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NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English<\/a><\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s Day NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Snapshots Chapter 5<\/h2>\n

Mother\u2019s Day NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

Mother\u2019s Day About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

J.B. Priestley was born at Manningham, which he described as an \u201cextremely respectable\u201d suburb of Bradford. His father was a headmaster. His mother died when he was just two years old. Priestley was educated at Belle Vue Grammar School, which he left at sixteen to work as a junior clerk at Helm & Co., a wool firm in the Swan Arcade. During his years at Helm & Co. (1910-1914), he started writing at night and had articles published in local and London newspapers.<\/p>\n

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Mother\u2019s Day Main Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

This humorous play by J.B. Priestley is set in 1950 when the position of the mother and the housewife was subordinate. She worked for everyone in the family, but got no recognition or words of gratitude.Mrs Pearson is such a housewife and mother. Her neighbour Mrs Fitzgerald is much more assertive and feels Mrs Pearson should not allow herself to be bullied by her family. She should not pamper the family .members and assert herself a lot more.<\/p>\n

Mrs Fitzgerald and Mrs Pearson exchange personalities. Mrs Fitzgerald is in Mrs Pearson\u2019s body. Mrs Pearson goes to Mrs Fitzgerald\u2019s house. The first family member to return home is Doris, Mrs Pearson\u2019s daughter. She wants tea and her yellow silk dress ironed. Mrs Pearson tells her to do these jobs herself. She speaks disparagingly of Doris\u2019 date with Charlie Spence. Doris is amazed and starts crying. Next, Cyril, Mrs Pearson\u2019s son, comes and gets the same treatment. Then George Pearson, the husband, comes. He is surprised to find her drinking stout and tea not ready. She speaks to him in the same fashion and tells him that his friends at the club laugh at him.<\/p>\n

By this time the real Mrs Pearson is anxious and comes. After some humorous exchanges, she and Mrs Fitzgerald get back into their original personalities. Mrs Fitzgerald leaves advising Mrs Pearson to remain firm.Mrs Pearson is able to have her way. George, Doris and Cyril decide to stay at home. Doris and Cyril agree to cook for the family that evening.<\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s Day Reading with Insight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nThis play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
\n(i) What are the issues it raises?
\n(ii) Do you think it caricatures these issues or do you think that the problems it raises are genuine?
\nHow does the play resolve the issues? Do you agree with the resolution?
\nAnswer:
\n(i) The main issue is of the status of a woman. She deserves respect and recognition in her own family.
\nThe husband and children should share domestic choses. The issues raised are genuine. Such a situation exists in many homes even today. The problem raised is genuine.<\/p>\n

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(ii) The play resolves the issue by resorting to an extraordinary measure. Mrs Fitzgerald\u2019s personality enters Mrs Pearson\u2019s body. In exchanged personality Mrs Pearson deals firmly with her family members, stands up to her rights and tells others that they need to help too. The resolution of the problem is symbolic. Any woman can be firm and take a stand. The need to enter another\u2019s body is not there. Only a change of attitude is needed.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\nIf you were to write about these issues today, what are some of the incidents, examples and problems that you would think of as relevant?
\nAnswer:
\nIn the Indian scenario most of these issues are still relevant.<\/p>\n