About love class 12 heritage of words complete summary of. Question bank class 12 compulsory english hseb nepal set1 q. Oct 25, 2019 defining exactly what love means is like trying to explain where rain comes from to a gold fish. Describe the relation between thomas the boys uncle and his wife. Write a short description of a person you love most. According to alyohin, love is mysterious and there is no fixed rule about its occurrence.
Aug 18, 2017 nikanor is called mug fool but alyohin and anna are both intelligent and educated. For him, this reasoning is the source of dissatisfaction and irritation. He feels that it is a hindrance and a source of dissatisfaction and irritation. Describing three love stories, the writer puts forward logic that, love is different in each. What kind of love is experiences are suggested by alyohins in about love how did alyohin define love. Alyohins first person narrative of his relationship with anna forms the core of the story. Alyohins statement about love is very much influenced by his own experience. Paval konstantinovich alias alyohin, the protagonist of the story, is a. Platonic love definition of platonic love by merriamwebster. Would you call the affair between alyohin and anna platonic or consummate. Their conversation turns to the subject of love which leads to the telling of alyohins own love story. The difference between romantic love and platonic love. In a rainy day alyohin narrated these love stories to his friends while having breakfast.
He is a drunken brute who beats her time and time again. Never did i suspect though, that they had this sort of relationship. Narrative technique and the art of storytelling in anton. When he was studying at university, he loved a girl and lived with her. The second love affair is between alyohin and a girl when he was studying at the university. The heritage of words short question collection 2057 2066. Alyohin, the narrator of the story, holds the view that the people in love always ask themselves whether it is honorable or dishonorable, sensible or stupid and so on. He believes love is a great mystery and everything said about it is not a. But she is sticked to him and proposes him to live just so. Set i model question paper of compulsory english grade xii. He thinks that when people are in love, they ask whether it is honorable or dishonorable, sensible or stupid, and what their love will lead to. Love is hard to define, many people define it in many different ways. Love story between nikanor and pelageya justified that love is possible between too much unmatchable persons having totally different life ideologies.
The other is an example of unsuccessful love in which alyohin and anna cant even express their love although they have similar characteristics. Dec 24, 2011 in about love, three kinds of love experiences are suggested by alyohin. He exemplifies how the beautiful pelageya falls in love with a notsogoodlooking nikonar who beats her up. Though alyohin loved her, she thought love as a way to earn money. Did chekhov know at the beginning that marva would be. Alyohin presented three love stories to define the meaning of love. Alyohin, the narrator, while studying at universities used to be in love with a university girl and was living with her in the same house. What is the most romanticweirdfunnythrillingdramatic love story youve heard of. Important questions from about love by anton chekov short answer questions 1. Defining exactly what love means is like trying to explain where rain comes from to a gold fish. There he meets luganovichs young wife anna alekseyevna, a beautiful. Mar 30, 20 similarly, alexeyevna does not express her love thinking that she wasnt young enough to live with him.
Because of the unexpressed love anna suffered from mental sickness. About love is 1898 a short story by anton pavlovich chekhov. Explain the idea that love is different in every situation. Finally, the third and significant one is the love between alyohin and anna alexeyevna. He says that pelageya fell in love with nikanor, the mug without any rhyme or reason. About love summary and important points compulsory english xii. Why did not she fall in love with somebody more like herself inwardly and outwardly. Actually, alyohin thinks the ways of love are uncertain and so is personal happiness that comes from being in love. Jan 22, 2016 expresses that love is governed by emotions which doesnt care any physical restriction. What kinds of the experiences are suggested by the alyohin in about love. Platonic love definition is love conceived by plato as ascending from passion for the individual to contemplation of the universal and ideal. They frankly express their love with each other and have their own choices about marriage. Sep 30, 2015 as the time goes on, alyohin starts talking about the love affair between nikanor and pelageya and nature of their behavior.
