘Ice’ stands for cruelty, intolerance, rigidity, insensitivity, coldness, indifference, and hatred.