ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the moral (lesson) of The Tortoise and The Hare?
A
Don’t be greedy
B
Always tell the truth
C
Slow and steady wins the race
D
be kind to others
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When the hare reached the point where the race ended, all the animals were laughing at him for losing the race to the tortoise. That day, he learnt a lesson that bragging about something doesn’t win you accolades, hence you should never mock others for their own pace. Moral of the Story: Slow and steady wins the race!

Detailed explanation-2: -The tortoise continues to move very slowly but without stopping and finally it wins the race. The moral lesson of the story is that you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Consistent, effective effort leads to success. This is the moral of one of Aesop’s fables, “The Tortoise and the Hare.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Life Lessons for the Tortoise For the tortoise, the moral is: ‘Slow and Steady wins the race’. This is encouragement to all of us who think that we are not too good at something. We must not underestimate ourselves. If we work hard and don’t give up, we will succeed.

Detailed explanation-5: -A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. A moral is a lesson in a story or in real life.

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