Section – A
\nThe Tempest\u2014Shakespeare<\/p>\n
Question 1.
\nChoose three of the passages (a) to (d) and answer as briefly as possible the questions that follow :
\n(a) Prospero :
\n[To Ferdinand] Come on; obey: Thy nerves are in their infancy again,
\nAnd have no vigour in them.<\/p>\n
Ferdinand :
\nSo they are :
\nMy spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
\nMy father\u2019s loss, the weakness which I feel,
\nThe wreck of cdl my friends, nor this man\u2019s threats,
\nTo whom I am subdued are but light to me,
\nMight I but through my prison once a day
\nBehold this maid. All corners else o ‘the \u2019 earth
\nLet liberty make use of space enough
\nHave 1 in such a prison.<\/p>\n
(i) Where are Prospero and Ferdinand? Mention two commands given by Prospero that Ferdinand has to obey.
\n(ii) Explain : \u201cThy nerves are in their infancy again.\u201d
\n(iii) What are \u201cbut light\u201d to Ferdinand?
\n(iv) Who is \u2018\u2018this maid\u201d referred to? What had shocked the maid a little while ago?
\n(v) Where will Ferdinand find \u201cspace enough\u201d to live in? What should \u201cliberty\u201d make use of?<\/p>\n
(b) Antonio :
\nO!
\nIf you but knew how you the purpose cherish
\nWhiles thus you mock it, how in stripping it
\nYou more invest it, ebbing men, indeed,
\nMost often do so near the bottom run
\nBy their own fear of sloth.<\/p>\n
Sebastian :
\nPrithee, say on.
\nThe setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
\nA matter from thee, and a birth, indeed,
\nWhich throes thee much to yield.<\/p>\n
(i) Which \u2018purpose\u201d does Antonio refer lo? Where are Antonio and Sebastian at the present moment?
\n(ii) How had Antonio mocked the \u201cpurpose\u201d he cherished? What is implied by \u201cstripping il\u201d and \u201cinvest it\u201d?
\n(iii) What does Sebastian request Antonio to \u201csay on\u201d?
\n(iv) How does Sebastian conclude thai Antonio has much to convey?
\n(v) About whom does Antonio speak just after Sebastian \u2018,s speech? What is his purpose in talking about him?<\/p>\n
(C) Prospero :
\nlasidel Poor worm, thou art infected!
\nThis visitation shows it.<\/p>\n
Miranda :
\nYou look wearily.<\/p>\n
Ferdinand :
\nNo. noble mistress, \u2018ris fresh morning with inc
\nWhen you are by at nigh:. I do beseech you,\u2014
\nChiefly that I might set it in my prayers, \u2014
\nWhat is your name?<\/p>\n
Miranda :
\nMiranda \u20140 mv J\u00e0rher,
\nhave broke your hesi to say so!<\/p>\n
Ferdinand:
\nAdmir\u2019d Miranda,
\nIndeed the top of admiration: worth
\nWhat \u2018s dearest to the world! Full nwnv a 1dy
\nhave eyed with best regard: and many a rime
\nThe\u2019 harmony of their tongues bath into bondage
\nBroughi mv too diligent ear.<\/p>\n
(i) Who is the \u201cpoor worm\u201d referred to? What has the \u201cworm been \u201cinfected\u201d with?
\n(ii) What makes Ferdinand \u201clook wearily\u201d? How does Ferdinand feel in Miranda s presence?
\n(iii) Wkv does Ferdinand wish to know Miranda \u2018snaine? What compliments does he bestow upan Miranda?
\n(iv) E.plain: \u201cTh harmony of their longues hath into bondage. Brought mv too diligent ear.\u201d
\n(v) What are Prospero\u2019s feelings on knowing about the couple \u2018s feelings for each other?<\/p>\n
(d) Alonso : Now all the blessings
\nOf a glad father compass thee about!
\nArise, and say how thou cam\u2019st here. ‘<\/p>\n
Miranda :
\nO, Wonder!
\nHow many goodly creatures are there here !
\nHow beauteous mankind is! 0 brave new world.
\nThat has such people in\u2019t!<\/p>\n
Prospero :
\nThis new to thee<\/p>\n
Alonso :
\nWhat is this maid with whom thou wast at play?
\nYour eld\u2019st acquaintance cannot be three hours.
