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  (e-content developed by Prof. (Dr) N A Jarandikar) Egeon Egeon is an important character from the play ‘The Comedy of Errors’. He is a merchant of Syracuse. Ephesus and Syracuse are the two rival cities. People of these cities are not allowed to cross the boundaries. If someone breaks the law, he is charged with death sentence. In Act I of the play, it is seen that Egeon is arrested by the soldiers of Ephesus because he has broken the law. The Duke Solinus asks him to submit one thousand marks or be ready for a death sentence. So, Egeon narrates his life story and explains his reason to come to Ephesus. Few years ago, Egeon had been to Epidamium in connection with the business. There Emilia, his wife gave birth to two identical twins. They were named as Antipholus. Coincidently, in the same city, one poor woman gave birth to another twins. As she was unable to look after them, Egeon adopted them. They were named as Dromio. However, while returning to Syracuse, his ship was wr...

  (e-content developed by Prof. (Dr) N A Jarandikar) Ashok Ashok is a major character in the cinema ‘ Angoor’ . In fact, there are two Ashoks in the cinema. Both of them are the identical twin . One Ashok is from Shikarpur , and the other Ashok is from Dinkapur . Both of them were separated when they were babies. They were separated in a shipwreck. Before dying, the father of elder Ashok, Raj Tilak hands over him to one merchant from Shikarpur. When Ashok grows up, he marries the daughter of that merchant. Ashok from Shikarpur is a rich person. Bahadur is his assistant. Sudha is Ashok’s wife, and Tanu is his sister-in-law. The separated Ashok is living with his mother at Dinkapur. Bahadur’s twin brother also lives with him. However, neither Ashoks nor Bahadurs know about the story of identical twins. One day Ashok from Dinkapur along with Bahadur comes to Shikarpur. Ashok comes to Shikarpur to purchase a grape yard. He is carrying the amount of rupees one lakh. Ashok is fon...

  Q. 5 A) Write short notes: 1.    Open class words: Traditionally words were divided into eight types. They were known as the parts of speech. The modern grammar divides the words into open class words and closed class words. Open class of words includes: 1.    Nouns 2.    Verbs 3.    Adjectives and 4.    Adverbs This group is considered as the open class words because new words can be added to this class. For example, with new technology, emerge new words. With mobile phones, computers and social media a number of new words are emerged recently. 1)    I emailed the university. 2)    I will whatsapp you. 3)    I need a PD . 4)    I am available on an FB . 5)    The prime minister tweeted on the issue. In these examples emailed (V), whatsapp (V), PD (N), FB (N), tweeted (V) are the new additions to word class.   2.    Closed class wor...

Open—Closed class words with examples Sl. No. Parts of speech Examples 1. Noun boys, mother, father, table, chair, tiger, etc   Proper noun Shivaji, Gandhiji, Radhanagari, India   Common noun boys, mother, father, table, chair, tiger, etc   Concrete noun boys, mother, father, table, chair, tiger, etc   Abstract noun joy, happiness, love   Countable noun boys, mother, father, table, chair, tiger, etc   Mass/uncountable noun milk, water, hair, knowledge   Collective noun Team, committee, crowd, family 2. Verb run, walk, talk, play   Regular verb play (played), walk (walked), talk (talked) ...