CLASS 10
FIRE AND ICE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it will disappear in air
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It will end in fire or in ice
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It will vanish one day
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None of the away
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fire’ stands for fury, desire, lust, anger, avarice, cruelty, greed. Ice is symbolic of hatred, coldness, rigidity, insensitivity and intolerance. The general opinion regarding the world is that the world will end in fire and some say in ice.
Detailed explanation-2: -People are divided over the cause of the end of this world. Some people think that ‘fire’ symbolised by unbridled passions, desires and fury will destroy this world. Others believe that ‘ice’ symbolised by cold reasoning, indifference and hatred will be the cause of destruction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some people think that world will end in fire because “fire” stands for hatred, conflict, fury, avarice and greed.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term ‘fire’ and ‘ice’, in the poem, symbolizes ‘desires’ and ‘hatred’ respectively. Some people say that the world will end in ‘ice’ because the world is full of hatred. And this emotion contains the power to destroy the world.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poet says that people hold different opinions about the end of the world. Some say ‘fire’, which stands for ‘desire’, will destroy the world. Secondly, ‘ice’, which stands for ‘hatred’ can also destroy the world.