\nIs she the goddess that hath sever’d us,
\nAnd brought us thus together?<\/p>\n
(i) Whom does Alonso ask to \u201carise \u201d? What is he glad \u201cabout\u201d?
\n(ii) What is Miranda wonderstruck about?
\n(iii) Explain the terms, \u201celdest acquaintance\u201d and \u201csever\u2019d us\u201d.
\n(iv) What information does Alonso receive in response to his question, \u201cIs she the goddess that hath sever\u2019d us. And brought us together”?
\n(v) Why is the world \u2018new \u2019 to Miranda?
\nAnswer:
\n(a) (i) Prospero and Ferdinand are on a lonely island where the latter is captivated by the former. The two commands given by Prospero that Ferdinand has to obey are :
\n(a) To carry and pile up the logs of wood.
\n(b) To be obedient always to his commands by following them.
\n(ii) Prospero treats Ferdinand cruelly, as he is under trial. Prospero thus speaks to him that all his muscles are limp and lifeless.
\n(iii) All the personal loss and threats of Prospero does not affect Ferdinand and he is ready to face it all.
\n(iv) Miranda is the \u201cmaid\u201d referred to. She is shocked to find that her own father can be so cruel to someone.
\n(v) Ferdinand will enjoy enough space in a prison where he gets a single glance of Miranda each day. Though he will be in prison, liberty shall prevail in all comers of the earth.<\/p>\n
(b)
\n(i) Here, the desire of Sebastian is referred to by Antonio who wants to be the King of Naples. Antonio and Sebastian are presently at another part of the island.
\n(ii) By pretending as if he was talking in sleep, Antonio mocked the \u201cpurpose\u201d he cherished. The two phrases mean that the more you put it off, the greater the importance you give to it.
\n(iii) Sebastian requests Antonio to \u201csay on\u201d the desire he had in his heart.
\n(iv) By reading the expressions on Antonio\u2019s face, Sebastian concludes that he has much to convey.
\n(v) After Sebastian\u2019s speech, Antonio speaks about Francisco\u2019s effort to convince Alonso that Ferdinand was dead fighting against the tempestuous waves.<\/p>\n
The purpose in talking about the death of Ferdinand is that Sebastian should think seriously about becoming the King of Naples.<\/p>\n
(c) (i) Miranda is referred to as the \u201cpoor worm\u201d, and is infected with love for Ferdinand, the crown price.
\n(ii) Tiredness from hard physical labour makes Ferdinand look weary. But the very presence of Miranda refreshes him.
\n(iii) Ferdinand wishes to know Miranda\u2019s name so that he could pray for her. \u201cAdmired Miranda\u2014to of all admiration\u201d is the compliment that he bestows upon her.
\n(iv) Ferdinand\u2019s attention was drawn toward the melodious manner of women talking among themselves.
\n(v) Prospero is filled with fatherly love when he comes to know about the feelings of love that the couple has for each other, and he wishes that the grace of Almighty may rain \u201con that which breeds between them.\u201d<\/p>\n
(d) (i) Alonso asks his son Ferdinand to arise. Finding his son alive he is very glad.
\n(ii) So many \u201cgoodly creatures\u201d are the cause of wonder for innocent Miranda.
\n(iii) Finding Ferdinand and Miranda close to each other, Alonso expresses his feeling that their acquaintance should be an old one and he thus calls it \u2018eld\u2019st\u2019. Alonso takes Miranda as the goddess of the island who has \u2018sever\u2019d or separated them.
\n(iv) In response to his question Alonso comes to know from Ferdinand that Miranda is not a goddess but a mortal human being.
\n(v) Miranda had only seen two men in her life, who were Caliban and her father Prospero. So, the appearance of many human beings suddenly is a \u2018new\u2019 world to her.<\/p>\n
Section-B
\nThe Tempest – Shakespeare<\/p>\n
Question 3.
\nDescribe briefly but vividly the scene where Prospero reveals to Miranda, his brother\u2019s secret plot to kill them and usurp his dukedom. What are your feelings for Prospero and Miranda’s fate at the hands of a cruel brother?
