Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 11th English Guide Pdf Poem 6 The Hollow Crown Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.
Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 11th English Solutions Poem 6 The Hollow Crown
11th English Guide The Hollow Crown Text Book Back Questions and Answers
A. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box to complete the summary of the poem:
King Richard the Second, had surrendered to his (a)__________ cousin, Bollingbroke. He experienced deep distress at the horror of his circumstances. In that desperate situation, he speaks of (b) __________, (c) _______, (d)__________ and other things connected with death. He spoke of how people leave nothing behind and can call nothing their own, except for the small patch of (e) _______, where they will be buried. King Richard yielded to dejection and talked of all the different ways in which defeated kings suffer how some had been deposed, (f)_________ in war, (g) _______ by their wives, and so forth. He attributed this loss of lives to (h) _______, who he personified as the jester who watches over the shoulder of every ruler, who mocks kings by allowing them to think their human flesh, was like (i) _______ brass.
However, Death penetrates through the castle walls, silently and unnoticed like a sharp (j) _______. Thus bidding (k)_________ to him and all his pride forever. Finally, Richard appealed to his soldiers not to mock his mere flesh and blood by showing (l) _________ and respect to him. He added that he too needed bread to live, felt want, tasted (m) _______ and needed (n) _______. He concluded thus, urging his men not to call him a (o)__________ as he was only human, just like the rest of them.
Answer:
(a) Rebellious
(b) Graves
(c) Worms
(d) Epitaphs
(e) Barren- earth
(f) Slain
(g) Poisoned
(h) Death
(i) Impregnable
(j) Pin
(k) Farewell
(l) Reverence
(m) Grief
(n) Friends
(0) King
Ba. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box and complete the statements suitably:
Question 1.
Shravan never keeps his promises. His friends know that his words are _____.
Answer:
hollow
Question 2.
The spectators died laughing at the ______ of the clown.
Answer:
antics
Question 3.
The businesswoman wished to _____ all her riches to an orphanage, after her death.
Answer:
Scoffing
Question 4.
The fortress was _________ and could not be conquered by the enemies.
Answer:
impregnable
Question 5.
Alexander the Great, wished to conquer many lands and ________ the entire world.
Answer:
monarchise.
Bb. Complete the Passage given below with suitable words from the box:
Lima, a (a)________ and (b)________ woman, kept (c)_________ at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ________to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e) _____. It so happened, that Lima was (f)_______ from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)_______ and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h) sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (j)________ to them.
Answer:
(a) Pomp
(b) Consulted
(c) Scoffing
(d) Ceremonious
(e) sorrow
(f) deposed
(g) reverence
(h) vain
(i) farewell.
C. From your understanding of the Poem, answer the following questions briefly in a sentence or two:
Question 1.
What do the three words, ‘graves, worms, and epitaphs,’ refer to?
Answer:
Graves, epitaphs and worms refers to death and what happens to man after its visit.
Question 2.
What does the executor mentioned in the poem do?
Answer:
The executor mentioned in the poem fulfills our wishes.
Question 3.
Who is Boling broke? Is he a friend or foe?
Answer:
Bolingbroke is a foe. He was a cousin of King Richard II. But the power craze turned him into a foe.
Question 4.
Are all deposed Kings slain by the deposer?
Answer:
No. All Kings are not slain by the deposer.
Question 5.
What does the crown of rulers stand for?
Answer:
Crown of kings stands for power and the right to rule a kingdom.
Question 6.
What hides within the crown and Laughs at the King’s grandeur?
Answer:
The ghosts (soul) hide within the crown and laughs at the King’s grandeur.
Question 7.
What does ‘flesh’ mean here?
Answer:
Flesh means the human body here.
Question 8.
What are the various functions and objects given up by a defeated king?
Answer:
The defeated king gives up his life, power, and pride.
Question 9.
How does the king establish that he and his subjects are equal in the end?
Answer:
In the end, both their needs are common. The king and his subjects need bread to live. They fed wants and taste grief. They need friends. They are equal to other common men.
Question 10.
