ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The twins represented the two ways of the world which are in all people. The Indians did not call these good and evil. They called them the straight mind and the crooked mind, the righteous man and the devious man, the right and the left. clarify what the Iroquois considered the two different sides of human nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conflict. The people in the story need to uproot the tree, they have trouble doing so, but they finally get the tree up. Once the woman falls from the hole, the animals must find Earth so she can have a place to be.

Detailed explanation-3: -The right handed twin was the smart, responsible, and sensible twin who always tried to do the right thing whereas the left handed twin was the a devious lied who always did things based off his own guidelines. The Iroquois honored both twins so that they would balance each other out.

Detailed explanation-4: -The twins, Sapling and Flint, represent the two sides of being: the straight mind, and the crooked mind. Each has to add his own creations into the mix, in order for a balanced Earth to be created. The twins symbolize balance and the duality of nature.

Detailed explanation-5: -These two beings rule the world and keep an eye on the affairs of men. The right-handed twin, the Master of Life, lives in the Sky-World. He is content with the world he helped to create and with his favorite creatures, the humans. The scent of sacred tobacco rising from the earth comes gloriously to his nostrils.