\nAnswer:
\nMiranda is sorry to see the shipwreck and thinks that so many \u201cNoble Creatures\u201d have perished. She requests her father to stop the storm if he had raised it. Then Prospero, after removing his magical robe, addresses Miranda in the capacity of a father and tells her that twelve years since he was the duke of Milan, but was wrongly dethroned from his kingdom by his brother Antonio whom he loved and trusted blindly.<\/p>\n
Prospero made Antonio the in charge of managing the kingdom\u2019s affairs as he was busy in his secret study of magic. This made Antonio ambitious and his evil mind came to work. Prospero tells that he believed that he was indeed the duke; out of the substitution, and executing the outward face of royalty, with all prerogative. He tells that Antonio became an expert in whom to promote and whom to thrash for gaining hierarchy. He compares Antonio to an \u2018ivy\u2019 that had hidden his princely trunk and \u201csuck\u2019d his verdure out on\u201d. Antonio considered Prospero to be no longer capable of managing state affairs and thereby joined hands with Alonso, the king of Naples, who was his relentless enemy. Alonso agreed to help Antonio on two conditions i.e., \u201cto give him annual tribute, do him homage, subject his coronet to his crown, and bend the dukedom, yet unbowed\u201d.<\/p>\n
The opportunist King of Naples agreed to \u201cextirpate\u201d Prospero from Milan along with his three-year-old daughter, Miranda and \u201cConfer fail Milan, with all honours\u201d on Antonio. Thereby, in the darkness of the night Prospero and Miranda were carried on a ship with no sail or mast and were left in the sea. They were thus left in a miserable state to die.<\/p>\n
Though a reader feels sympathy for both Prospero and Miranda who were deceived by a cruel brother and uncle, whom they trusted so much, but one may also feel that Prospero should have exercised his powers prudently and should not have left the affairs of the state to his treacherous brother.<\/p>\n
Question 4.
\nMiranda\u2019s appeal lies in her sweet innocence, gentle nature and pure selfless love for Ferdinand. Referring closely to the text bring out the truth of the statement.
\nAnswer 4.
\nIt is a true estimate of Miranda that her appeal lies in her sweet innocence, gentle nature and pure selfless love for Ferdinand. This is seen when Miranda believes that people have perished in the shipwreck and she says \u201cO, I have suffered with those that I saw suffer.\u201d She further states, \u201cO the cry did knock against my very heart!\u201d and wishes if \u201cI had been any gou of power, I would have sunk the sea within the earth; or ere, it should the good ship so have swallowed and the fraughting souls within her.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Miranda meets Ferdinand for the first time, she says, \u201cWhat is\u2019t a spirit?\u201d She says to her father \u201cBelieve me Sir, It carries a brave form; but tis a spirit\u201d, as she had so far only seen her father and Caliban. She takes Ferdinand to be a spirit but Prospero tells her that he is a human being and she falls in love, i.e., love at first sight. She finds Ferdinand to be noble, but is shocked to see her father behave in a strange manner and requests him to be kind and gentle towards him.<\/p>\n
Miranda is convinced that Ferdinand is one in whom \u201cNothing\u201d can dwell in such a temple. When Prospero orders Ferdinand to be obedient to his commands, Miranda pleads for him to her father, \u201cDear father, Make not too rash a trial of him, for He\u2019s gentle and not fearful.\u201d On being rebuked by her father, she implores mercy on behalf of Ferdinand and says, \u201cSir, have piti,: I\u2019ll be his surety\u201d. It is an example of her innocence.<\/p>\n
She tries to convince Ferdinand by saying, \u201cmy father\u2019s of a better nature, sir, than he appears by speech.\u201d When her father says that there are better-looking men in the world than Ferdinand, she says, \u201cMy affections are then most humble; I have no ambition to see a goodlier man!\u201d<\/p>\n
On seeing Ferdinand carrying logs of wood, against the orders of her father, she goes to meet him and is even willing to carry that for him. She finds the task so hard and laborious that she remorses by saying, \u201cwhen this (logs) bums I will weep for having wearied you,\u201d and then she asks him to take some rest.<\/p>\n
Miranda is an example of innocence and straightforwardness. Her conversation with Ferdinand lacks cunningness and shrewdness. She is overjoyed when told that Ferdinand also loves her, and she considers herself to be very lucky to have his love as a great reward.<\/p>\n
ISC English Literature Previous Year Question Paper 2004 Solved for Class 12 Section – A The Tempest\u2014Shakespeare Question 1. Choose three of the passages (a) to (d) and answer as briefly as possible the questions that follow : (a) Prospero : [To Ferdinand] Come on; obey: Thy nerves are in their infancy again, And have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[41556],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162851,"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47377\/revisions\/162851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icsesolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}