ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In “The Landlady”, third person narration provides the reader to observe the evil side of the landlady who is a murderer whereas the uninformed character Billy still thinks that the old landlady is kind and generous because he does not have equal level of knowledge with the reader.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your task is to pick up the story line where Dahl left off. You might begin with Dahl’s last line: “No, my dear, ” she said. “Only you.” However, the task is not simply to continue writing in Dahl’s third person limited point of view; you must write it from Billy’s perspective (First Person point of view.)

Detailed explanation-3: -The third person limited point of view is where the narrator tells the story from the perspective of a single protagonist, referring to them by name or using a third person pronoun such as they/she/he. The narrator can only see inside the mind of the protagonist.

Detailed explanation-4: -(If you don’t get it, here’s what happens: she poisoned the other two men and stuffed them. Billy has read of their disappearances in the newspaper, and now he’s to be the next victim! The bitter almond taste in his tea is potassium cyanide.)

Detailed explanation-5: -In “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, the conflict is that Billy Weaver is being manipulated by the landlady of the boarding house and is unable to remember why the names he finds so familiar in the register book are so familiar.