Q/A
Q.1. Why does Lord Ullin's daughter defy her father and elope with her lover?
Ans: Lord Ullin's beautiful daughter is in love with a Scottish chieftain. But her father can't stand him. He wants her to end her relationship with him. Hence she decides to elope with her lover.
Q.2 Give two characteristics of the boatman who ferries the couple across the sea?
Ans: The boatman can be characterized as kind, sympathetic, humane, understanding and courageous. He is kind as he helps the couple. He is sympathetic and understanding as he knows their need to cross the sea immediately. He is courageous as he braves the storms and ferries them across. He is humane as he does everything not for money.
Q.3. 'The water-wraith was shrieking.' Is the symbolism in this line a premonition of what happens at the end?
Ans: Yes, it is. The stormy sea seems to be furious, very much like Lord Ullin, The waters are shrieking like ghosts and lovers feel helpless. They can't go forwards neither can they go back and at last they meet their tragic end.
Q.4. In stanza 10, the poet says,
The boat has left a stormy land,
A stormy sea before her, ..............
(a) in both these lines, the word "stormy" assumes different connotations. What are they?
Ans: The "stormy land" refers to Lord Ullin's daughter and her lover's desire for one another and how it shattered the family , very much like a storm does to a boat or ship . It also refers to how once Lord Ullin got wind of his daughter's plans, he sent armed horsemen on a hot chase. "Stormy sea" refers to the weather condition that ravaged their boat ultimately bringing about their tragic death.
(b) The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?
Ans: Lord Ullin's daughter made a decision. She can't go back as she'd have to face her father's wrath, also she is unable to move forward as the weather is not very kind. So she finds herself in a dilemma.
Q.5. "Lord Ullin reached that fatal shore" just as his daughter left it. Why is the shore called fatal?
Ans: The shore is referred to as fatal / extremely dangerous as it brings about Lord Ullin's daughter's death.
Q.6. Why does Lord Ullin's wrath change into wailing on seeing his daughter?
Ans: No parent is steel - hearted. They are full of love for their children. There may be arguments and disagreements and a feeling to bend the other person to satisfy one's ego but never at the cost of a loved one's death and hence Lord Ullin's wrath changes into wailing on seeing his daughter's dead body.
That's it! :-)
Seetha Lakshmi!
Q.1. Why does Lord Ullin's daughter defy her father and elope with her lover?
Ans: Lord Ullin's beautiful daughter is in love with a Scottish chieftain. But her father can't stand him. He wants her to end her relationship with him. Hence she decides to elope with her lover.
Q.2 Give two characteristics of the boatman who ferries the couple across the sea?
Ans: The boatman can be characterized as kind, sympathetic, humane, understanding and courageous. He is kind as he helps the couple. He is sympathetic and understanding as he knows their need to cross the sea immediately. He is courageous as he braves the storms and ferries them across. He is humane as he does everything not for money.
Q.3. 'The water-wraith was shrieking.' Is the symbolism in this line a premonition of what happens at the end?
Ans: Yes, it is. The stormy sea seems to be furious, very much like Lord Ullin, The waters are shrieking like ghosts and lovers feel helpless. They can't go forwards neither can they go back and at last they meet their tragic end.
Q.4. In stanza 10, the poet says,
The boat has left a stormy land,
A stormy sea before her, ..............
(a) in both these lines, the word "stormy" assumes different connotations. What are they?
Ans: The "stormy land" refers to Lord Ullin's daughter and her lover's desire for one another and how it shattered the family , very much like a storm does to a boat or ship . It also refers to how once Lord Ullin got wind of his daughter's plans, he sent armed horsemen on a hot chase. "Stormy sea" refers to the weather condition that ravaged their boat ultimately bringing about their tragic death.
(b) The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?
Ans: Lord Ullin's daughter made a decision. She can't go back as she'd have to face her father's wrath, also she is unable to move forward as the weather is not very kind. So she finds herself in a dilemma.
Q.5. "Lord Ullin reached that fatal shore" just as his daughter left it. Why is the shore called fatal?
Ans: The shore is referred to as fatal / extremely dangerous as it brings about Lord Ullin's daughter's death.
Q.6. Why does Lord Ullin's wrath change into wailing on seeing his daughter?
Ans: No parent is steel - hearted. They are full of love for their children. There may be arguments and disagreements and a feeling to bend the other person to satisfy one's ego but never at the cost of a loved one's death and hence Lord Ullin's wrath changes into wailing on seeing his daughter's dead body.
That's it! :-)
Seetha Lakshmi!
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