Chapter 6

THE BROWNING VERSION

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

1. Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.

Answer: Taplow’s attitude towards Mr Crocker-Harris is a mixture of fear, criticism, respect and liking.

He finds Crocker-Harris extremely strict, unemotional and frightening. He is so afraid of him that he does not dare to leave even when Crocker-Harris is late for the extra-work session. Taplow also dislikes the rigid way in which Crocker-Harris teaches Agamemnon.

At the same time, Taplow respects his teacher’s honesty and strict adherence to rules. He knows that Crocker-Harris cannot be flattered and will never reveal examination results before they are officially announced.

Although Taplow describes him as “hardly human”, he admits that he actually likes him. Thus, Taplow fears Crocker-Harris but also respects and admires his integrity.


2. Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris?

Answer: Yes, Frank clearly encourages Taplow to speak about Crocker-Harris.

He listens with interest to Taplow’s criticism and seems amused by it. When Taplow imitates Crocker-Harris, Frank enjoys the performance and even asks him to repeat it.

Frank also encourages Taplow to discuss Crocker-Harris’s behaviour and suggests that he should leave because the teacher is already late. He even tells Taplow that he could go and play golf.

Although Frank occasionally pretends to disapprove when Taplow goes too far, his questions and reactions show that he enjoys hearing Crocker-Harris criticised.


3. What do you gather about Crocker-Harris from the play?

Answer: Crocker-Harris appears to be a strict, disciplined and highly principled teacher.

He follows school rules carefully and refuses to tell students their results before the official announcement. He is also a hard taskmaster who expects students to complete their work properly, even on the last day of the term.

He does not respond to flattery and does not try to become popular among students. His reserved and unemotional nature makes the boys afraid of him.

However, he is not unfair or dishonest. Taplow himself admits that Crocker-Harris is not a sadist. In spite of his frightening personality, he has a powerful influence on his students and commands a kind of respect that even Frank envies.


SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Who is Frank? Does he know Taplow?

Answer: Frank is a young science teacher at the same school where Crocker-Harris teaches.

He does not know Taplow personally at the beginning of their conversation. When he asks whether he knows him, Taplow replies that he does not. Taplow is in the Lower Fifth, while Frank teaches science to higher classes.


2. Why is Taplow worried about his ‘remove’?

Answer: Taplow is in the Lower Fifth and is waiting to know whether he will get his remove, that is, promotion to the next class.

He wants to specialise in science, but he cannot do so unless he gets his remove. Therefore, he is anxious about the result.


3. How is Mr Crocker-Harris different from other masters? Cite two points of difference.

Answer: Mr Crocker-Harris differs from other teachers in several ways.

First, he follows school rules strictly and does not reveal students’ results before they are officially announced.

Second, he cannot be influenced by flattery and does not try to make himself popular among his students.

He is also strict enough to give extra work even on the last day of the term.


4. Taplow is extremely interested in science, but what about Frank, the science teacher?

Answer: Taplow is extremely interested in science and hopes to specialise in it after getting his remove.

Frank, however, admits that he is not particularly interested in the science he has to teach. This creates an ironic contrast between the enthusiastic student and the science teacher himself.


5. How is Taplow’s view different from Frank’s regarding Aeschylus’ Agamemnon?

Answer: Taplow dislikes studying Agamemnon and calls it “muck”. However, he admits that the story itself may not be bad; what makes it unpleasant for him is the way Crocker-Harris teaches it.

Frank does not share Taplow’s strong dislike. He questions Taplow about his judgement and encourages him to explain why he dislikes the play.


6. Why did Taplow have to stay back at school?

Answer: Taplow had missed a class during the previous week because he was ill.

Crocker-Harris asked him to make up for the missed work by coming for extra work on the last day of the term. Therefore, Taplow had to remain at school and wait for him.


7. How does Taplow react when Frank asks him to ‘cut’?

Answer: Taplow is shocked by Frank’s suggestion that he should leave without waiting for Crocker-Harris.

He is too afraid of Crocker-Harris to disobey him and says that no student would dare to do such a thing. Therefore, he refuses to “cut” the extra-work session.


8. Why does Frank envy Crocker-Harris?

Answer: Frank envies Crocker-Harris because of the powerful influence he has over his students.

Even though the boys are frightened of him, they take him very seriously and obey him. Frank admits that Crocker-Harris has a remarkable effect on the students, something that Frank himself seems not to possess.


9. Taplow says that Mr Crocker-Harris is not a sadist but is frightening and “hardly human”. Explain.

Answer: Taplow says that Crocker-Harris is not a sadist because he does not take pleasure in causing pain to others.

However, his lack of visible emotion makes him even more frightening. Taplow feels that he is emotionally “shrivelled up inside like a nut”.

He neither seeks affection nor responds to flattery. This extreme reserve makes Taplow describe him as “hardly human”.


10. Comment on the ‘classical jokes’ of Mr Crocker-Harris. What happened when Taplow laughed at one of them?

Answer: Crocker-Harris occasionally makes classical jokes in class, but the students usually do not understand them and therefore do not laugh.

Once, Taplow laughed at one of his jokes merely out of politeness. Crocker-Harris, however, assumed that Taplow had understood the joke and was pleased with what he thought was Taplow’s progress.

The incident shows both Crocker-Harris’s seriousness and Taplow’s awkward sympathy for him.


11. Cite an instance that shows Frank enjoys Crocker-Harris being criticised by Taplow.

Answer: When Taplow imitates Crocker-Harris’s manner of speaking, Frank is clearly amused.

Instead of stopping him, Frank asks Taplow to repeat the imitation. This shows that he enjoys hearing his colleague being mocked by a student.


12. How do Frank and Taplow react to the sudden arrival of Millie Crocker-Harris?

Answer: Frank and Taplow react very differently.

Frank feels relieved at Millie’s arrival and turns to welcome her.

Taplow, however, becomes nervous because he fears that she may have overheard his remarks about Crocker-Harris and might report them to her husband. He worries that this could affect his remove.


13. Where did Millie send Taplow? What was her purpose?

Answer: Millie sent Taplow to the chemist with a prescription.

She told him to get the medicine prepared because Crocker-Harris would take some time to return.

When Taplow worried that Crocker-Harris might arrive before he came back, Millie assured him that she would take the responsibility.


LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. What kind of a teacher and human being is Crocker-Harris according to Taplow?

