Question 29
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2024
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
Two passages from Charles Dickens's *A Christmas Carol* illustrate contrasting moods. Passage A (Stave 1) describes "the cold, bleak night, the fog pressing against the windows, and Scrooge's heart as hard as iron." Passage B (Stave 4) depicts "the warm glow of the hearth, the soft laughter of the Cratchit family, and the gentle patter of snow outside." Compare the moods in these two passages and explain how Dickens shifts from one to the other using at least two specific literary devices.
Answer Options
A.
Passage A conveys a grim, oppressive mood through cold, harsh imagery and the symbol of an ‘iron heart'; Passage B creates a warm, hopeful mood using cosy hearth imagery and the symbol of family laughter. Dickens shifts the mood primarily by changing the narrator's voice rather than by modifying imagery.
Correct Answer
B.
Passage A conveys a grim, oppressive mood through cold, harsh imagery and the symbol of an ‘iron heart'; Passage B creates a warm, hopeful mood using cosy hearth imagery and the symbol of family laughter. Dickens shifts the mood by changing the imagery from bleak to warm and by replacing the symbol of hardness with one of generosity, thereby moving the reader from dread to compassion.
C.
Passage A conveys a hopeful, festive mood through warm, bright imagery and the symbol of a ‘golden heart'; Passage B creates a grim, oppressive mood using bleak winter scenery and the symbol of poverty. Dickens shifts the mood by reversing the order of the passages, not by altering imagery.
D.
Passage A conveys a grim, oppressive mood through cold, harsh imagery and the symbol of an ‘iron heart'; Passage B creates a warm, hopeful mood using cosy hearth imagery and the symbol of family laughter. Dickens shifts the mood by moving the setting from London to the countryside, not by altering symbols.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
Passage A conveys a grim, oppressive mood through cold, harsh imagery and the symbol of an ‘iron heart'; Passage B creates a warm, hopeful mood using cosy hearth imagery and the symbol of family laughter. Dickens shifts the mood by changing the imagery from bleak to warm and by replacing the symbol of hardness with one of generosity, thereby moving the reader from dread to compassion.
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Literature In English
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