What kinds of love experiences are suggested by alyohin in about love. Aug 20, 2014 love is such a complicated and complex thing, that there isnt just one word to define it love can be meant in loads of ways, like if you love your family or your pet, or someone. Important questions of heritage of the words class 12. According to alyohin, pelageya loved nikanor but pelageya did not want to marry him instead she was ready to live with him just so. What is the connection between this atmosphere and alyohins behabiour with. The story mostly set in the russian countryside of sofyino has the theme of love being different in every situation. The heritage of words about love presents three dimensional love stories. Everything that has been said or written about love is not a solution but only a statement of hitherto unanswered questions. They couldnt express their love because of the fatal result of the society and their future. Personal happiness does not count in love and it uncertain and vague as well as mysterious. The heritage of words summaries and important questions. What kinds of love experiences are suggested by alyohin in about love 2057 2.
In your own words tell the love story of alyohin and anna alexeyevna 3. Every time he held her in his arms all she did was think about the money that alyohin was going to give her and what she could buy. Although, alyohin wanted to devote himself completely in love, the girl constantly used to think about monetary and household matters and about destiny of their love. The first love is of nikanor and palegeya, second is of alyohin and a russian girl, and the third alyohin and a married women anna. Their love is not bound by marital relation either. Nov 08, 20 he says that love is different in each situation and love isnt confined within marital relationship. He had to work in his farm to pay the debt that his father had spent on his education. On the other hand, alyohins love is more of a spiritual kind and has less to do with physical passion. About love class 12 heritage of words bjs blog, a best. How love is born, said alehin, why pelagea does not love somebody more like. Alyohin thinks that love is a hindrance and a source of dissatisfaction and irritation.
Alyohin defined love as a mysterious thing beyond all types of social limitations in about love. Alekhin tells of a love for anna alek passionate and. Alyohin sacrifices his love because he thinks that it would bring disaster in the life of her children, mother and husband. Similarly, alexeyevna does not express her love thinking that she. This love affair can be seen as the ugliest where sex is exchanged with money. Alyohin presents the violent love affair between two servants where the cook nikanor was a high temper. Hseb board exam 2064 question paper with solution included. Though there is no understanding between them, sexual passion binds them. About love heritage of words grade 12 english notes neb notes. Similarly, alexeyevna does not express her love thinking that she wasnt young enough to live with him. This is a look at engine block and wheel design, by people meaning to strap on. As the time goes on, alyohin starts talking about the love affair between nikanor and pelageya and nature of their behavior. Give a short account of the life of the people of karnali. We just dont have the right perspective to understand it entirely.
Thus a violent love affair between the servants contrasts with the quiet and unexpressed love between the intelligent person. Why is alyohin compared with squirrel in cage in the story about love elaborate 2069 long answer questions 1. Why does the old man want to spit into the face of time. Alyohin defines love as a great mystery and he claims it to be one incontestable truth ever stated about love. Alyohin presented three love is possible between too much unmatchable persons having totally different life ideologies. The third love affair between alyohin and anna alexeyevna can be termed as unexpressed love or spiritual love. The servants might be happy in their own way, but alyohin and anna are dissatisfied with their lives. The following story, about love, will explain and be driven by alyohins. Read the following passage and answer the questions below. Alyohin has been living a farmers life at sofyino since he graduated from the university. There are as many definitions of love as there are people, actually, and often, in a couple, each person has a different idea of what love is. About love summary question answers heritage of words.
The third love affair between alyohin and anna alexeyevna can be termed. Love story between alyohin himself and anna also justified love as a mysterious thing. In yet another love alyohin was university of moscow student and tells a story about himself. Hseb question collection of english from 20602069 bs class. Jul 11, 2015 another love story is about alyohins love with a university girl, who always thinks how much money he will provide her for housekeeping. Alyohins vision of love is shaped by his own love affair. I think love is that feeling you get when you see that special someone and your tummy does 5000 flips and you smile nonstop and you cant help but want to be near them or with them all the time. Why is alyohin compared with squirrel in cage in the story about love. Sample question of english class xii student playground. Jun 28, 20 unknowingly alyohin and anna feel in love with each other. Nikanor and pelageya are in love although they are different from each other. The first one is the love affair between nikanor and pelageya. In the story about love by anton chekhov, why did alyohin leave.
Heritage of words summeries with question and answers. Possibly they are happy in their love despite certain problems. Love is not the absolute solution of happiness and several questions regarding love are unanswered. About love character sketch of alyohin and aleseyevana. Alyohin presents the violent love affair between two servants where the.