CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -They were always ready for a free luncj by anybody. A word of offer is enough and they would fly to a luxurious restaurant for a lavish food served to them. Lady Drakmanton was successful in deceiving them by sending her sister instead of her. So the theme of greed is greed for food on others’ expenses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Greed can be defined as a selfish desire to have more of something than what is needed. Greed can be the insatiable pursuit of pretty much anything (power, wealth, land, natural resources, etc.), often because those things provide power, social status, or a feeling of superiority or increased value.

Detailed explanation-3: -Texts in CommonLit’s digital library tackle meaningful themes and messages. From ancient myths, to folktales, to modern short stories, greed is a theme that appears throughout our library.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moral: We let go of many good things in our life because of our greed of having even better things. Our Human Nature is such that we always want better and better. But in the search of better, we let go of many good things which could have given us similar satisfaction and made us happy. Learn make your choice wisely.

Detailed explanation-5: -In “The flies and the Honey-Pot” the flies are attracted to a jar of honey. Driven by greed they indulge into the pleasure, At last they recognize their foolishness, but it is too late. The moral of “The flies and the Honey-Pot” is often translated as Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.