Bring out King Richard’s feeling when he was defeated.
Answer:
King Richard feels distress at the horror of the circumstances. He speaks of death as the final conqueror.
D. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
I. “ Our lands, our lives and all, are Boling broke’s.
And nothing can we call our own but death
Reference: These lines are from the poem “The Hollow Crown” by William Shakespeare. The poem is an excerpt from the play “Richard II”.
Context: Richard II after being defeated by his rebellious cousin Bolingbroke says these words in dejection.
Explanation: Henry II is routed in the war. Some of his loyal nobles try to cheer him up. But Richard II faces the hard reality. He openly admits his failure. He says their lands, lives and all belong to the victor Bolingbroke. They can call nothing but death as their own.
Comment: Death is inevitable.
II. “All murdered- for within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, _____
Reference:
These lines are taken from the Poem – “The Hollow Crown”, Poet – “William Shakespeare”.
AmContext:
Here the poet talks about the temporary license to ‘Monarchise’
Explanation:
Richard said that the crown is empty in the middle and this shows the power of the ruler is not permanent. Anytime it may be lost.
III. ‘Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall and farewell king’
Reference:
These lines are taken from the Poem – “The Hollow Crown”, Poet – “William Shakespeare”.
Context:
Here the poet talks about entering of death.
Explanation:
Death penetrates through the castle walls, silently and unnoticed like a sharp pin, thus bid¬ding death to him and all his pride forever.
IV. ‘How can you say to me, I am a king
Reference:
These lines are taken from the Poem – “The Hollow Crown”, Poet – “William Shakespeare”.
Context:
Here the king Richard II urged his men not to call him king /
Explanation:
King Richard II said that he too needed bread to live, tasted grief, and needed friends. Sp concluded that he was not a king only human, just like the rest of them.
Read the poetic lines and answer the question given below:
1. “Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes write sorrow on the bosom of the earth”.
Question a.
What do ‘dust’ and ‘rainy eyes’ refer to?
Answer:
‘Dust’ refers to paper and ‘Rainy eyes’ refers to writing instruments.
Question b.
Where do they write their sorrow?
Answer:
They write their sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
2. “Our lands, our lives and all are Boling broke’s and nothing can we call our own but death”.
Question.
Whom does their lands and lives belong to?
Answer:
It belongs to Boling broke.
Question b.
What is remaining for them?
Answer:
‘Death’ is remaining for them.
3. ‘Taste grief, need friends subjected thus. How can you say to me, I am a king?
Question a.
Who needs friends?
Answer:
The king needs friends.
Question b.
Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Answer:
‘I’ refers to the king Richard II.
Additional Appreciation questions:
4. “Let’s talk of graves, of warms and epitaphs
make dust our paper and with rainy eyes”
Question a.
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
King Richard II is the speaker.
Question b.
What does he talk about?
Answer:
He talks about deadly grave and the worms, which are found in the grave and epitaphs.
Question c.
What is meant by epitaph?
Answer:
Epitaphs bear the appreciatory words of dead ones and written on the tombs.
5. Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth
Let’s choose executors and talk of wills.
Question a.
What type of feelings does he want to write?
Answer:
He wants to write his melancholic feeling.
Question b.
What does he mean by bosom of the earth?
Answer:
He means the heart of the people.
6. ‘Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
To monarchize, be feared and kill with looks”.
Question a.
What is he allowed to have?
Answer:
He is allowed to breathe while he is in court.
Question b.
Whose looks kill him?
Answer:
The court jester’s look kills him.
Question c.
Why did he feel fear?
Answer:
He feels fear due to the hallucination of health and torture which he is going to face afterwards.
Fa. Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following lines from the poem:
Poetic Lines | Figure of Speech |
1. “Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth”. | Metaphor |
2. “And yet not so – for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground?” | Rhetorical Question |
3. “Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,…” | Personification |
4. “How can you say to me, I am a king?” | Rhetorical Question |
5. “Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,…” | Internal Rhyme |
6. “Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!” | Personification |
7. Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. | Simile |
Fb. Pick out the alliteration from the following lines: underlines
Question i.