Answer: According to Taplow, Crocker-Harris is an extremely strict, disciplined and unusual teacher.

He follows school rules faithfully and refuses to reveal examination results before the official announcement. Unlike teachers who may be influenced by students, he does not respond to flattery. He gives Taplow extra work even on the last day of the term because Taplow had missed a class.

Crocker-Harris has a strong hold over the boys, and they are deeply afraid of him. Taplow himself cannot imagine leaving the school without permission even when his teacher is late.

As a human being, Crocker-Harris appears cold and emotionally distant. Taplow says that he is “hardly human” and “shrivelled up inside like a nut”. Yet Taplow does not consider him a sadist because he does not deliberately enjoy causing suffering.

In spite of his harsh personality, Crocker-Harris has honesty, discipline and integrity. He cannot be bribed by praise or influenced by personal feelings. Therefore, although Taplow fears and criticises him, he admits that he cannot help liking him.


2. What picture of Frank do you form after reading The Browning Version?

Answer: Frank is a young science teacher and a colleague of Crocker-Harris.

He is friendly and informal with students. His conversation with Taplow shows that he can easily mix with them. However, he does not appear to possess the same professional seriousness as Crocker-Harris.

Although Frank teaches science, he admits that he is not especially interested in the science he teaches. He also shows a casual attitude towards school discipline when he advises Taplow to leave instead of waiting for Crocker-Harris.

Frank seems somewhat jealous of Crocker-Harris’s influence over the students. He enjoys Taplow’s criticism and imitation of his colleague and even asks him to repeat it.

At the same time, Frank occasionally checks Taplow when his criticism becomes too personal. Thus, Frank appears friendly and approachable, but compared with Crocker-Harris he seems less disciplined and less committed to strict professional principles.


3. Compare and contrast Crocker-Harris and Frank.

Answer: Crocker-Harris and Frank are colleagues, but they differ greatly in personality, attitude and teaching style.

Crocker-Harris is older, strict, reserved and highly disciplined. He teaches classical literature and takes his duties very seriously. He follows school rules strictly and never reveals results before they are officially announced. He cannot be flattered and does not seek popularity.

Frank, on the other hand, is younger, friendlier and more informal. He teaches science and can talk freely with students such as Taplow. However, he admits that he is not particularly interested in the science he teaches.

Crocker-Harris has tremendous authority over the boys. They are frightened of him but still respect him. Frank himself feels envious of this influence.

Frank is also less strict about rules. He suggests that Taplow should leave when Crocker-Harris is late, whereas Crocker-Harris would never encourage such behaviour.

Thus, Crocker-Harris represents discipline, duty and professional integrity, while Frank represents informality, friendliness and a more relaxed attitude towards rules.


IMPORTANT QUESTION AND ANSWER

1. Who is Taplow, and why is he waiting at school?

Answer: Taplow is a sixteen-year-old student of the Lower Fifth.

He is waiting for Mr Crocker-Harris because he has been asked to do extra work after missing a class due to illness. Although it is the last day of the term, Taplow remains at school because he is afraid to disobey his strict teacher.


2. How does Taplow describe Mr Crocker-Harris’s nature?

Answer: Taplow describes Crocker-Harris as strict, frightening and emotionally distant.

He calls him “hardly human” and compares his inner nature to a shrivelled nut. He says that Crocker-Harris does not respond to flattery and does not even seem to want students to like him.

However, Taplow does not think he is a sadist and admits that, in spite of everything, he likes him.


3. Why does Taplow not leave even when Frank suggests he should?

Answer: Taplow does not leave because he is deeply afraid of Crocker-Harris’s authority.

He believes that disobeying him would have serious consequences, especially when his remove has not yet been announced.

Therefore, even though Crocker-Harris is late, Taplow prefers to wait.


4. Why does Taplow find Agamemnon boring and call it ‘muck’?

Answer: Taplow is much more interested in science than in classical literature.

He finds the study of Agamemnon boring because, in class, it seems to involve translating difficult Greek words and facing punishment for mistakes.

However, he admits that the story itself may not be bad. His dislike is largely connected with the way the subject is taught.


5. What does Taplow reveal about Crocker-Harris’s teaching methods?

Answer: Taplow reveals that Crocker-Harris teaches in a strict and traditional manner.

He expects accurate work, gives extra assignments when necessary and closely follows school rules.

He does not give students special favours or reveal examination results in advance. These qualities make him demanding and frightening, but also fair and principled.


TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT

1. Talking about teachers among friends.

Answer: Students often discuss their teachers with friends, but such conversations should remain respectful.

It is natural to talk about a teacher’s teaching style, discipline or classroom methods. However, personal insults and unnecessary mockery should be avoided.

Teachers play an important role in shaping students’ lives, so criticism should be fair, thoughtful and related to learning rather than personal attacks.


2. The manner you adopt when you talk about a teacher to other teachers.

Answer: While speaking about one teacher to another, a student should be especially careful, polite and respectful.

If there is a genuine academic problem, it should be explained honestly without insulting or mocking anyone.

Speaking badly about one teacher merely to entertain another is inappropriate and may create misunderstanding.

Therefore, students should maintain courtesy and maturity while discussing teachers.


3. Reading plays is more interesting than studying science. Discuss.

Answer: Whether plays or science are more interesting depends largely on personal taste.

Plays can be enjoyable because they contain characters, emotions, conflicts and dramatic action. They allow readers to enter different situations and understand human behaviour.

Science, on the other hand, explains how the natural world works. It encourages observation, experimentation and logical thinking.

Therefore, neither subject is universally more interesting than the other. A student may prefer literature, science or both according to personal interest.


FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Taplow came to do extra work for __________.

Answer: Mr Crocker-Harris


2. Taplow wanted to specialise in __________.

Answer: Science


3. According to Taplow, Crocker-Harris is __________.

Answer: hardly human


4. Taplow had missed a day of school because of __________.

Answer: illness


5. Mrs Crocker-Harris gave Taplow a __________ to take to the chemist.

Answer: prescription


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Taplow was in which class?

