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Now let it work. Mischief thou art afoot.

Take thou what course thou wilt!


Antony seeks justice by getting the mob to kill the conspirators. But to correct a wrong, one cannot commit another wrong.


Write a speech for the school assembly on-The ‘ends do not justify the means in about 80-100 words.

To correct a wrong, one should not commit another wrong as two wrongs never make one right.

Good Morning Everyone, I, , have come before you all to speak on the topic, ‘The Ends do not Justify the Means’.


The concept of ‘ends justifying the means’ usually involves doing something wrong to achieve a positive end and justifying the wrong-doing by pointing to a good outcome. Means can only be justified when they are morally, ethically and socially upright. For the end to always justify the means, implies that it does not matter who gets hurt in the process. A bank robbery isn’t justified just because you get rich in the end. This concept is a double-edged weapon which must be dealt with in the most civilised way.


I would like to conclude by saying the methods which violate our sense of righteousness and moral, cannot validate the goal, no matter how worthy it is. After all, our values are what make us human.


Thank you


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Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

Good countrymen, let me depart alone,


And, for my sake, stay here with Antony:


(a) Identify the speaker of the above lines.


(b) When and where were the above lines spoken?


(c) Bring out the irony in the above extract.

 9

Answer any four the following questions in 30-40 words each:

(a) Why did John’s wife get angry with him? What did she decide to do?


(b) Why did the poet throw the log at the snake?


(c) How did nature foretell Caesar’s death?


(d) How did the Albatross save the mariners from the land of ice and snow?


(e) Why did Mr. Mullick turn down Patol Babu’s request for a rehearsal?

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Explain the statement ‘Virtual Games are a Reality’ with the help of textual evidences from the lesson ‘Virtually True’.

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How did the air raids disrupt the Dutch public life?

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Attempt a character sketch of Anne Frank.


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Attempt a character sketch of Otto Frank, Anne’s father.