ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

If the events in the beginning of the first Act had happened yesterday, which text would Abigail have sent to the other girls in the forest?

A	Put your clothes on, quick!
B	Mmmm..chicken blood ____
C	Parris sux!
D	Any you girls cross me, I’m gonna shank you!

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Abigail first demonstrates her penchant for terrorizing others in her threat to the girls: “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you . . .

Detailed explanation-2: -Abigail is vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar. This young lady seems to be uniquely gifted at spreading death and destruction wherever she goes.

Detailed explanation-3: -What does Betty Parris reveal about what really happened in the woods? She informs us that they were dancing in the woods and Abigail was the ring leader of it all, wishing Goody Proctor to be dead and drinking chicken blood around the fire.

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