(a) Lower Sixth
(b) Upper Fifth
(c) Lower Fifth
(d) Upper Fourth

Answer: (c) Lower Fifth


2. Which subject does Frank teach?

(a) Latin
(b) Science
(c) History
(d) English

Answer: (b) Science


3. Whom was Taplow waiting for?

(a) Frank
(b) Millie
(c) Crocker-Harris
(d) The Headmaster

Answer: (c) Crocker-Harris


4. How does Taplow describe Crocker-Harris?

(a) Very friendly
(b) Hardly human
(c) Extremely humorous
(d) Careless

Answer: (b) Hardly human


5. What does Taplow initially call Agamemnon?

(a) Interesting
(b) Muck
(c) Beautiful
(d) Easy

Answer: (b) Muck


6. Taplow compares Crocker-Harris’s inner personality to a __________.

(a) stone
(b) flower
(c) nut
(d) book

Answer: (c) nut


7. What does Frank suggest Taplow should do when Crocker-Harris is late?

(a) Study science
(b) Go and play golf
(c) Visit the headmaster
(d) Go home and sleep

Answer: (b) Go and play golf


8. At what time was Taplow supposed to meet Crocker-Harris?

(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 6:15 p.m.
(c) 6:30 p.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

Answer: (c) 6:30 p.m.


9. Who, according to Taplow, follows school rules very strictly?

(a) Frank
(b) Millie
(c) Crocker-Harris
(d) Taplow

Answer: (c) Crocker-Harris


10. Why is Frank somewhat envious of Crocker-Harris?

(a) Crocker-Harris teaches science.
(b) Crocker-Harris has a powerful effect on the boys.
(c) Crocker-Harris is younger.
(d) Crocker-Harris plays golf well.

Answer: (b) Crocker-Harris has a powerful effect on the boys.


11. Millie is described as being dressed more smartly than __________.

(a) Taplow
(b) Frank
(c) most schoolmasters’ wives
(d) Crocker-Harris

Answer: (c) most schoolmasters’ wives


12. Who suddenly enters while Frank and Taplow are talking?

(a) Crocker-Harris
(b) The Headmaster
(c) Millie Crocker-Harris
(d) The Bursar

Answer: (c) Millie Crocker-Harris


13. Why is Taplow afraid to leave without permission?

(a) He fears Crocker-Harris’s reaction.
(b) He wants to study longer.
(c) He is waiting for Frank.
(d) The school gate is locked.

Answer: (a) He fears Crocker-Harris’s reaction.


14. A sadist is someone who enjoys __________.

(a) teaching
(b) causing pain to others
(c) telling jokes
(d) helping people

Answer: (b) causing pain to others


15. According to Taplow, Crocker-Harris seems to dislike being __________.

(a) liked
(b) feared
(c) obeyed
(d) respected

Answer: (a) liked

    


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UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

1. Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow  towards Crocker-Harris.
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Ans: Taplow is respectful towards Mr. Crocker-Harris and likes him for his principles. He criticises him for being a feelingless person yet regards him an extraordinary master. He is mortally afraid of him and dare not cut the extra work even on the last day of the term. He tells Frank how much he dislikes the play ‘Agamemnon’. He confesses that the play is not that bad but he likes science. Also, he points out that the way Mr Harris teaches it is terrible. Taplow feels different. As he is not like other teachers so such rules don’t work with Mr Crocker-Harris, Taplow states. Also, he doesn’t appreciate the extra work of students. As per Taplow, Mr Harris is different from other teachers. He is strict and inhuman. Moreover, he doesn’t tell them their results before judgement day. When Taplow asks about his removal Crocker-Harris says that is exactly what he deserves- “No less; and certainly no more.”

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2. Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s  comments on Crocker-Harris?
āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰া āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি?
Ans :Yes, Frank seems to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris. He shows appreciation for Taplow’s imitation of Mr Crocker-Harris and asks him to repeat it. They have to do extra work as he missed a class a week ago. Frank remarks that Taplow will get his “removal” for doing extra work.When Taplow tells Frank that he was supposed to meet Mr Crocker-Harris at six-thirty, Frank tells Taplow that Mr Crocker-Harris was already ten minutes late. He suggests that Taplow could go and play golf.

āϟেāĻĒāϞ’ā§ąে āĻŽিāώ্āϟাā§° āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύীāϝ় āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύীāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤিāĻšীāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦুāϞি āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰ে āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ“ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āĻ…āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻŽাāώ্āϟ⧰ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻŽā§°্āϤ্āϝ⧰ āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•াāϞ⧰ āĻļেāώ āĻĻিāύāϤো āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāĻšāϏ āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ ‘āφāĻ—াāĻŽেāĻŽāύāύ’ āύাāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰ে āϝে āύাāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύ āχāĻŽাāύ āĻŦেāϝ়া āύāĻšāϝ় āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āϞāĻ—āϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻ™ুāϞিāϝ়াāχ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝে āĻŽিāώ্āϟাā§° āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻļিāĻ•োā§ąাā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖāϟো āĻ­āϝ়ংāϕ⧰। āϟেāĻĒāϞ’ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—। āϝিāĻšেāϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āύāĻšāϝ় āĻ—āϤিāĻ•ে āĻāύে āύিāϝ়āĻŽে āĻŽিāώ্āϟাā§° āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻ•াāĻŽ āύāϕ⧰ে, āϟেāĻĒāϞ’ā§ąে āĻ•āϝ়। āϞāĻ—āϤে, āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°-āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ীā§° āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽā§° āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļāϞাāĻ— āϞোā§ąা āύাāχ। āϟেāĻĒāϞ’ā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻŽিāώ্āϟাā§° āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āφāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•āĻ োā§° āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąীāϝ়। āϤāĻĻুāĻĒā§°ি āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§°ā§° āĻĻিāύ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ āĻ•োā§ąা āύাāχ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϟেāĻĒāϞ’ā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āφঁāϤ⧰োā§ąাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϏুāϧিāϞে āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϝ āĻ িāĻ• āϏেāχāϟোā§ąেāχ- “āĻ•āĻŽ āύāĻšāϝ়; āφ⧰ু āύিāĻļ্āϚāϝ় āφ⧰ু āύāĻšāϝ়।”

 
3. What do you gather about Crocker-Harris from the play?
    āύাāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āϏংāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ে?

