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14/02/2021 10:21 am
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
Bishop: The knife, oh, well, you see, dear, perhaps he may have thought that I-I had sold ours, (laughs gently)
Persome: Brother, I am frightened. He glares at us like a wild beast (aside to him).
(а) What is the tone of the Bishop in the above extract?
(b) Why is Persome frightened?
(c) Why is ‘he’ being compared to a wild beast?
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14/02/2021 10:22 am
(a) The Bishop’s tone is kind and gentle.
(b) Persome is frightened because the convict’s looks are very cruel and dangerous.
(c) ‘He’ is being compared to a beast as there is no human feeling on his face. Moreover, his way of eating is just like any beast’s.