vikram seth's frog and the nightingale

Summary - The poet, Vikram Seth, very cleverly gives us a message of the importance of self-confidence and moral courage in his poem - The 'Frog and the Nightingale'. Once in a bog, a frog sat under a Sumac tree and croaked all night in a loud and u..

Question 1 - Question: Where did the Frog sit and sing? Answer: The Frog sat under a Sumac tree in the Bingle Bo..

Conclusion - The Nightingale's gullible servile nature results in her tragic death. The pompous, scheming frog plans her destruction after winning her trust. Lack of confidence and good judgement of character can bring misery from which there is no escap..

Question 1 - Question: Where does the frog croak? 1. In Bingle bog 2. From dusk to dawn 3. On the Sumac tree 4. On a toadstool Answer:..

Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta in 1952. He left India to study at Oxford where he earned degrees in philosophy, economics, and politics, and went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry in China at Nanjing Universit..

The Nightingale's gullible servile nature results in her tragic death. The pompous, scheming frog plans her destruction after winning her trust. Lack of confidence and good judgement of character can bring misery from which there is no escap..

Question: Give a character sketch of the Nightingale. Answer: The Nightingale is shy, timid and modest to a fault. She is not a good judge of character and cannot see through the Frog's plotting and scheming. She is easily influenced and forgets that one ..

Question: Give a character sketch of the Frog. Answer: The Frog is a cunning and stubborn creature. Brimming with confidence, he did not stop singing even when bricks are thrown at him. He is jealous of the Nightingale's singing and cleverly plans to dest..

Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta in 1952. He left India to study at Oxford where he earned degrees in philosophy, economics, and politics, and went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry in China at Nanjing University. His first novel, The Gold..

Question: One night when the nightingale was about to sing she was startled. What startled her? 1. The frog's advice 2. The frog's croak 3. The frog's movement 4. The frog's scolding Answer: ..