“Our lands, our lives, and all, are Boling Broke’s,…”
Answer:
“Our lands, our lives, and all, are Boling Broke’s,…”
Question ii.
“And tell Sad Stories of the death of kings:”
Answer:
“And tell Sad Stories of the death of kings:”
Question iii.
“Comes at the Last, and with A Little pin…”
Answer:
“Comes at the Last, and with A Little pin…”
Paragraph:
Question 1.
What are the causes for King Richard’s grief?
Question 2.
How are eternal truths and wisdom brought to the reader here?
The poem is an extract from William Shakespeare’s play King Richard the second. King Rich¬ard the second had surrendered to his rebellious deep distress at the horror of his circumstances.
“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs”
In that desperate situation, he speaks of graves, worms, epitaphs, and things connected with death. He spoke of how people leave nothing behind and call nothing their own. Except for the small path of barren-earth where they will be buried.
“Our lands, our lives, and all, are Boling broke’s
And nothing can we call our own but death”.
Richard yielded to dejection and talked of all different ways in which defeated kings suffer how some had been deposed, slain in war, poisoned by their wives, and so forth.
“Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed
some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed”
He attributed this loss of lives to farewell, who he personified as the jester who catches over the shoulder of every ruler, who mocks kings by allowing them to think their human flesh was like impregnable brass. However Death penetrates through the castle walks, silently, and unnoticed like a sharp pin, thus bidding death to him and all his pride forever.
“Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall and farewell king!”
Finally, Richard appealed to his soldiers not to mock his mere flesh and blood by showing reverence and respect to him. He added that he too needed bread to live felt want, tasted grief, and needed friends. He concluded thus, urging his men not to call him a king as he was only human just like the rest of them.
“I live with bread like you, feel want,
Taste grief, need friends, Subjected thus,
How can you say to me I am King?”
கவிஞரைப் பற்றி:
மேடை நாடகங்களின் தந்தை என்று கருதப்படுபவர் வில்லியம் சேக்ஸ்பியர் (1564-1616). இங்கிலாந்தில் ஸ்ட்ராட்போர்ட் என்னும் ஊரில் ஜாண் ஷேக்ஸ்பியர் என்பவரின் மகனாகப்பிறந்த இவர் தன் பள்ளி படிப்பை முடிக்கவில்லை . இலண்டன் சென்ற இவர் அங்கு நாடக நிறுவனத்தில் சேர்ந்து நடித்து நாடகங்கள் எழுதி புகழ்பெற்றார்.
இவர் 39நாடகங்களையும் 154 Sonnetகளையும், இரண்டுநெடுங்கதைகளையும் எழுதியுள்ளார். Dramatic poesy என்பது சேக்ஸ்பியர் காலத்தில் மிகவும் பிரபலமான வடிவமாக இருந்தது. இவர் நகைச்சுவை, சரித்திர நாடகங்கள், ஆகியன எழுதி தனது இலக்கிய முத்திரையை அழுத்தமாகப் பதித்துள்ளார். சேக்ஸ்பியர் இலக்கியத்தை விட சொல்லில் அறிவாளி என்று விமர்சகர்கள் கூறுகின்றனர்.
கவிதைப் பற்றி:
எவ்வளவு பெரிய அரசனாக இருந்தாலும் மரணம் என்பது நிச்சயம் அரசனுக்கும் உண்டு. ஏனெனில் அரசனும் மனிதன் தான். அவன் சாகா வரம் பெற்றவன் அல்ல. மனிதர்களைப் போல அவனும் மரணிப்பவனே.
அதிகாரம் அவனிடம் உள்ளது. அவன் கடவுள் அல்ல என்பதை இக்கவிதை வலியுறுத்துகிறது. நேற்று பிறந்தவன் வாழ்ந்தவன் இன்று இல்லாமல் போய்விடுகிறார். இக்கவிதை இதை தெளிவாக சொல்கிறது.
