NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Snapshots Mother’s Day
NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Snapshots Mother’s Day A. Reading With Insight Question 1: This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family. What are the issues it raises? Do you think it caricatures these issues or do you think that the problems it raises are genuine? How does the play resolve the issues? Do you agree with the resolution? Answer: The play raises many serious issues. The first and foremost is proper appreciation of a housewife’s role and responsibilities. Those who work eight hours a day and forty hours a week treat the housewife as an unpaid domestic servant, who must carry out their orders. They neither request her nor thank her for her services. The second issue is the reciprocity of love and gratitude towards the mother or wife. The husband, son and daughter leave the lady of the house alone every night and go out to enjoy themselves in their several ways. They do not take any notice of her and ha...