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Saturday, 22 June 2019

English (Compulsory) For HSC Part 2 - Chapter No.1: Twenty Minutes With Mrs. Oakentubb - Short Questions And Answers

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TWENTY MINUTES WITH MRS. OAKENTUBB
By Frank Arthur
English (Compulsory) For HSC Part 2
Short Questions And Answers

10 Year Questions Distribution According to the Chapters.
SUB- SECTION I (Section B)

  • What was the effect upon the character 'He' after meeting the Korean girl? (2024 Science General Group)
  • Why was Mrs. Oakentubb trying to hide her identity from the man? 2023
  • Discuss the justification of Mrs. Oakentubb's Murder. 2019
  • Is the man cleverer than Mrs.Oakentubb? Discuss. 2017
  • Why did the meeting with the Korean girl give the man a purpose to live in 'Twenty Minutes with Mrs Oakentubb'? 2013

Q.1 Give a brief character sketch of "He".
Ans. The man in the play is in his mid-thirties. He is clean-shaven and wearing a trilby hat. From his dress and speech, he appears to be a clerk. But he is definitely lower in the social scale as compared to Mrs. Oakentubb. ,• - The man is bent on taking revenge from Mrs. Oakentubb, folkilling his wife"-and daughter even though, at one point she apologises to him/Of course one cannot help feeling sorry for the man. To have your wife and daughter killed and your family life ruined, is indeed a terrible blow. So, may be, l* is justified ilisIkking revenge. • I feel, if the man had forgiven Mrs. Oakentubb,a.nd reconciled to his 'Falk, this - would however have been a great act on his patt, and people would have' commended him, for his gesture. His' anger/ was aroused, by Mts. Oakentubb's vulgar gesture and this is w,h'y, he killed her. othe?wise,. he might have forgiven her. ,' , ', • Q.7 What motive does the man have for/Murdering Mrs'./Judy Pakertubb? • /1 PR ALF K COR Why did the gentleman kill Mrsibakentubb?,' „ B What motive has the man for killhigMrs. Oakentubb? URitS ROAD, NEA PH: 32 Ans. The man's motive in murdering. Mrs. Judx Oakentubb wag to take the revenge of his wife, and daughter's death. Mrs. Judy '0,akentubb had Crushed his wife and rn daughter under the wheels' of her car:She was'8entenced for only eighteen months c in prison for killing two people. She was drunleand was driving very fast in..a crowded area to vein, a bet.. He felt that the lady wag not' duly punished by the court of laW,..fof her .deliberate and criminal/folly sOshe was there to execute justice. / Q.8 Why did the.meeting with the Korean girl give the man the purpose to live in "Twenty Mintites with Mrs. oa,kentulib"? Ans. Th—e—little Korean'iirl reminded iiitp/of his daughter. With the memory of his daughter came the bitter truth of his wife's and daughter's violent death. He thought that had his dadgliter been alive, disc would have been of the age of the ,}Coteau girl. This gave him'a,purpose to,live. Earlier he wanted to die but then he ,..," wanted to tive,to take revengesfi-om,the person responsible for the death of his daughter. - Q.9 Why was Mrs. Oakentuitr driving very fast and what was the result? Ads. Mrs:,i5akentubb had been to a,cocktail party where she had a bet of fifty pounds that she would travel from Staintborpe-cross to the coast in under fifteen minutes-'s a distance that could' only,b,e covered in not less than half hour due to the bends ',and curve§. To winthat bet she was driving very fast. She was drunk too. Driving E fast, she tried.to' overtake a bus on a blind curve when she saw a lorry coming frbm the opROsite direction. To save herself, she mounted the pavement and cru0ed two pedestrians under the wheels. of her car. So as a result of her reckless driv'ing two innocent people were killed. O 9),11N301V3LL3VIAd S 3111N331VOLI3N,Odd p By Sir Khalid Khan (Anees Hussain)




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