Chapter - 10
The Great Stone Face - II
( āĻĻ্āϝা āĻ্ā§°েāĻ āώ্āĻোāύ āĻĢেāĻ - ⧍)
Working with the text :
( āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°া: )
Answer the following question.
( āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻোā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ। )
1. How was Ernest different from others in the valley?
( āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাā§° āĻāύāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϤূā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻā§°্āύেāώ্āĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ? )
Ans. Ernest was unlike other commoners in the valley. He was a good, simple hearted, noble and thoughtful person. He had been under observation. He did not go with the crowd.
2. Why did Ernest think the poet was like the Stone Face?
( āĻā§°্āύেāώ্āĻে āĻিāϝ় āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻŦিāĻāύ āĻĒাāĻĨā§°ā§° āĻŽুāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻিāϞ? )
Ans. He used to read the poet's poems and his songs at the end of his day. Ernest met the poet, he found him gentle, humble and kind. It seemed like even the Great Stone Face was leaning forward to listen to the poet talk. This is what made Ernest think that the poet resembled the Stone Face.
3. What did The poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
( āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āύিāĻেāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻি āĻৈāĻিāϞ? )
Ans. The poet said that Ernest could hear the distant voice of a heavenly song in his thoughts and poems. However the poet felt that his own life had not corresponded with his thoughts. He had grand dreams but they had been only dreams. Sometimes he even lacked faith in his own thoughts.
4. What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face?
( āĻিāĻšে āĻāĻŦিāĻ āĻā§°্āύেāώ্āĻāĻ āĻļিāϞ⧰ āĻŽুāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻā§°িāϞে? )
Ans. The poet felt that Earnest's own life and character were a nobler strain of poetry than he had ever written. The poet found great similarities between the misty white clouds around the Great Stone Face and the white hairs around the brow of Earnest. So the poet proclaimed that Earnest himself was the Stone Face.
5. Write 'Ernest' or 'Poet', against each statement below.
( āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤে 'āĻā§°্āύেāώ্āĻ' āĻŦা 'āĻāĻŦি' āϞিāĻāĻ। )
(i) There was a gap between his life and his words.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻীā§ąāύ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻĨাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻা āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϧাāύ āĻāĻিāϞ। )
Ans Ernest - Actions speak louder than words.
(ii) His words had the power of truth as they agreed with his thoughts.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āϏāϤ্āϝ⧰ āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻšেāϤু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻিāύ্āϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Poet - Their words express their true feelings and beliefs.
(iii) His words were as soothing as a heavenly song but only as useful as a vague dream.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻীāϤ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻ āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāĻ āĻ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āϏāĻĒোāύ⧰ āĻĻā§°েāĻ āĻāĻĒāϝোāĻী āĻāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Poet - Beautiful language can be emotionally evocative but impractical.
(iv) His thoughts were worthy.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻিāύ্āϤাāϧাā§°āĻŖা āϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Ernest (or Poet) - Both can have valuable thoughts.
(v) Whatever he said was truth itself.
( āϤেāĻঁ āϝি āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϏেāϝ়া āύিāĻেāĻ āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Ernest - Truthfulness implies honesty in words and actions.
(vi) His poems were noble.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻŽāĻšā§ āĻāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Poet - Poems often explore lofty themes and ideals.
(vii) His life was nobler than all the poems.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻীā§ąāύ āϏāĻāϞো āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤāĻৈ āĻŽāĻšā§ āĻāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Ernest - True greatness comes from living a good life
(viii) He lacked faith in his own thoughts.
( āϤেāĻঁā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻিāύ্āϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ ā§°āĻা āύাāĻিāϞ। )
Ans. Poet - Self-doubt is a common theme in poetry.
(ix) His thoughts had power as they agreed with the life he lived.
Ans Ernest - Consistency between thoughts and actions is a sign of integrity.
(x) Greatness lies in truth. Truth is beset expressed in one's actions. He was truthful, therefore he was great.
Ans. Ernest - This statement emphasizes action over words.
6. (i) Who, by common consent, turned out to be like the Great Stone Face?'
ā§Ŧ. ( āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤিā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻোāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻļিāϞ⧰ āĻŽুāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻš'āϞ?' )
Ans. (i) By common consent, Ernest turned out to be like the Great Stone Face.
(ii) Did Ernest believe that the old prophecy had come true?
( āĻā§°্āύেāώ্āĻে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞāύে āϝে āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤāĻŦাāĻŖী āϏঁāĻা āĻšৈāĻে? )
Ans. No, Ernest did not believe that the old prophecy had come true. He still hoped, that some day, some man wiser and better than himself would appear. He would bear a likeness to
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