Encourage the students to use their creativity and formulate their own answers.<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion 1. \nIs this a mystery story? Give a reason for your answer. \nAnswer: \nYes, this is a mystery story because it is only at the end that we discover the truth. We as readers are as gullible as Framton himself. We believe and invest in the story of the niece as much as he does. We feel sympathetic towards Mrs Sappleton when we see her telling Frampton about her husband\u2019s shooting excursion.<\/p>\n
We are equally engulfed in the mystery behind what happened to the three men and why their bodies were never discovered. It is only at the end that we realize that the men are not ghosts and that the niece has made up the story.<\/p>\n
Question 2. \nYou are familiar with the \u2018irony\u2019of the situation in a story. Which situation in \u2018The Open Window \u2019are good examples of the use of irony? \nAnswer: \nThe story is full of irony. Irony is when we expect something, but its opposite happens. For instance, we know that Frampton has come to the neighbourhood to treat his nerves. However, we are certain that he would leave the place even more anxious than he was when he came. This is so because of the effect that the niece\u2019s story has on him.<\/p>\n
Similarly, it is ironic that the three men arrive home while Framton is still there. They could have easily arrived after he had left, and the niece\u2019s story would not have had any effect on him. Another example of irony in the story is that Mrs Sappleton also talks about the open window to Framton, and inadvertently supports her niece\u2019s story.<\/p>\n
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Question 3. \nWhich phrases\/sentences in the text do you find difficult to understand? Select a few and guess the meaning of each. Rewrite a simple paraphrase of each.<\/p>\n
1. Phrase\/Sentence: Framton Nuttel endeavoured to say something which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come. \nParaphrase: Framton Nuttel tried to have a pleasant conversation with the niece without disregarding the aunt who he was going to meet soon.<\/p>\n
2. Phrase\/Sentence: … engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. \nParaphrase: … stuck terribly in the marshes that were full of danger.<\/p>\n
3. Phrase\/Sentence: Here the child\u2019s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. \nParaphrase: At this point, the child\u2019s voice was no longer composed, and sounded a little disturbed and overwhelmed.<\/p>\n
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4. Phrase\/Sentence: She rattled on cheerfully … \nParaphrase: She continued to chat happily …<\/p>\n
5. Phrase\/Sentence: announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one\u2019s ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. \nParaphrase: said Frampton, who was under the impression that complete strangers and chance acquaintances are dying to know the smallest details about our health and illnesses, their symptoms and cures.<\/p>\n
6. Phrase\/Sentence: Romance at short notice was her specialty. \nParaphrase: She had the gift of recounting stories at the drop of a hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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