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Flamingo Poem Chapter 2 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum — ENGLISH CORE STD 12 Science — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceENGLISH COREFlamingo Poem Chapter 2 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum5 Marks
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Why do you think Shakespeare is ‘wicked’ and the map ‘a bad example’ to these children?
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The study and the portrait of Shakespeare is wicked because these children fail to understand the true value of Shakespeare in English literature, as no quality education is imparted in this elementary school classroom in a slum. This school is different from other normal schools, where the study of Shakespeare is conducted properly, giving the children a constructive education.

The map of the world with its colourful projections of the earth is also a bad example to these slum children because they imagine the world from the maps and understand the fact that their world is different from that of the maps. Their future is dark and they live in a perpetual state of gloom, hunger and despair.

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