The Bishop’s Candlesticks
Norman Mckinnel (1870-1932)
Mark- 3 Date- 12.8.10
1. Don’t answer me back like that. It is rude……
- What does the speaker want to mean?
Ans. When Persomy blames Marry for not tending the fire properly, Marry replies instantly that Persome herself has made fire. Persome takes offence at this end considers this attitude as rude.
Date- 2.9.10
2. He is a poor traveller who is hungry
- Who is the traveller? Why is he hungry?
Ans. The Convict is actually introduced as the poor traveller by the Bishop to Persome.
The Convict is very hungry. He has been without food for the last three days. So the starving man badly needs food.
3. I have a wolf inside me tearing at my entrails
- Bring out the sense implied here.
Ans. The Convict wants to mean that hunger is tearing the inside his body just as a hungry wolf tears open its praey. The convict makes this remark as he is in acute hunger.
4. ……….You want me to take them
- What is referred to as ‘them’?
- Why does the speaker hesitate to take them?
Ans. The Convict refers to the Bishop’s dear candlesticks.
The speaker was unwilling to take them far two reasons. First the bes pardoned him even after stealing them. Secondly those are his mother’s dear gifts to him.
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