Explanation

Question 11

(1) Relation to theme: God's love for mankind which ensures that mankind is never separated from Him. (ii) God's creation of man and the benefits He bestowed on man.

(2) The reasoning for this is laid out in the stanzas: In the first stanza, God performed some activity when he created man: (i) He downloaded (as a pulley does) his gifts of blessing into a glass). (ii) Then he poured them (all we can) on man by a fiat: "Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie/contract into a span".

(3) The drama of withholding “rest": The second stanza describes the specific gifts: “beauty", "wisdom" "honour" "pleasure" and "strength as they are poured in succession. Then; dramatically, God made a stay "Rest"; my jewel' which lay at the bottom of the glass is withheld.

(4) God's reasoning: The third stanza provides the rationale for the reasoning: If "rest is included, man will be more worldly, i.e., "rest in Nature"; instead of the God of Nature. The result is “both will losers be".

(5) The concession and conclusion: The concession, Yet let him keep the rest (remainder) is magnanimous. But it precedes a caveat: *But keep them in repining restlessness' Then a new phenomenon is paradoxically introduced: "Let him be rich and wearie". At this stage, the logic of the reasoning is made more manifest: Not sure about man's inherent “goodness", God ensures that he keeps his link to man by throwing the latter into a state of repining restlessness". So that “if goodness lead him not, yet weariness/ may tosse him to my breast".

Question 12:

(1) Relation to theme: The restrictions imposed by society in general and school in particular on children's growth and development.

(2) The caged bird and the boy's experience of nature ("summer morn");: (i) summer morn is exciting (ii) “birds sing on every tree" (ii) ... "The distant huntsman winds his horn", etc. However, like a caged bird, the boy is excluded from participation in nature's activities by being restricted in school.

(3) A caged bird and the boy's experience of school. The boy describes his experience of school harrowingly (i) The setting is dreary (ii) Thought of it "drives all joy away" (ii) Teachers are old and overly strict "cruel eye outworn". (iv) The little ones are In sighing and dismay". (v) He feels anxious and cannot "take delight" in learning. A caged bird must be going through similar experiences.

(4) Through exclamations, appeals and rhetorical questions the caged bird must be going through similar experiences the boy blames his parents and society looking on as he, like a caged bird, is being denied natural growth and being kept Sorrowful

(5) Implications for adulthood (i) Loss of early childhood joy. (ii) Loss of time to acquire survival skills (iii) Loss of emotional and psychological buffer in times of old age, *when the blasts of winter appear".

Explanation

Candidates are expected to mention the following points among others:

i. Friar Jerome and his priestly duties.

ii. His interaction with the persons in the castle – Hippolita, Matilda, Isabella and Manfred.

iii. His role in quelling turbulence in the castle.

iv. Frair as the biological father of Theodore.

v. His upholding of the prophecy about the principality of Otranto.

vi. He witnesses the marriage of Isabella and Theodore.

Explanation

In the play, symbols are used to represent the various predicaments of black people. There is the symbol of the photographic studio which becomes a temporary refuge for blacks who are crippled economically and socially and who indulge their fantasy in taking pictures. Sizwe Bansi, as an asylum seeker, finds this studio a temporary place of refuge.

The cockroaches symbolize the oppressive white settlers; the Doom applied by Styles on the cockroaches represents all the ineffective actions taken to free South Africa from racial discrimination.

The cat is used to remind the blacks that they need a greater force to free themselves from the oppressive regime; the passbook that the blacks are made to carry is a symbol used to highlight the evils of apartheid. Without a valid passbook characters like Sizwe Bansi are limited in their movement and in securing gainful employment.

Death, itself, is used symbolically to represent rest and peace for the oppressed blacks. The harsh conditions faced by the blacks make them wish to die. There is also Buntu's house which becomes a rehabilitation centre and Buntu himself is made a rehabilitation officer for Sizwe Bansi.

Explanation

Question 5

(1) Relation to theme: (i)) Racial discrimination and how it affects the lives of African Americans. (ii) Poverty and the aspiration of a young African American family to improve their lot.

(2) Definition of plot: The unfolding of events and actions in relation to the theme. In this regard, Mrs. Johnson plays a minor but significant role.

(3) Character identification: Mrs Johnson is an African American woman, a neighbour of the Youngers and sharing an apartment with them in Southside, Chicago (i) Competes with the Youngers for the use of a common bathroom. (ii) Exchange pleasantries with the Youngers.

(4) The visit: (i) As she visits, she brings along a magazine featuring as banner headline. NEGROES INVADE THE CLYBOURNE PARK' and they have been bombed. (ii) She teases the family for wanting to move on up a little higher' when they should know their place as Negros as she does. (iii) She is full of envy tinged with admiration of the Youngers' upbringing and determination to succeed.