Ans:Taplow’s attitude towards Crocker-Harris is quite mixed. He recognises his sense of discipline, sense of devotion and stoic nature. But he has a personal grudge against Mr Crocker-Harris. He has to do some extra work on the last day of school. He feels that Mr Harris is feelingless and strict. He can never be flattered. He is mighty scared of him. In spite of everything. Taplow rather likes him. Perhaps he ‘can’t help’ liking him.
        Taplow considers that Mr Crocker-Harris is not like others. He doesn’t tell the results like the other masters before they are formally announced. In this respect he is different from teachers  like Frank who don’t observe the rules so strictly. Only a teacher like Mr Harris can give extra work on the last day of school. He knows no mercy. Nor can one extract any concession from him. He is a hard taskmaster. When Taplow asks Mr Harris if he has given  him a remove (promotion), he gets a tricky answer. He  has given him exactly what he deserves. No less; and certainly no more. Taplow thinks that he is “hardly human”. But he doesn’t consider Mr Harris a sadist. He is even worse than that. He is all “shrivelled up inside like a nut”. He doesn’t like flattery. He hates people who like or flatter him. He doesn’t like even being liked. Even Mr Frank feels envious of Mr Crocker-Harris. He has a wonderful effect on the boys. The boys seem scared to death of him.

 āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻŽāύোāĻ­াā§ą āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻŽিāĻļ্ā§°িāϤ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āύুāĻļাāϏāύ, āĻ­āĻ•্āϤিāĻŦোāϧ āφ⧰ু āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤিāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āĻŦেāώ āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĻিāύāϟোāϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰ে āϝে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ąāĻšীāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻ োā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰ে। āϏāĻ•āϞো āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāϤঃ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ 'āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে'।
    āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āϕ⧰ে āϝে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āφāύ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āύāĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞāĻŦোā§° āφāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে āϘোāώāĻŖা āϕ⧰াā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āφāύ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āύāĻ•āϝ়। āĻāχ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ• āϝিāύিāϝ়āĻŽāĻŦোā§° āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻ োā§°āĻ­াā§ąে āĻĒাāϞāύ āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•েāĻšে āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĻিāύāϟোāϤ āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•োāύো āĻĻāϝ়া āύাāϜাāύে। āĻŦা āĻ•োāύোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•োāύো ā§°েāĻšাāχ āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āϟাāϏ্āĻ•āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻŦāϞৈ (āĻĒāĻĻোāύ্āύāϤি) āĻĻিāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϟা āϜāϟিāϞ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ িāĻ• āϝি āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϝ āϏেāϝ়া āĻĻিāĻ›ে। āĻ•āĻŽ āύāĻšāϝ়; āφ⧰ু āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤāĻ­াā§ąে āφ⧰ু āύāĻšāϝ়। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ "āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŽাāύুāĻš"। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻāϜāύ āϏাāĻĻীāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāϤāĻ•ৈāĻ“ āĻŦেāϝ়া। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻ•āϞো "āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻļুāĻ•াāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে"। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āύোāϝোā§ąা āĻŦা āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻ āϕ⧰া āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āϘৃāĻŖা āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύāĻ•ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāϟোāĻ“ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āφāύāĻ•ি āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•েāĻ“ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰ে। āϞ'ā§°াāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻāĻ• āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āϞ'ā§°াāĻŦোā§°ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϤ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›ে।

 

Ans: Frank, a young teacher, is envious of Mr Crocker-Harris. Rivalry is quite common among colleagues. The same things works here. He relishes all adverse comments against  Mr. Harris. Not only that. He even encourages Taplow, a student of Crocker-Harris, to criticise him. But he doesn’t do it openly. He subtly pretends not to like any adverse comments against Mr. Harris. Like a clever teacher, Frank prompts Taplow to pass even uncharitable remarks against Harris.
            Frank is exposed when he himself asks Taplow to imitate Mr Crocker Harris. Naturally, he enjoys Mr Harris being ridiculed by his own pupil. He even feels envious of the respect and ‘effect’ that Mr Harris enjoys on his students. Frank even incites Taplow to ‘cut’ as Mr Harris is already ten-minute late. He even encourages Taplow to share Mr.Harris’ jokes with him. But Frank pretends to have no jealousy against Mr Crocker-Harris. Taplow criticizes Mr Harris for giving him extra work. He says that he  is ‘hardly human’. Mr Frank warns Taplow that he has gone ‘much too far’ in his criticism of Mr Harris.

 āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāϜāύ āϝুā§ą āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώা āϕ⧰ে। āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻিāϤা āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āϏāϚ⧰াāϚ⧰ āĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻ•েāϟা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§ąে āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦিā§°ূāĻĒ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে। āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϏেāϝ়াāχ āύāĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύāĻ•ি āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨী āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāχāϟো āĻŽুāĻ•āϞিāĻ•ৈ āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏূāĻ•্āώ্āĻŽāĻ­াā§ąে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ•োāύো āĻŦিā§°ূāĻĒ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āύāϕ⧰াā§° āĻ­াāĻ“ āϞāϝ়। āĻāϜāύ āϚāϤুā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•েāĻ“ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āφāύāĻ•ি āĻ…āĻĻাāϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒ্ā§°েā§°িāϤ āϕ⧰ে।
        āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āωāύ্āĻŽোāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϜেāχ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§° āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻ…āύুāϕ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•āϝ়। āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াā§ąিāĻ•āϤে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āωāĻĒāĻšাāϏ āϕ⧰াāϟো āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύāĻ•ি āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰া āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āφ⧰ু 'āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą'ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰ে। āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āφāύāĻ•ি āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• 'āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦāϞৈ' āωāĻĻāĻ—āύি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻ•িāϝ়āύো āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻāĻš āĻŽিāύিāϟ āĻĒāϞāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύāĻ•ি āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻ•āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ­াāĻ— āĻŦāϤ⧰া āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ•োāύো āψ⧰্āώা āύāĻĨāĻ•াā§° āĻ­াāĻ“ āϞāϝ়। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ 'āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŽাāύুāĻš'। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āϏāϤ⧰্āĻ• āϕ⧰ি āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύাāϤ 'āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻূā§°āϞৈ' āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে।
    
 

             
Ans: Mr Crocker-Harris is a school master in the classical mould. He is a  strict disciplinarian. He means business. He is a devoted teacher. He can’t tolerate any laxity among his students. He is a hard task –master. He never spares an erring child. He is very conscious of his duty. Even on the last day and a day before his retirement, he can give extra work to a student.
         Mr Crocker-Harris himself follows the rules very strictly. He doesn’t tell the results like the other masters. It is very difficult to read his mind. When Taplow asks if he has given him a promotion, Mr Harris sounds mysterious. He tells Taplow that he has given hit he deserves. “No less; and certainly no more.” Students ‘seem scared to death’ of him. Even Frank feels envious of the effect Mr Harris has on the boys in the class. But Mr Crocker-Harris is not a sadist. Taplow only calls him ‘frightening’. ‘He is all shrivelled up inside like a nut’. He hates flattery. No amount of flattery can move him. He doesn’t like even being liked. But in spite of everything, students like Taplow like him. Perhaps they can’t help it.

 āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āϧ্ā§°ুāĻĒāĻĻী āĻ›াঁāϚ⧰ āĻāϜāύ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ োā§° āĻ…āύুāĻļাāϏāύāĻ•াā§°ী। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āύিāώ্āĻ াā§ąাāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻ•োāύো āĻļিāĻĨিāϞāϤা āϏāĻš্āϝ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻ•াāĻŽ – āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ­ুāϞ āϕ⧰া āĻļিāĻļুāĻ• āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϕ⧰্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āϏāϚেāϤāύ। āφāύāĻ•ি āĻ…ā§ąāϏ⧰⧰ āĻ…āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĻিāύ āφ⧰ু āĻāĻĻিāύ āφāĻ—āϤে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāĻ• āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
        āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āύিāϜেāχ āύিāϝ়āĻŽāĻŦোā§° āĻ…āϤি āĻ•āĻ োā§°āĻ­াā§ąে āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ āĻ•োā§ąা āύাāχ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽāύāϟো āĻĒāĻĸ়া āϟো āĻŦā§° āĻ•āĻ িāύ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϏুāϧিāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻোāύ্āύāϤি āĻĻিāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি, āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ› ā§°āĻšāϏ্āϝāϜāύāĻ• āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϝ āĻšিāϟ āĻĻিāĻ›ে। "āĻ•āĻŽ āύāĻšāϝ়; āφ⧰ু āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤāĻ­াā§ąে āφ⧰ু āύāĻšāϝ়।" āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϞৈ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–োā§ąা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে'। āφāύāĻ•ি āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•েāĻ“ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϞ'ā§°াāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϝি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāχāĻ›ে āϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻāϜāύ āϚেāĻĄিāώ্āϟ āύāĻšāϝ়। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•েā§ąāϞ 'āĻ­āϝ়াā§ąāĻš' āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•āϝ়। 'āϏে āϏāĻŦাāχ āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻ­েāϤāϰে āĻļুāĻ•িāϝ়ে āφāĻ›ে'। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāϝ়। āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖā§° āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύāĻ•ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāϟোāĻ“ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦোā§° āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“, āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāϤঃ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।


SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Who is Frank? Does he know Taplow?
āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻ•োāύ? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āϜাāύে āύেāĻ•ি?

Ans: Frank is a young school master. He teaches in the same school in which Mr Crocker-Harris, his senior colleague teaches. Actually, Frank doesn’t know Taplow. His question to Taplow is self-explanatory. He asks Taplow: ‘Do I know you’? Taplow answer. ‘No, sir.’ Taplow is in lower fifth while Frank teaches science to the higher classes.

     āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āϝুā§ą āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāĻ•েāĻ–āύ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āϤ āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāύা āϕ⧰ে āϝ'āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ  āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽী āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāύা āϕ⧰ে। āφāϚāϞāϤে, āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āύাāϜাāύে। āϟেāĻĒāϞোāϞৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϟো āϏ্āĻŦ-āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝাāĻŽূāϞāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে: 'āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āϚিāύি āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ āύেāĻ•ি'? āϟেāĻĒāϞো āωāϤ্āϤ⧰। āύা, āϏ্āϝাāϰ। āϟেāĻĒāϞো āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒāĻž্āϚāĻŽāϏ্āĻĨাāύāϤ āφāĻ›ে āφāύāĻšাāϤে āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āωāϚ্āϚāĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻļিāĻ•াāϝ়।


2. Why is Taplow worried about his ‘remove’?
āϟেāĻĒāϞো āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻ“āĻ•' āϞৈ āĻ•িāϝ় āϚিāύ্āϤিāϤ?                                                 
Answer:- Taplow is in the lower fifth standard. He can’t specialise until he gets his ‘remove’ all right. ‘Remove’ is a certificate of promotion to the next class. He is worried about the results because much depends on how he performs in the examinations.

āϟেāĻĒāϞো āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒāĻž্āϚāĻŽ āĻŽাāύāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻ“āĻ•' āĻ িāĻ• āύোāĻšোā§ąাāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻž āĻš'āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। 'āĻ…āĻĒāϏাā§°āĻŖ' āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϞৈ āĻĒāĻĻোāύ্āύāϤিā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖāĻĒāϤ্ā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤিāϤ āĻ•িāϝ়āύো āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώাāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āϕ⧰ে āϤাā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšুāĻ–িāύি āύিā§°্āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰ে।



3. How is Mr Crocker-Harris different from other masters? Cite two points of difference.
āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āφāύ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°ā§° āϤāϤ্āĻŦাā§ąāϧাāύāϤ āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•? āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ⧰ āĻĻুāϟা āĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু āωāĻĻ্āϧৃāϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•।

Ans:- Mr Crocker-Harris is a disciplinarian. He follows the rules very strictly. He doesn’t leak the results like other masters before they are formally announced. Secondly, Mr Harris doesn’t like flattery. Nor does he want that anybody should like him. He is a hard task-master. He can give extra work to a student even on the last day of school.

āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻāϜāύ āĻ…āύুāĻļাāϏāύāĻ•াā§°ী। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϝ়āĻŽāĻŦোā§° āĻ…āϤি āĻ•āĻ োā§°āĻ­াā§ąে āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞāĻŦোā§° āφāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে āϘোāώāĻŖা āϕ⧰াā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āφāύ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϞিāĻ• āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āϤে, āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāĻŦিāϚাā§°ে āϝে āĻ•োāύোāĻŦাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻ•াāĻŽ-āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĻিāύāϟোāϤো āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāĻ• āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।

5. Taplow is extremely interested in science but what about Frank, the science teacher?
 āϟেāĻĒāϞো āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•ি?