The Hollow crown Summary in Tamil
நாம் கல்லறைகள், புழுக்கள், கல்லறை கல்வெட்டுகள் பற்றிப்பேசுவோம்
மண்ணையே காகிதமாக்கி, கண்களின் நீர் சொரிய பூமியின் மார்பின் மீது நம் துயரத்தை எழுதுவோம்
நம் உயிலை நிறைவேற்றுபவர்களை தேர்ந்தெடுத்து
நம் உயிலைப்பற்றி பேசுவோம் என்றாலும் அதிகாரம்
அகற்றப்பட்ட நம் உடல்களை
இந்த மண்ணுக்கு தருவதைத் தவிர
வேறு எதை சொத்தாக்கி விட்டுச் செல்ல முடியும்.
நம் நிலங்கள் மக்கள் மற்ற யாவும் போலிங்ரோக்கினுடையது
நமது எழும்புகளை மூடியுள்ள குழைக்கப்பட்ட மண் உள்ள அந்தக்களர்
நிலமான சிறிய இடம் மற்றும் மரணத்தையும் தவிர வேறொன்றும்
நமக்கு சொந்தம் என சொல்ல இயலாது.
கடவுளின் நிமித்தம் நாம் இங்கு நிலத்தில் அமர்ந்து மரித்துப்போன
மன்னர்களின் சோகக்கதைகளைப் பேசுவோம்.
எவ்வாறு சிலர் அரியணையிலிருந்து அகற்றப்பட்டனர் என்றும், எவ்வாறு
சிலர் தங்கள் மனைவிகளால் விஷம் வைத்து கொல்லப்பட்டனர் என்றும்
சிலர் தூக்கத்திலேயே கொல்லப்பட்டனர் என்றும் பேசுவோம்
எல்லாரும் எப்படியோ கொலை செய்யப்பட்டனர்
எவ்வாறெனில் மன்னரின் நெற்றியை சுற்றி வைக்கப்ட்டுள்ள
கிரீடத்தின் உள்ளே மரணம் தன் அரசவையை நடத்துகிறது
அங்குதான் கோமாளித்தனம் அமர்த்திருக்கிறது.
அது மன்னனின் தேசத்தைக்குறித்து பரிகாசம் பேசுகிறது.
அவனது படாடோபத்தைப்பார்த்து சிரிக்கிறது
எனினும், ஒரு கணநேர இடைவெளிக்கு ஒரு சிறு காட்சி அரங்கேற அனுமதிக்கப்படுகிறது
அவன், தன் தேசத்தின் மேல் அதிகாரம் செலுத்துகிறான்.
பிறரை அச்சம் கொள்ள வைக்கிறான்
தன் பார்வையிலேயே பிறரைக்கொல்கிறான்
அவனுக்குள்ளே சுயமும் பயனற்ற அகந்தையும் நுழைகிறது தனது
உயிரைச்சுற்றியுள்ள இந்த உடலின் சதை
ஏதோ, பித்தளை போல் ஊடுருவ முடியாததது என எண்ணம் கொள்ள வைக்கிறது.
இறுதியாய், ஒரு சிறு ஊசி அவனது சதையான கோட்டைச் சுவரினை
ஊடுருவ, மன்னனே போய் வா
உங்கள் தலைகளை வஸ்த்திரங்களால் மூடி சதையையும் ரத்தத்தையும்
மரியாதை செய்து பரிகாசம் செய்யாதீர்கள்.
நீங்கள் செய்யும் பயபக்தியான மரியாதை மரபுகள், சடங்கு முறைகள்
சம்பிராதாயமான கடமைகளை விட்டுவிடுங்கள்.
இது காறும், நீங்கள் என்னை தவறாக எண்ணி வந்தீர்கள். நானும்
உங்களைப் போலவே ரொட்டியை சாப்பிட்டுத்தான் வாழ்கிறேன்.
என் தேவைகளை உணர்கிறேன். துயரத்தை ருசிக்கிறேன்.
நண்பர்களை நாடுகிறேன். இவ்வாறு ஆன பின்பு, நீங்கள் எப்படி நான் ஒரு அரசன் என என்னிடம் சொல்லலாம்?