5) Her relevance to the plot: (i) She provides some humour, especially when she's given pie, then coffee while protesting she has stayed too long. (ii) She appears at the stage where the Youngers are packing to move to Clybourne Park. The news from the newspaper and her own narrative is intended to discourage the Youngers from moving on. (iii) Beneatha concludes about her visit. .. If there are two things, we as a people, have got to overcome, one is the Klu Klux Klan, the other is Mrs Johnson.

(6) Significance (i) Mrs. Johnson's visit raises doubt in the Youngers about moving out to Clybourne Park. (ii) Subsequent events, such as Walter's loss of the rest of the insurance money and Mr. Karl Lindner's appearance to buy the family out of the contract do not help matters. (iii) Mrs. Johnson represents those coloured people who would do nothing to improve their lot and discourage others from doing so. She illustrates the negative side of the African American attempt to break the barriers of social class and race.

Question 6

(1) Relation to theme: (i) Racial discrimination and how it affects the lives of African Americans (ii) Poverty and the aspiration of a young African American family to improve their lot.

(2) Definition of plot: ()) Walter is Walter Lee Younger, Mama's son, Ruth's husband, Travis' father and not yet the head of the house. (ii) He is a lean and ambitious young man ready to blame others for his own flaws. (iii) Does not like driving for another person

(3) His desire to improve his lot and that of his family: (i) Unhappy with the family's depraved condition. (ii) It leads him to drink a lot. (iii) He expects to make a breakthrough with the arrival of the insurance money (iv) He wants the best for Travis but is shocked by the boy's expectation to be a driver.

(4) Walter's choice of business: () He invests in the liquor business, much to the opposition of his mother and sister. (ii) He is duped by his friend, Willy Harris (ii) He feels disappointed and betrayed. He says of Willy Harris. man . trust you ... man I put my Life in your hands man ... that money is made out of my father's flesh

(5) Walter's admiration of success: (i) Regards George Murchison's family as having achieved the success he aspires to. (ii) Disappointed when Beneatha chooses Asagai instead of George. (iii) He reconciles with his family's determination to relocate to Clybourne Park which, to them, signifies success.

Correct Answer: A. alliteration

Explanation

Line 1: Thou, The

Line 6: They, Their

Line 7: Them, Their

Line 9: Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Line 11: Frowns, Face, Fate

Correct Answer: D. personification

Correct Answer: D. filth and decay

Correct Answer: A. mutual suspicion

Explanation

The interaction between Bigger and Mary during the outing is laced with irony. Mary is trying her best to be friendly with Bigger to make him come out of his shell from the inhibitions imposed over decades or centuries, by being nice and free with him. Bigger, on the other hand, not only withdraws from her, nut nurses hatred towards her. To a very great extent, the same thing plays out in Bigger's interaction with Jan. Mrs Dalton perceptiveness and sensitivity at the times when things have gone wrong cast a huge ironical shadow on those that have eyes. She is quick to sense that things have gone wrong in spite of Peggy's encouragement to the contrary. It is her conviction that there is something wrong about Mary's disappearance which first puts' fear in Bigger over the possibility of beings exposed. It is through Mrs. Dalton that we get to know that, in spite of Mary's wild character, there had never been a time she left home without leaving a note behind to show where she was going. It is this strong conviction that triggers for investigation.

Irony also shows up in the interrogation scene where Mr. Dalton apologizes to Bigger for being rough handled by Mr. Britten, a private investigator. It is ironical be-cause Bigger, has caused an irreparable harm to Mr. Dalton by killing the latter's daughter. it is ironical that Mr. Britten shows more anger than Mr. Dalton, who remains calm throughout the moments of interrogation. Another instance of irony plays out at the press conference where Mr Dalton speaks of his intention to meet the total ransom demand of the kidnappers. Unknown to him the Kidnapper/murderer of his daughter is right there under his nose. Also his shielding Bigger from interrogation by pressmen further advances the irony of the situation.

It is ironical that the crime for which Bigger is being hunted and sentenced to death is accidental in contrast to the murder of Bessie which is premeditated. Irony can also be seen in the rat episode, and Bigger's show of 'faked' bravery in his attack on Gus for their aborted plot to rob a white man.

Points to note:

1. A good understanding of irony: (title, situational).

2. The interaction between Bigger and Mary.

3. Mrs. Dalton's perception in her blindness

4. Mr. Dalton's blindness to reality: (exploitation)

5. Mr. Britten's show of more anger than Mr Dalton.

6. Bigger's show of lakedbravery in the face of fear.

Correct Answer: C. W. Soyinka

Explanation

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