Answer:- Taplow is anxiously waiting for his remove. If he gets a favourable remove then he will opt for science in the next class. He is ‘extremely interested in science’. But the science teacher, Mr Frank, is not. Not, at least, in the science he has to teach.

 āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āωāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ—্āύāϤাā§°ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›ে। āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āύুāĻ•ূāϞ āφঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒাāϝ় āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύāĻŦাāĻ›āύি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ 'āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী'। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻŽিঃ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻ…āύ্āϤāϤঃ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļিāĻ•াāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ āύāĻšāϝ়।



6. How is Taplow’s view different from Mr Frank’s regarding Aeschylus’ the ‘Agamemnon?
 āĻāϚিāϞাāϛ⧰ 'āĻāĻ—াāĻŽেāĻŽāύāύ' āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ে āĻŽিঃ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ­ংāĻ—ীāϤāĻ•ৈ āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ­ংāĻ—ী āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•?

Answer:- Taplow is extremely  interested in science. He doesn’t like literature. He calls ‘The Agamemnon’, a play written by the great Greek dramatist Aeschylus, as ‘muck’. He considers science much more exciting and interesting than literature. Mr Frank thinks differently. He thinks just the opposite of Frank.

   āϟেāĻĒāϞো āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻ—্ā§°ীāĻ• āύাāϟ্āϝāĻ•াā§° āĻāϚিāϞাāϛ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϞিāĻ–া āĻāĻ–āύ āύাāϟāĻ• 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻāĻ—াāĻŽেāĻŽāύāύ'āĻ• 'āĻŽāϝ়āϞা' āĻŦুāϞি āĻ…āĻ­িāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύāĻ• āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• ā§°োāĻŽাāĻž্āϚāϕ⧰ āφ⧰ু āφāϕ⧰্āώāĻŖীāϝ় āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āϕ⧰ে। āĻŽিঃ āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻ­াāĻŦে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āĻ িāĻ• āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦে।     


7. Why did Taplow have to stay back at school?
 āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ•িāϝ় āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āϞāĻ—া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Mr Crocker-Harris was a hard taskmaster. Taplow, a student of lower fifth standard, missed a day last week when he was ill. But Mr Crocker-Harris was unrelenting. He punished Taplow. He gave extra work to Taplow and that too on the last day of school. So, Taplow had to stay back at school to complete the assignment.

 āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āϟাāϏ্āĻ•āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ। āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒāĻž্āϚāĻŽ āĻŽাāύāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨী āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϝোā§ąা āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšāϤ āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāϟা āĻĻিāύ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŽিঃ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āύিā§°āύ্āϤ⧰ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏেāχāϟোāĻ“ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻļেāώ āĻĻিāύāϟোāϤ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āĻāĻ›াāχāύāĻŽেāĻŖ্āϟāϟো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āϞāĻ—া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।



8. How does Taplow react when Frank asks him to ‘cut’?
 āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• 'āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦāϞৈ' āĻ•āϝ় āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāϝ়?

Answer:- Mr Frank is not very favourably disposed towards Mr Crocker-Harris. Mr Harris doesn’t come on the right time. Frank asks Taplow to ‘cut’ Crocker’s extra work period. Taplow can’t even imagine of doing such a thing. No student has ever done such a thing in the whole teaching career of Mr Harris.

  āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ…āύুāĻ•ূāϞāĻ­াā§ąে āύিāώ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āϕ⧰া āύাāχ। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āϏāĻ িāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āύাāĻšে। āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽā§° āĻŽ্āϝাāĻĻ 'āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦāϞৈ' āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāĻ“ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻ—্ā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϤা āĻ•েā§°িāϝ়াā§°āϤ āĻ•োāύো āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϝ়ে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻāύে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰া āύাāχ।


9. Why does Mr Frank envy Mr Crocker—Harris?
 āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āψ⧰্āώা āϕ⧰ে?

Answer:- Mr Crocker-Harris is more feared than respected. Mr Frank is a young teacher in Mr Crocker’s school. He is envious of his senior colleague. He frankly admits that Mr Crocker-Harris enjoys a wonderful hold over his students. They all seem scared to death of him. He is jealous of Crocker’s authority and ‘effect’ on his students.

 āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āϕ⧰াāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻāϜāύ āϝুā§ą āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ  āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώাāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟāĻ­াā§ąে āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰ে āϝে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻ• āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϞৈ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–োā§ąা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āϕ⧰্āϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ 'āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą'ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώাāϕ⧰ে।



10. Taplow says that Mr Crocker-Harris is not a sadist but he is so frightening and hardly human. Elucidate.
 āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻāϜāύ āϚেāĻĄিāώ্āϟ āύāĻšāϝ় āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ­āϝ়াā§ąāĻš āφ⧰ু āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŽাāύুāĻš। āχāϞুāϚিāĻĄেāϟ।

Answer:- Taplow doesn’t consider Mr Crocker-Harris a sadist. He doesn’t get pleasure out of giving pain to others. He wouldn’t be so frightening if he were a sadist. Even a sadist shows some feelings. But Mr Crocker-Harris has none. Taplow says that he is ‘all shrivelled up inside like a nut’, He hates people to like him. He doesn’t have natural human feelings.

 āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻāϜāύ āϚেāĻĄিāώ্āϟ āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāύāĻ• āĻŦেāĻĻāύা āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া āφāύāύ্āĻĻ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ­āϝ়াā§ąāĻš āύāĻš'āϞāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āĻŦেāώী āĻš'āϞāĻšেঁāϤেāύ। āφāύāĻ•ি āĻāϜāύ āϚেāĻĄিāώ্āϟেāĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāϝ়। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻāĻ•ো āύাāχ। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ 'āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻļুāĻ•াāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে', āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāϟো āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āύাāχ।


11. Comment on the ‘classical jokes’ of  Mr Crocker-Harris. What did Mr Harris say to Taplow when he laughed at one of his jokes?
 āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ 'āϧ্ā§°ুāĻĒāĻĻী āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻ•' āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ে āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻāϟা āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻ•āϤ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Sometimes Mr Crocker-Harris made his ‘classical jokes’ in the class. Nobody laughed because nobody understood them. One day out of ordinary politeness, Taplow laughed  at one of his jokes out of fun only. Mr Crocker was pleased at the advance Taplow had made in Latin. He laughed at Mr Crocker’s classical jokes in Latin in the whole class feeling sorry for him.

 āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āϧ্ā§°ুāĻĒāĻĻী āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻ•' āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•োāύেāĻ“ āĻšাঁāĻšি āύাāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻ•োāύেāĻ“ āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāĻĻিāύ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āύāĻŽ্ā§°āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে, āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϧেāĻŽাāϞিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻāϟা āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–ি āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϞেāϟিāύ āĻ­াāώাāϤ āϕ⧰া āφāĻ—āϤীāϝ়া āĻ•ৈ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§° āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āϟ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ—োāϟেāχ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āϞেāϟিāύ āĻ­াāώাāϤ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āϧ্ā§°ুāĻĒāĻĻী āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻ•āĻŦোā§°āĻĻেāĻ–ি āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻুāĻ– āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।



12. Cite an instance in the text that may show that Frank relishes Mr Crocker-Harris being criticised by Taplow?
 āĻĒাāĻ āϟোāϤ āĻāϟা āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻাāĻ™ি āϧ⧰āĻ• āϝিāϝ়ে āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϝে āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে?

Answer:- Mr Frank is not straightforward. He is envious of Mr Crocker-Harris and his wonderful hold over his students. When Taplow imitates Mr Crocker-Harris in his throaty voice, Mr Frank relishes it. Not only that. He asks Taplow, ‘Just.......repeat it, would you’? He only pretends to hide his envy for Mr Harris.

 āĻŽিঃ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻĒোāύāĻĒāϟীāϝ়া āύāĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφāĻļ্āϚ⧰্āϝāϕ⧰ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώাāϕ⧰ে। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻŖ্āĻ āϏ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻ…āύুāϕ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰ে, āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে। āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϏেāϝ়াāχ āύāĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে, 'āĻŽাāϤ্ā§°.....। āĻāχāϟো āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āϕ⧰āĻ•, āφāĻĒুāύি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύেāĻ•ি?' āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āψ⧰্āώা āϞুāĻ•ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāĻ“ āϞāϝ়।




13. How do Mr Frank and Taplow react to the sudden arrival of Millie Crocker?
āĻŽিāϞি āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āφāĻ•āϏ্āĻŽিāĻ• āφāĻ—āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāϝ়?

Answer:-Frank and Taplow react differently to the sudden arrival of Millie Crocker. Frank turns to welcome her. He is ‘infinitely relieved’ at seeing her. On the other hand, Taplow is scared. He fears if she has heard what he spoke about Mr Crocker. If she has heard him, she can report his words to Mr Crocker-Harris. Taplow fears that he might not get his remove.

 āĻŽিāϞি āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āφāĻ•āϏ্āĻŽিāĻ• āφāĻ—āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰ে। āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āϤাāχāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ—āϤāĻŽ āϜāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āϘূā§°ি āĻ›ে। āϤাāχāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϤেāĻ“ঁ 'āĻ…āϏীāĻŽ āĻ­াā§ąে āϏāĻ•াāĻš āĻĒাāχāĻ›ে'। āφāύāĻšাāϤে, āϟেāĻĒāϞো āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰ে āϝāĻĻি āϤাāχ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•ি āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āĻļুāύিāĻ›ে। āϝāĻĻি āϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻļুāύিāĻ›ে, āϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻ…ā§ąāĻ—āϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰ে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।


14. Where did Millie send Taplow? What was her purpose?
 āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়ে āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ•'āϞৈ āĻĒāĻ িāϝ়াāχāĻ›িāϞ? āϤাāχ⧰ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Millie Crocker comes to know that Taplow was waiting for her husband. She tells him that Mr Crocker will take quite a time a reach there. She asks him to run away to a chemist with the prescription and get it made up. Taplow fears in case Mr Crocker-Harris gets there before him. Millie Crocker asks him not to worry about that. She will take the blame on her if it happens.

 āĻŽিāϞি āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ে āϜাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āϝে āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϤাāχ⧰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϤাāĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ে āϤাāϤ āωāĻĒāύীāϤ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϞ'āĻŦ। āϤাāχ āϤাāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻ›āĻ•্ā§°িāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāϜāύ ā§°āϏাāϝ়āύāĻŦিāĻĻā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϞৈ āĻĒāϞাāχ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφāĻ—āϤ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻš'āϞে āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ­āϝ়। āĻŽিāϞি āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϝāĻĻি āĻāύে āĻšāϝ় āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤাāχ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĻোāώ āϞ'āĻŦ।


 


LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS.
āĻĻীāϘāϞীāϝ়া āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ

1. What kind of a teacher and a human being is Crocker-Harris according to Taplow?
 āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻ•েāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻāϜāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš?

Answer:-  Mr Crocker-Harris is a middle aged school master. He is a teacher in the traditional mould. He is a strict man who is more feared than respected. He follows rules and regulations with all sincerity. He teaches the lower fifth class. The result is to be officially announced the next day. But Mr Crocker-Harris is different from all other teachers. Other teachers may leak out the result but Mr Harris will never do such a thing. Mr Harris has a wonderful hold over his students. Students seem to be scared to death. He is a hard task-master. Taplow a student of lower fifth standard, missed a day last week when he was ill. But Mr Crocker-Harris is unrelenting. He gives extra work to Taplow and that too on the last day of school. Taplow is worried about his fate. He asks Mr Crocker if he will get his remove. Mr Crocker is evasive as usual. It is very difficult to extract any information from him. But in spite of all  these things, Taplow respects Mr Harris as a teacher and a man.
                  In spite of everything, Mr Crocker is not a sadist. He is worse than that. He is totally feelingless and frightening. He lacks spontaneous human feelings. He hates flattery. He is shrivelled up inside like a nut. In spite of all these limitations and weaknesses students like Taplow can’t help liking him. They simply can’t hate him.

 āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻāϜāύ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦāϝ়āϏ্āĻ• āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤ āĻ›াঁāϚ⧰ āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ োā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āϝাāĻ• āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āϕ⧰াāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϝ়āĻŽ āφ⧰ু āύিāϝ়āĻŽাā§ąāϞী āϏāĻ•āϞো āφāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻ•āϤাā§°ে āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒāĻž্āϚāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϟো āĻļিāĻ•াāϝ়। āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞāϟো āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĻিāύা āφāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে āϘোāώāĻŖা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āφāύ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•। āφāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻāύে āĻ•াāĻŽ āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻ• āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĻāĻ–āϞ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›ে। āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϞৈ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–োā§ąা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻ•াāĻŽ-āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§°। āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒāĻž্āϚāĻŽ āĻŽাāύāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨী āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āϝোā§ąা āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšāϤ āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāϟা āĻĻিāύ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āύিā§°āύ্āϤ⧰। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ…āϤিā§°িāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āφ⧰ু āϏেāχāϟোāĻ“ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĻিāύāϟোāϤ। āϟেāĻĒāϞো āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝāĻ• āϞৈ āϚিāύ্āϤিāϤ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°āĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻŦ āύেāĻ•ি। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§° āϏāĻĻাāϝ়ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āχāϤ⧰্āĻ•িāϤ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•োāύো āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āφāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰াāϟো āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ•āĻ িāύ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāχ āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“, āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§ąে āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻāϜāύ āĻĒুā§°ুāώ āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āϕ⧰ে।
         āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦোā§° āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“, āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§° āĻāϜāύ āϚেāĻĄিāώ্āϟ āύāĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāϤāĻ•ৈāĻ“ āĻŦেāϝ়া। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ąāĻšীāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ­āϝ়াā§ąāĻš। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏ্āĻŦāϤঃāϏ্āĻĢূā§°্āϤ āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤিā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤোāώাāĻŽোāĻĻ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻļুāĻ•াāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে। āĻāχ āϏāĻ•āϞো āϏীāĻŽাāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧāϤা āφ⧰ু āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦāϞāϤা āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“ āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϘৃāĻŖা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।



2. What picture of Mr Frank do you form after reading ‘The Browning Version’?

'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦ্ā§°াāωāύিং āĻ­াā§°্āϚāύ' āĻĒāĻĸ়াā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āφāĻĒুāύি āĻŽিঃ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āĻ•ি āĻ›āĻŦি āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰ে?

Answer:- Mr Frank is a young teacher at Mr Crocker’s school. Actually, he is a colleague of Mr Crocker-Harris. He teaches science to higher classes. When compare to his  more senior colleague, Mr Frank fails to come up to Mr Crocker’s stature. He lacks that sense of involvement that Mr Crocker seems to have for studies. He is a science teacher but shows no interest in science. This speaks of his lack of commitment and involvement.
            Mr Frank lacks honesty. He doesn’t seem to care for the rules. In this respect, he is a sharp contrast to Mr Crocker-Harris. Being a teacher, he urges Taplow to cut Crocker-Harris. It is quite unbecoming on his part. He admits his envy for Mr Crocker-Harris. He is envious of the wonderful hold that ,Mr Harris has over his students.
      Mr Frank relishes Taplow criticising Crocker-Harris. He likes Taplow’s imitation of Mr Crocker. Not only that, he encourages Taplow to imitate Harris again. But he poses to appear otherwise. He lacks sincerity and devotion of Mr Crocker-Harris towards his profession. He is overshadowed by a more determined and dominating character.

āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻāϜāύ āϝুā§ą āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤāϤে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽী। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āωāϚ্āϚ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻļিāĻ•াāϝ়। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ  āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽীā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়, āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŽā§°্āϝাāĻĻাāϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āϝ⧰্āĻĨ āĻšāϝ়। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻ…āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĨāĻ•া āϏেāχ āϜāĻĄ়িāϤ āϤাā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ•োāύো āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āύাāχ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āφ⧰ু āϜāĻĄ়িāϤāϤাā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ąā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়।
     āĻŽিঃ āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āϏāϤāϤাā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϝ়āĻŽāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϝেāύ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āĻāχ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ। āĻāϜāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧ āϕ⧰ে। āĻāχāϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĢাāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻ…āĻļোāĻ­āύীāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āψ⧰্āώা āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰ে। āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āφāĻļ্āϚ⧰্āϝāϜāύāĻ• āĻĻāĻ–āϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āψ⧰্āώাāϕ⧰ে।
     āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ™্āĻ•ে āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰ি āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোā§° āĻŽিāώ্āϟাā§° āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻ…āύুāϕ⧰āĻŖ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϏেāϝ়াāχ āύāĻšāϝ়, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟেāĻĒāϞোāĻ• āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›āĻ• āĻ…āύুāϕ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻĨা āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­ংāĻ—ীāĻŽা āĻĻিāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āφāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻ•āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻ­āĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āφ⧰ু āφāϧিāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻŦিāĻĻ āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āφāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›ে।


3. Compare and contrast Crocker-Harris and Frank.
   āĻ•্ā§°āĻ•াā§°-āĻšেā§°িāĻ› āφ⧰ু āĻĢ্ā§°েংāϕ⧰ āϤুāϞāύা āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ।     

Answer:- Crocker-Harris and Frank are two contrasting characters. In age, outlook and ideas they are two different personalities. They have only one thing in common. They belong to the same school. Frank is young while Crocker-Harris is middle aged. Frank teaches science while Crocker-Harris teaches classical literature. They have different temperaments. Frank is more frank and receptive of the two. Mr Crocker-Harris is reserved and not so social. Frank can mix up with students quite easily. His lengthy conversation with Taplow shows that he is at ease even with the students of lower classes. Frank shows little interest in the subject he teaches. This presents him in poor light as a teacher. On the other hand, Crocker-Harris is a devoted teacher. He has a wonderful hold over his students. He is more feared than respected. He is shrivelled up inside like a nut. He hates flattery. He doesn’t like people who like him.But he is not a sadist. He is frightening. Students seem to be scared to death of him. Even Frank is envious of Crocker’s hold over the students.
              Mr Crocker-Harris follows rules and regulations very strictly. He doesn’t leak out the results before they are formally announced. Frank cares little for such formalities. Frank relishes Taplow’s imitation and criticism of Crocker-Harris. But Mr Crocker- Harris has no interest and time for such things. He is unique. He can give extra work to student even on the last day of school.

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