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VSS, , SUMMARY, , The poet refers to an old woman, Aunt, Jenifer. She has embroidered some tigers on a, screen. These tigers are jumping across the, screen. The poet says that these tigers apear, so real as if they were actually the inhabitants, of the jungle. Some men are shown beneath, the tree. But these tigers are fearless. They, are not afraid of these men. Aunt Jennifer has, become so old that if apears that her fingers, are trembling through wool. She has become, so weak that she even finds the needle hard to, pull. The poet says that the uncle wedding band, , lies very heavily on Aunt Jennifer's hand. The ©, , poet means to say here that Aunt Jennifer has, to slavishly folow all the orders of uncle. Aunt, , —_, , Jennifer is terrified of endless household chores, and Uncle. She thinks that even after her death, she will not be free from these household, chores., , CENTRALIDEA, , In this poem narrates the tale of an old —, woman Aunt Jennifer. She is a typical housewife. She is embroidering tigers on a frame., Aunt Jennifer has suffered all her life because, of male-dominance. The tigers she is embroidering are in fact symbol of her husband. They, can also be seen as a symbol of woman's creative energy. The poet says that Aunt is, crushed due to male chauvinism and it appears, she won't be free from the bondage of her, , household chores even after her death.
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ExTRACT BASED QUESTIONS, , a), 1. Read the extract given below and, , éwer the question that follow :, \ Aunt Jennifer 's fingers fl uttering, through her wool, Find even the ivory needle hard to pull., The massive weight of Uncle's wedding, band, Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand., - (a) What is Aunt Jennifer doing with, her wool?, (b) Why does she find it difficult to pull, her ivory needle?, (c) What does 'wedding band' stand for?, (d) Describe the irony in the third line., (AI 2017), Ans. ’ ss, (a) Aunt Jennifer is embroidering tigers on, a panel with her wool. ane, (b) She finds it difficult to pull her ivory, nee because she is terrified of her, usband. é, (c) 'Wedding Band' stands for the responsibilities that she is burdened with aft, her marriage. —, (d) The third line is ironical because the, wedding band has not given her anyh, piness in life. It has rather overbu 4 a, her with the responsibities and oe, nating nature of her husband “Cae
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2:, , (a), (b), (c), (d), , Ans., (a), , (c), , Read the extract given below and, answer the question that follow: —, Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a, screen,, Bright topaz denizens of a world of, green., They do not fear the men beneath the, tree; Agee, They pace in sleek chivalric certainty,, (Delhi 2017), Why are the tigers called ‘Aunt, Jenifer's tigers'?, What does the phrase 'a world of, green' mean?, How are the tigers different from, their creator? a, , What does the word 'Chivalric', mean?, , The tigers are called_'Aunt Jennifer's, Ugrs' became they have been embroidered or created by her. They are representa, tive of her hidden p] ires,, b). Th n pleasures and desires, , est., , a oak are a symbol of fearlessness,, fr ee courage, They are different, from their Creator because their creator, *S terrified and not at all bold, , e Phrase ‘a world of green' means for
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5. Read the extract given below and, answer the question that follow :, When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will, lie, Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered, by., The tigers in the panel that she made, Will go on Praeclne, proud and unafraid., : ee —. (Dethi comptt. Set I 2016), (a) Name the poem and the poet, (b) What was the aunt's ordeal?, (c) Why did she 'make' tigers ?, (d) How were the tigers different from, her ?, Ans. (a) The name of the poem is ‘Aunt, , Jennifer's Tigers’ and its poet i is Adrienne, = Rich., , -(b) The aunt's ordeal is the constraints of, -her unhappy married life., , (c) She 'made' tigers to give vent to her feelings because she also longed for freedom, and boldness. _ ae oe, , (d) The tigers were different from her be, cause they were brave and fearless un, like the aunt who was timid.
