Edgar Allan Poe short stories thinking activity

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. 

Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

Thinking Activity

1. Read the first Gujarati story and listen to the audio recitation of the second story. Observe how the two wordsmiths work wonders through words! (Absolute obsession of alliteration).

Ans. :   The story name of “MANSANGH” is written by JAYNT KHATRI. The story started very unique way. It’s horror suspense story. The language of story is 'TALPADI GUJRATI'. The Story begins with Dark night. So  the Dark night is also symbol of macabre story. It’s very hard to write a horror scene rather than showing and listening. There are no any sound only words explain all expression. So it’s very difficult. But jayant KHATRI wrote very well readers feel that deep words and horror situation.There are no mention narrative name but story narrated by “ mastar”.

      

2. List out various adjectives that contribute the most in creating the "pre-established design" or effect that the author intended to create.

Ans. : some adjective in this story.

- અંધારી રાત

- ખુલ્લુ  મોં

- સફેદ લુગડુ

- ફાટેલું તકીયુ

- કુંવારી દીકરી

- ખુલ્લુ આકાશ

- રડતું કૂતરું

- તીણી ચીસ

- તોફાની દ્શ્યો

- અશાન્ત સ્વપ્ન

3.Which are the phrases you find frightening? How are they placed in the text?

 Ans. :  When I read story I found some frightening phrases like 

- અંધારી રાત

- બંગડી અવાજ

- ધ્રુજતો‌ હાથ

- કૂતરાનો રડવા નો અવાજ

-  પવનના સુસવાટા

- તણખા ઝરતી આંખો

- દીવા ના પ્રકાશ થી પડછાયો હલવો

- રાત શાંત હતી, અશાંતિ કરતાંય ભયંકર ‌રીતે 

4. Can you find out any other lexical varieties such as figures of speech like simile, metaphor, personification etc? Briefly explain their significance in the story.

Ans. :  I read the story that time I could see the use of figurative language.  Figurative language always gives some unique charm in story. Metaphorical language used by Jayant KHATRI in this story like a...

   

“હસવાનો અવાજ જાણે ભરેલી ગાગર ઠલવાઈ. ”

“જાણે આંસુના દરિયા ની ભરતી હતી.”

“આંખો વાઘ ને તણખા ઝરતી”

“તારાઓ નું જોવું”

“આભ ફાટેલું તેવો હસવાનો અવાજ”

“ડોક ના સતરસો વલાક”

5.What is the impact of listening  to the stories on your mind? Which Rasas/emotions erupt in you during and after the reading/listening sessions?

 Ans. : Listening the story which is always better understanding. In both story I could find Bhaya.       ( fear) rasa.