Bihar Board Class 11 The Marriage of True Minds Questions and Answers
Class 11 The Marriage of True Minds
[A] 1. Work in small groups and discuss these questions :
Question 1. What is love ? Can there be different manifestations of love ?
Answer:
Love is an eternal boon which has no alternation. Love is true and permanent. There can be no different manifestations of love because love is true and eternal.
Question 2. You love different persons in your life : Your parents, brothers sisters, friends, wife etc. What is common about your love to each of them ?
Answer:
Love with family members, friends and neighbours is selfish love. It is common with all. This is not a true love. Love has no selfishness.
Question 3. At times you feel drawn to opposite sex ? What is that which draw you to him/her : love or mere physical attraction ? How will you differentiate ?
Answer:
Sometimes physical attraction attracts some one. For the time being he/she looses his/her temper and wants to become one. It is only bodily attraction which ruins after some time.
[B] Answer the following questions briefly :
Question 1. What is meant by ‘the marriage of true minds ?
Answer:
‘Marriage of true minds’ means mixing up of two into one heartily for the life long. A true lover lives for his love and dies for his love. This type of love is called marriage of true minds.
Question 2. What is ‘an ever-fixed mark’ ?
Answer:
True love is permanent. No wordy attractions and activities have power to interfere in it. True love is eternal, so it is called ‘ever-fixed mark’.
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Question 3. What is meant by ‘Time’s fool’ ? Is love ‘Time’s fool ? Why or why not ?
Answer:
Time’s fool means a love for a short period. Real love is not time’s fool. Love is constant. It remains for life long.
Question 4. What kind of love alters when it finds alterations ?
Answer:
Artificial love alters. It varies time to time. It has no existence. This kind of love is not love. It is only bodily satisfaction for the time being.
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Question 5. Can external force change love ? Answer:
No, external force has no power to change true love.
Question 6. How does Shakespeare depict permanent nature of love ?
Answer:
Shakespeare has compared love with the pole star which never changes its place and twinkles.
Question 7. Why is love compared to a pole star ?
Answer:
A pole star is fixed at the same place always. It does not move from its permanent aboard.
Question 8.
Can you tag a price to love ? Why or why not ?
Answer:
Love is priceless. No can pay price for love.
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Question 9. Can time affect love ?
Answer:
No, time cannot affect love.
Question 10. If you have to choose between worldly, pleasure and the goal of your life, what will you choose ? Why ? give two reasons. [Board Model 2009 (A)]
Answer:
(a) If I have to choose between wordly pleasure and the goal of my life I will choose the later. For, wordly pleasures will not last long. But if I mach my goal. I will attain permanent bliss. Besides, a man who indulges in worldly pleasure cannot achieve much in life. He will do nothing so that peeterity will remain by him.
Question 11. Describe after Shakespeare the nature of true love. [Board Model 2009 (A)]
Answer:
True Love is described by Shakespeare remains unaffected by obstacles or impediments. It can with stand any tempestor trouble and be a true guide in all circumstances. It is even fixed and cannot be submitted. Even time can not fate true love.
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[C] Long Answer Type Questions :
Question 1. Attempt, after Shakespeare, a comprehensive definition of love.
Answer:
William Shakespeare in his poem “The Marriage of True Minds” has given a comprehensive definition of love.To him, it is a marriage of true minds. So, a true lover lives for his love and dies for his love. This type of love is called marriage of true minds.An artificial love may be changed, it has no existance. This kind of love is not love. A true love is compared to pole star. A pole star is fixed at the same place; It does not move from its permanent place. So like a pole star love has no alteration. Love is priceless. No one can pay price for love. Time can not affect love.
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Question 2. Describe, after Shakespeare, the nature of true love.
Answer:
William Shakespeare in his poem “The Marriage of True Minds” has very successfully described the nature of true love. True love is a sweet gift of nature. True love means mixing up of two true hearts and minds in one. It has got the relation with two souls. Physical attraction has no value in true love. It is nature’s greatest boon. A true lover never changes his attitude. He has no different manifestations of love. Even in great troubles a true love can not go back or forget his love. A true love is stable and permanent. It is just like a pole star which never changes its place. A true love is eternal. It is spiritual.
Question 3. What in your opinion is love related to-spirit or physical lust ?
Answer:
In my opinion love is related to spirit. Love is spiritual not physical. It is a union of two soul’s or spirits, It has no relation with physical attraction. It is for a short time. It is not permanent.
