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A. 1. a. The mountains of Mopongchuket are compared to, emerald and jade., b. The hills of Ao echo with the songs that are sung in praise of, Jina and Etiben., c. The hills celebrate and sing about the glory and purity of true, love embodied by Jina and Etiben., d. Jina's unwavering love and loyalty to Etiben single him out as, a 'man among men'., 2. a. Here, 'they' refers to Jina and Etiben- the two eternal, lovers., b. They are compared to swans. This is because swans are, deeply devoted to each other and once they pair up, they stay, together for ever. Besides, the white colour of a swan, symbolises purity. Since Jina and Etiben's love was pure and, they wanted to be together for ever, they are compared to, swans., c. Jina and Etiben were madly in love with each other and they, could not imagine a life without each other. They wanted to be, together for ever., 3. a. Tenyur was a rich man's son who wished to marry Etiben., b. As desired by Etiben's parents, Tenyur produced the dowry, rst so that he would be able to marry Etiben., c. When Jina came to know that Tenyur was going to marry, Etiben, he was devastated. He suffered silently and nobody, knew about the depth of his suffering., 4. a. It was Etiben's husband Tenyur who was angry., b. Tenyur was angry because he discovered that his wife was, secretly meeting her lover Jina., c. In his fury, Tenyur thrashed Etiben mercilessly and left her, badly injured in the eld., 5. a. Here, the married woman refers to the ill-fated Etiben., , fi, , fi, , Jina Etiben
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fi, , fi, , fl, , b. Etiben got married to Tenyur against her wish. She was, trapped in a loveless marriage. Her heart longed for Jina while, she lived in Tenyur's house. She felt like a bird in a cage that, longed for freedom. Hence, her home is described as a cage., c. The simile in the above extract is 'She was worse than a, beast in separation and rage'., 6. a. When Jina and Etiben died, the villagers cremated their, dead bodies together. This is what is meant by the expression, 'as the villagers smoked the lovers' bodies'., b. As the bodies of the two eternal lovers were being cremated,, the villagers were awestruck by the sight of two columns of, smoke mingling together and rising high in the sky. They saw, the spirits of Jina and Etiben holding hands in celestial glee and, oating away towards their eternal home., c. The antonym of the word 'agony' is ecstasy., B. 2. Etiben's parents demanded a dowry of cows and oxen, from Jina. They did not want their daughter to marry Jina as he, was poor. They knew that Jina would not be able to bring the, dowry that they had demanded and hence the marriage could, be averted., 3. Same as 3 a., 4. After her marriage, Etiben was heartbroken and miserable., She longed for Jina and wrote a letter to him expressing her, deep sorrow and yearning to see him. When Jina came, she, sneaked out of her home to meet her lover without the, knowledge of her husband. She started meeting Jina regularly, till it was found out by her husband., 5. When Tenyur discovered that Etiben was cheating on him, he, was furious and beat her up brutally. He left her critically injured, in the eld and never tried to nd out what happened to her. It, was Jina who carried her to her parents' home and began to, take care of her. He was unwavering in his devotion to his, beloved. Despite all his care and attention, Etiben's health, began to deteriorate. On her deathbed, Etiben asked Jina to, promise that he would marry her in the eternal home. With, tearful eyes, Jina promised that they would forever be united in
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fi, , their afterlife. When the ill-fated lovers died and their bodies, were being cremated together, the villagers were awestruck to, see Jina and Etiben holding their hands and heading towards, heaven., C. 2. Etiben was deeply in love with Jina and she could not, imagine a life without him. But her parents did not approve of, their relationship and married her off to Tenyur against her wish., Her heart was torn apart as she left Jina to live with her, husband. She could not accept Tenyur as her husband and her, heart constantly ached for her lover. She felt like a trapped, animal and longed to see Jina. Though she was married to, Tenyur, she did not love him and hence felt no allegiance to, him. Her loyalty was towards Jina and hence her secret, meetings with him were not immoral., 3. When Tenyur discovered that Etiben was meeting Jina, behind his back, he was furious. He thrashed her so badly that, she never recovered. Domestic violence in any form is wrong, and must be condemned. Tenyur should have realised that, Etiben did not love him. Her heart belonged to Jina and she, was forced to marry him against her wish. Instead of using, physical violence, he should have tried to resolve the issue, through discussion or counselling. He could have con ded in an, elderly person and asked him or her to mediate between him, and his wife. Hence Tenyur was wrong when he abused his wife, physically.
