English Made Easy with Royal Zenith

  About the Author : •Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910 ) was a Russian writer who is regarded as the greatest author of all times. •He is best known for his novels War and Peace(1869) , and Anna Karenina (1878) . About this Story: •Narrator: Third person narrator •Themes: wisdom, knowledge, awareness, kindness, forgiveness and acceptance •Moral: We should live in the present moment without regretting about the past and being anxious about tomorrow.  Characters : 1. The King: he wanted to know the answers to his three questions 2. An old hermit Summary: A king once thought that he would never fail if he knew three things. First, what the right time was to begin something. Second, which people he should take advice from. Third, how to decide what the most important thing to do was. He promised to give a reward of a large sum to the person who could answer his three questions. Many wise men came up with their answers, but the king was not satisfied. So, he left for the woods ...

THE USE OF FORCE 1) What is the nature of conflict in the story? The story presents physical as well as psychological conflict. There is physical conflict between the doctor and child (Mathilda) and psychological between the doctor and parents. The girl is suffering from sore throat but she is hiding her pain from her parents by telling lie. The doctor however attacks the little girl to find out the disease. He has used force so that he could know the cause and treat the disease. When the doctor was trying to look in the throat, the mother said that the doctor won’t hurt her. The statement makes the doctor angry. So there is conflict between the doctor and the mother internally. The doctor has to treat the disease as it is his social responsibility. The doctor’s mind is full of conflict. 2) Do you think the use of force is justifiable in the story? The doctor was called for the treatment of the little girl. She had been suffering from fever for last three days. Her p...

1.       Riders to the Sea by  John Millington Synge (1871-1909) There are mainly four characters in this play. Maurya, an old woman, is the mother of Bartley, Cathleen and Nora. The plot of this play weaves the story of a tragic mother who loses all her six sons along with her husband and father-in-law. She has no weakness of her own. Yet, she has to suffer. Her stoic endurance of the misfortune brought about by the loss of all her sons is heroic and tragic. Her cry echoes the cries of all the poor and dispossessed ones who are destined to lose their relatives.             There is a small cottage on the bank of the sea. In the kitchen of the cottage, Cathleen, 20, is making cake. Nora, Cathleen’s younger sister enters the kitchen. She has brought a bundle of a shirt and a stocking. She has hidden the bundle under her shawl. A priest gave the bundle to her. She has brought it to check ...