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Beehive (Prose) 3171, or serious ?, , ‘He says it because the intruder, , : : s willing to know about him., , errard is sarcastic here. He is a playwright and not many people had shown interest, stories but when the intruder wants to talk to him he becomes happy and, , s sharing story of his childhood how gypsies had stolen him. It doesn't interest, , itruder as he is more interested in knowing how he talks and lives,, , joes the intruder choose Gerrard as the man whose identity he wants to take, intruder chooses Gerrard. It is because he finds him closely similar to him. If he, clothes lile Gerrard does, no one will know that they are two different persons, he may save himself from being arrested and hanged late:, gid it with bullets.”, | Who says this ?, What does it mean?, Ts it the truth ? What is the speaker's reason for saying this, Gerrard says this., Tt means that he shot someone., No, it is not the truth. Gerrard also wanted to sound dangerous otherwise the, intruder would have killed him. So, he made this statement just to make the, intruder feel afraid of him., Bat is Gerrard's profession ? Quote the parts of the play that support your answer., srry I can't let you have the props in time for rehearsal, I've had a spot of bother—, € amusing. I think I'll put it in my next play." — Gerrard, Srrard seems to be a theatrical artist, say a playwright, which can be clearly, , hderstood from the above statement of his which he makes when he puts the, der in the cupboard., , Bart from this there are many other occasions when we come across certain clues, , jout his profession like when he first sees the intruder he says, This is all very, , elodramatic, not very original, perhaps, but q, , fhen the intruder asks him to talk about himself, he says. "At last a sympathetic, , ns where he gives certain clues about his, , fil soon stop being smart.", , Who says this ?, , Why doc | the speaker say it?, | What, according to the speaker, will stop Gerrard from being smart?, ‘The intruder says this., , | The speaker says it because Gerrard hasn't felt any fear so far though he, has a gun in his hand., Gerrard's being nonchalant at the sight of the intruder with his gun and his being, "sarcastic makes the intruder angry with him. He (intruder), therefore, shares his, " plan of murdering (killing) him by saying that he (Gerrard) would stop being smart, when he would know what was going to happen to him., , , , , , ‘oO X<5SO - anyaaas_store, Jan 25, 2022, 14:05