Selfish Giant

(E-Content developed by Dr N. A. Jarandikar)

BA Part II Compulsory English

Semester IV

The Selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde

·         The story “The Selfish Giant” (“स्वार्थी राक्षस”) is written by Oscar Wilde.
·         The selfish Giant used to live in one castle (किल्ला).
·         Once the Giant went to meet his friend the Cornish ogre (Cornish: कॉर्नवॉल प्रदेशातील) (ogre: माणसे खाणारा दुष्ट राक्षस).
·         The Giant lived there with his friend for seven years.
·         Meanwhile, every afternoon, the children used to play in the Giant’s garden. There were twelve peach-trees in the garden.
·         After returning to the castle, the Giant saw children playing in his garden and became very angry.
·         He built a high wall around the garden and put up a notice board: TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED (बेकायदेशीर प्रवेश करणाऱ्यांवर कारवाई केली जाईल).
·         The poor children had no other place to play. They would always talk about their happy days in the lovely garden.
·         That year, the spring season (वसंत ऋतू) did not come to the garden of the selfish Giant.
·         Snow (बर्फ), Frost (गोठलेले दव), North Wind (उत्तरेकडील घोंघावणारा वारा), Hail (गारा) stay permanently in the garden of the selfish Giant.
·         The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak. (cloak: अंगरखा)
·         The Frost painted all the trees silver.
·         North Wind was wrapped in furs and roared all day around the garden.
·         Every day for three hours the Hail rattled on the roof of the castle.
·         One morning, the selfish Giant listens to some lovely music. It is the sound of one little linnet. (linnet: एक पक्षी)
·         The selfish Giant sees children creeping through a hole in the wall, and playing in the garden. (to creep: सरपटत येणे)
·         Spring arrives in the garden with the arrival of children.
·         In the farthest corner of the garden, the Giant sees one little boy who was crying bitterly because he was unable to climb the tree.
·         Looking at this scene, the heart of the Giant melts. (to melt: द्रवणे/विरघळणे) He helps the child to climb the tree.
·         The Giant never sees that little boy again; the Giant is curious to meet the boy; he keeps waiting for him.
·         Years pass, the Giant becomes very old, and one day he finds the little boy in the garden.
·         The selfish Giant finds the prints of two nails on his palms and little feet. (nails: खिळे; palms: तळहात)
·         Looking at this, the Giant becomes angry; the little boy tells him that these are the wounds of love. (wounds: जखमा)
·         The little boy tells him that once you allowed me to play in your garden, today I will take you to my garden which is Paradise (स्वर्ग).
·         In the afternoon when the children ran in the garden, they find the Giant lying dead under the tree, all covered with white blossoms. (blossoms: फुलांचा बहर)

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सूचना:

१) प्रस्तुतच्या गोष्टीचा व्हिडीओ पाहण्यासाठी खाली दिलेली लिंक कॉपी करून गुगल/युट्यूबमध्ये पेस्ट करा.

२) सराव प्रश्नपत्रिकेसाठी खाली दिलेली लिंक कॉपी करून गुगलमध्ये पेस्ट करा.