Question 4. Narrate the gist of the poem in your own words. Or, Give the main idea of the poem. “The Marriage of True Minds.” Or, Summaries the poem “The Marriage of True Minds”.
Answer:
“The Marriage of True Minds” is a sonnet composed by William Shakespeare. In this poem the poet has described the nature of true love. To him, true love is sweet gift of nature. A real love means mixing up of two souls and minds in one. It is an eternal gift. Love is not mere physical attraction. There can not be different manifestations of love because love is true and enternal. A true lover loves for his love. This type of love is called marriage of true minds. True love is permanent. It is called ‘an ever fixed mark’. It is not for short period. It is constant. This kind of love is not love. It is only bodily satisfaction for the time being. A true love is like a pole star that does not change its place. It is fixed at the same place. It lasts for ever. S
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Question 5. Can time control love ? What can it do at its best ?
Answer:
Time can not control love. William Shakespeare in his poem, “The Marriage oi True Minds” has clearly described that time can not control love. In third stranza of the poem, the-poet has said—“Love’s not Time’s fool”. It means love is not for short period. Love cannot be changed in hour’s and weeks. It is permanent. It bears it out even to the edge of doom. Time can creates troubles, disturbances and obstacles. . It can not be restricted by hours, weeks, months and years.
Question 6. Comment on the treatment of the theme of Love and Time in the poem.
Answer:
The poem “Marriage of True Minds” has been composed by William Shakespeare. In this poem the poet has described the theme of love, and time. According to the poet love is the theme of his poem. The poem is a sonnet. The poet has described the nature, the definition, the importance and the duration of love throughout the poem. The whole theme of the poem revoles round the discretion of love.To him love is a union of two souls. Love is spiritual not physical. It is permanent. It is external. It is for life long, it is not for short period. It can not be controlled by time. “The Marriage of True Minds”
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Question 7. How is the changelessness of love brought out in the first two quatrains ?
Answer:
In the first two stanzas of the poem “The Marriage of True Minds”, Willian Shakespeare has very successfully brought out the changelessness of love. The poet says that not one should be allowed to make hindrances to the marriage of true minds. To him, true love is the union of two pure souls and minds. It means true love is permanent. Love is like a pole star. A pole star is fixed at a particular place. It does not move from its permanent place. True love lasts for ever. It can not be changed.
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Question 8. What does the speaker declare in the final couplet ? What makes him do so?
Answer:
The poet in the final (last) two lines wants to confirm what he has said about true love. He is confident that true love is eternal, unchangeable and permanent. It is a union of two hearts, not of two bodies. Love is spritual not physical.The poet is so confident about his thought that he says that if my opinion about true love is wrong and if this is proved that ‘I am wrong it means I never wrote such poem and it is also true that no man has ever loved’ ’ It means if the poet is wrong, the story of true love, the dictum of true love is also wrong and no man in future will tell the story of true love nor no man will be ever loved.
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Question 9. How is love contrasted with Physical love ?
Answer:
Spiritual love is true love. It is the marriage of two souls. Spiritual love is eternal, It is permanent. It does not change with hours, weeks and months, Real love is not for short period. It is for life long. A true love is a sweet gift of nature. A real love is mixing up of two souls and minds in one. Love is an ever-fixed marks. It means true love is permanent. True love is like a pole-star. A pole star is fixed at a particular place. It is for short period. Physical love is over, the sooner physical satisfaction is fulfilled.
Question 10. Pick out metaphors used in the poem and comment on their implied meaning.
Answer:
In the poem “The Marriage of True Minds” the poet William Shakespeare has used metaphors. The very title of the poem” The marriage of True Minds” is a metaphor. The word ‘marriage’ is used metaphorically. Its implied meaning is ‘union’. .Its implied meaning is ‘great disturbances’. The other metaphors are noted below :
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Question 11. Discuss ‘The Marriage of True Minds’ as a sonnet Answer:
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines. It is either consisting of an octave followed by a sestet (Petrarchan sonnet) or three quatrains followed by a couplet with a special arrangement of rhymes. A sonnet consisting of three quatrains followed by a couplet is called Shakespearean sonnet. Subjectivity, spontaneity, sincerity, reflection, music and melody are some other important characteristics of a sonnet.“The Marriage of True Minds” is a Shakespearean sonnet. The sonnet consists of three quatrains followed by a couplet with a special arrangement of rhymes. The first three stanza consists of four lines each.. Subjectivity, spontaneity .sincerity, reflection, music and melody are the main characteristics of this poem.
