English Guru

 

Answer the following questions.

a. Why have Gore and Jitman come to see Laxminarayan?

Because Gore and Jitman want to tell Laxminarayan about the death of King Ranabahadur’s bull.

b. What, according to cowherds, is the reason behind the death of Male?

According to cowherds, the reason behind the death of the male was that he couldn’t digest fine rice and a split gram soup.

c. Why does Ranabahadur want to see the bull himself?

Rana Bahadur wants to see the bull himself so that he can see and examine the condition of the bull himself. He wants the bull to be cured if possible at Gauchar, so it doesn’t need to be transported to a hill.

d. Why does Laxminarayan run ahead of the convoy at Thulo Gauchar?

Laxminarayan runs ahead of the convoy at Thulo Gauchar to convey the message to cowherds and tell them to pretend as they are taking care of the bull very carefully. He urges them to massage the bull’s back feet and wave the fan to impress the king. In actuality, they want to save themselves from the king's punishment.

e. Why do Gore and Jitman cry when the king declares that Male is dead?

When the king declares that the male is dead Gore and Jitman cry for showing their affection and sympathy toward the demise of the bull. They are making all these efforts to get an excuse from the king’s punishment. If the king makes them responsible for the bull’s death, they will be certainly punished.

f. How do we learn that the bull is dead?

Many indications show the death of the bull. The conversation between cowherds, Laxminarayan, and the king clearly indicates the death of the bull. Same way, the physical appearance of the bull:  motionless eyes, loosened tail, and breathless, dropped-down ears are other indications of its death.

g. How does the play make a satire on the feudal system?

The play ‘The Bull’ reflects the horrible acts towards ordinary people in the feudal system.  It portrays the miserable condition of ordinary people in the feudal system. It tries to reflect how ordinary people have been dominated. The rulers were cruel. There wasn't value of ordinary people. The play shows that the king’s animals receive more respect, comfort, and care than the people there. The people there are living in terror and they are hiding their reality to save their lives in front of the king. Thus, the play satires the feudal system showing the oppression and dehumanization of the king’s worker.

 Sketch the character of Laxminarayan.

Laxmi Narayan Dahal is one of the central characters of the play ‘the bull’. He is forty years old, one of the legal officers and bull’s doctor in the palace of the king Rana Bahadur Shaha. He has married with seven wives. He is still unsatisfied with all of them and planning to marry eighth one. When he learns about the king’s bull’s death, he flatters the king using his intellectual moves. Instead of telling the news of bull's death, he tells the king about the bull’s sickness. When king arrives to the cowshed at thulo Gauchar to see his bull, Laxminarayan tells the cowherds to massage bull's feet and wave fan to it in order to please king and save his life. Seeing activities of Laxminarayan and cowherd, they became able to save them from the king’s punishment. Therefore, we can say Laxminarayan was a cunning man and he unmastered the king with his trickery.