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Q.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)
Mansangh short story by Jayant Khatri and Pankor Doshi by Zaverchand Meghani both story are really interesting and the use of language is pure native Gujarati, it is called vulgar or vernacular language. I observed in Mansangh story two wordsmith works as wonder
એક તો એ અંધારી રાત હતી'.
નીરસનીજૅન વાતાવરણ
Here story starts with the dark night we can say that author is trying to create fearful soundings for readers. Second story Pankor Doshi also start with night. Words used like “બિહામણી રાત”, “કાળના તમાચા”. Through that words author creates an visual image in readers mind and it effects on reader heart too.
Q.2 List out various adjectives that contribute the most in creating the "pre-established design" or effect that the author intended to create.
The use of adjective is used very appropriately to create an effect on the readers mind-
નીરસનીજૅન વાતાવરણ
ખોખરો અવાજ, અંધારી રાત etc. And in the second story author uses adjectives like- સાકડ શેરી, ઘોઘરો અવાજ, ધુમાડીયુ કાળુ ફાનસ etc.
Through the adjectives author tries to creating the pre established design for readers.
Q.3 Which are the phrases you find frightening? How are they placed in the text?
I feel frightened while reading this phrase –
હૈયા સૂના કરયા, અંતરમાં લાઈ બળવી, નિગૂઢ રૂદન કરવુ and other story phrase – ઢગલો થઈ પડવુ, મરણોત્તરના મુખે, ચરિત્રતાની દાડીએ, બોકાસા પાડવા when I was listening Pankor Doshi story at 12:05 I really felt that kind of horror feeling.
Q.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.
Yes, I found figures of speech like metaphor, personification, exaggeration –
Metaphor – મે જોયુ તો માનસંઘની દષ્ટિ શૂન્ય બની ગ્ઈ,
Simile - આભય ફાટી જાય એવુ હસી
Personify - પૃથ્વી અને આકાશ બંને રડી રહ્યા છે
Alliteration- આસુના દરિયા ની કંઈક ભરતી હતી જાણે!
In the second story –
Exaggeration-
ચાલતુ ગાડુ ઘોડીયા જેવુ બની ગયુ
Simile-
કોઈ ચિતારાએ છાયા ચિત્ર આલયુ હોય તેવુ સ્તબ્ધ ઊભુ હતુ
Assonance -ધન્ય મોલા ધન્ય અલ્લા ધન્ય તારી સાહેબી
Both stories are related to terrible condition of society, sometimes people don’t know anything but they talked about something which is not real in life, even they don’t think about how it could effect on someones life and in the second story Pankor Doshi is also untouchable character she suffers a lot but she doesn't have courage to face any situation. Here again it satires on societies mindset how one woman lost her husband and looses her identity too and for her son's death the ruthless society is responsible. At last she fight against the society and makes a way for her.
Q.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?
While reading and listening story at that time I thought such a cruel society is portrait where destroying someone life is easy because in both the story situations are same. In the first story Mondhi suffering after her husband's death and in the second story Pankor Doshi's condition is same after her husband death, but here Pankor Doshi's story is for appropriate for a quote - 'Man can defeated but cannot be destroy'. When I was reading and listening the story I had the feeling of terror, horror and thriller.
ખોખરો અવાજ, અંધારી રાત etc. And in the second story author uses adjectives like- સાકડ શેરી, ઘોઘરો અવાજ, ધુમાડીયુ કાળુ ફાનસ etc.
Through the adjectives author tries to creating the pre established design for readers.
Q.3 Which are the phrases you find frightening? How are they placed in the text?
I feel frightened while reading this phrase –
હૈયા સૂના કરયા, અંતરમાં લાઈ બળવી, નિગૂઢ રૂદન કરવુ and other story phrase – ઢગલો થઈ પડવુ, મરણોત્તરના મુખે, ચરિત્રતાની દાડીએ, બોકાસા પાડવા when I was listening Pankor Doshi story at 12:05 I really felt that kind of horror feeling.
Q.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.
Yes, I found figures of speech like metaphor, personification, exaggeration –
Metaphor – મે જોયુ તો માનસંઘની દષ્ટિ શૂન્ય બની ગ્ઈ,
Simile - આભય ફાટી જાય એવુ હસી
Personify - પૃથ્વી અને આકાશ બંને રડી રહ્યા છે
Alliteration- આસુના દરિયા ની કંઈક ભરતી હતી જાણે!
In the second story –
Exaggeration-
ચાલતુ ગાડુ ઘોડીયા જેવુ બની ગયુ
Simile-
કોઈ ચિતારાએ છાયા ચિત્ર આલયુ હોય તેવુ સ્તબ્ધ ઊભુ હતુ
Assonance -ધન્ય મોલા ધન્ય અલ્લા ધન્ય તારી સાહેબી
Both stories are related to terrible condition of society, sometimes people don’t know anything but they talked about something which is not real in life, even they don’t think about how it could effect on someones life and in the second story Pankor Doshi is also untouchable character she suffers a lot but she doesn't have courage to face any situation. Here again it satires on societies mindset how one woman lost her husband and looses her identity too and for her son's death the ruthless society is responsible. At last she fight against the society and makes a way for her.
Q.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?
While reading and listening story at that time I thought such a cruel society is portrait where destroying someone life is easy because in both the story situations are same. In the first story Mondhi suffering after her husband's death and in the second story Pankor Doshi's condition is same after her husband death, but here Pankor Doshi's story is for appropriate for a quote - 'Man can defeated but cannot be destroy'. When I was reading and listening the story I had the feeling of terror, horror and thriller.
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