DAV Class 7 English Literature Solution Chapter 8 The Spider and the Fly
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DAV School Books Class 7 English Literature Solution Chapter 8 The Spider and the Fly:
(I) Understanding the Poem
(A) In the web chart given below. Mention the various luxury things that according to the spider furnish his parlour.
Spider’s parlour –
(i) bed,
(ii) pretty curtains,
(iii) fine and thin sheets,
(iv) looking glass.
(B) The spider tries to lure the fly by praising her beautiful appearance. In the web chart given below, mention the various phrases that he uses.
(i) How handsome are your gauzy wings,
(ii) How brilliant are your eyes,
(iii) Pearl and silver wings,
(iv) Crest upon your head,
(v) Your eyes are like the diamond bright.
(C) In the poem, the spider tries to tempt the fly by offering her various comforts. Complete the table given below by filling in the fly’s response to his various offers.
Temptation |
Fly’s response |
(1) The fly can see many pretty things in his parlour. | I know that one who goes up into your parlour never comes down. |
(2) The tired fly should rest in his
parlour. |
I have heard that those who sleep upon your bed never wakes again. |
(3) The fly should eat a little delicious food. | I have heard what is in your pantry and I don’t wish to see. |
(4) The fly should look at her beauty in the looking glass in the parlour. | I will come another day. |
(D) From the poem find two examples of each of similes and metaphor.
Simile –
(i) Your eyes are like diamond,
(ii) Dull as lead.
Metaphor –
(i) Pearl and silver wings,
(ii)
(E) Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) ‘Dear friend what shall I do
To prove the warm affection live always felt for you?
I have within my pantry. A good store of all that’s nice:
I’m sure you’re very welcome, will you please to take a slice?’
(i) Why is the speaker called ‘cunning’?
Answer – The speaker called cunning because he is trying to lure the fly by making a false offer to her.
(ii) How does ‘he’ in these lines, try to lure the fly?
Answer – In these lines he tried to lure the fly by offering her food from his pantry.
(iii) How does the fly react to the offer made by him?
Answer – The fly rejects the spider’s offer and replies that she knew what is in his pantry and she does not want to see that.
(b) ‘Sweet creature!’ said the spider, ‘you’re witty and you’re wise, How handsome are your gauzy wings. How brilliant are your eyes! I have a little looking-glass upon my parlour shelf. If you’ll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself.’
(i) Who is this ‘sweet creature’?
Answer – The fly is the sweet creature.
(ii) Why is the speaker praising her so much?
Answer – The speaker is praising her so much to flatter her so that she might come in his trap and he can eat her.
(iii) Do you think this creature is really ‘wise’? Why or Why not?
Answer – At the beginning time, the fly seems to be wise as she refuses to enter the spider’s parlour though she is offered various things. But later, the fly is fooled by the flattering words of the spider and she gets trapped. Thus it is proved that this creature is not really wise.
(c) The spider turned him round about, and went into his den. For well he knew the silly fly would soon be back again: So he wove a subtle web. In a little corner sly. And set his table ready to dine upon the fly.
(i) Why did the speaker turn back into his den?
Answer – The spider turned back into his den because he knew that the fly would be back soon.
(ii) How did he know that the fly would soon be back?
Answer – The spider knew that the fly would soon be back because he knew that the fly was stupid and she would surely get trapped by him.
(iii) Is he able to dine upon the fly? How?
Answer – Yes, he is able to dine upon the fly.
The fly is fooled by the flattering words describing her beauty which is told by the cunning spider and as soon as she entered the spider’s web, the spider jumped on her and dragged her up his winding stair into his den.
(II) HOTS
(A) What is a ‘fable’? Why is the poem called a fable?
Answer – Fable, a story either written in prose or verse, feathers animals or plants or any objects as human beings to teach a moral lesson.
In this poem, we can see the conversation of a spider and a fly and this poem also teaches us a lesson that we must not be greedy. So this poem is called a fable.
(B) Of the various offers made by the spiders which one is most difficult to resist?
Answer – The most difficult offer to resist is the flattery made by the spider. The spider praised the fly about her pearl and silver wings, bright eyes like diamond, green and purple robes. Listening these the fly could not resist herself to be flattered and soon gets caught into his web.
(III) Life Skills
Answer – It is very difficult to differentiate between a flatterer and a true friend. If I take a wrong step a flatterer will still praise me and encourage me for taking the wrong decisions but a true friend will never push me in dark. Moreover, a true friend will help me always in a miserable condition.
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