Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI The Hollow Men Short Questions 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th
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Poem no: 10 The Hollow Men (T.S. Eliot)
Questions and Answers.
Ans: The poet calls modern as hollow men because modernity has bought selfishness with it. Modern people are running a rat race. They have lost the essential values of life. They try to depend upon each other but they cannot make a society. They are just walking statues or robots. Humanity has become a lost thought for them. They have no love and affection for each other.
Q:2 What do we try by leaning together?
Ans: We try to rely upon others but remain unsuccessful.
Q:3 what is the condition of our intellect according to the poet?
Ans: We are dull. Our minds are without wisdom according to the poet.
Q:4 Why does the poet refer rats in ‘The Hollow Men’?
Ans: The poet says that our voices have become as valueless as the roaming of rats in a storehouse in search of food.
Q:5 Why do the poet compare our voices with the voice of wind in dry grass?
Ans: The poet says that our voices have become as meaningless as the voices made by wind when it passes through the grass.
Q:6 What do we lack despite having shapes, shades, and gestures?
Ans: We lack form, colour, and intention despite having shapes, shades, and gestures. We are only walking souls.
Q:7 What is the opinion of dead about us?
Ans: The dead do not remember us as motivated people but as puppets hollow from inside.
Q:8 What is the main idea/ theme of the poem ‘The Hollow Men’?
Ans: The poem is a satire upon the modern men. The poet criticizes our worthless characters. He says that our heads are without wisdom and we have lost the essential vigor of life.
Q:9 What is the condition of our brain according to Eliot?
Ans: Our brains are filled with straw in view of the poet. We lack purposeful thinking and have become dull minded.
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