List of top English Questions

Tao Ying was very careful about spending money. What were her reasons for refusing the compensation offered by the temple officials?
Why was her final vindication important to Tao Ying?
How are these two matched poems related to each other in content? How is the human being depicted in the Song of Innocence and how is he/she depicted in the Song of Experience? Do we find both aspects working in an average human being?
How would you explain the lines For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
How do Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love get distorted in the human brain?
Blake’s poetry expresses one aspect of his multi-dimensional view of human experience—of mankind once whole and happy, now fallen into discord and tyranny, from which it must be rescued. Explain with reference to these two poems.
Certain words in the poem have been capitalised. Can you think of reasons for this?
How does Captain Hagberd prepare for Harry’s homecoming?
How did Bessie begin to share Hagberd’s insanity regarding his son?
What were Harry’s reasons for coming to meet old Hagberd?
Why does Harry’s return prove to be a disappointment for Bessie?
What made Tao Ying decide whether to buy a ticket or not when she rode a bus alone?
Why did she insist on buying tickets both for herself and her son that day?
Did Tao Ying really intend to cheat at the temple?
Why did Tao Ying change her intention to buy another ticket?
Were the old lady’s scales a reliable measure of height and weight? What convoluted logic were her measurements based on?
What was the conflict between the mother and son?
What was the point of similarity between Captain Hagberd and old Mr Carvil?
Why did Bessie sometimes show signs of irritation and disgust?
Who was the stranger who met Captain Hagberd? What was the Captain’s reaction to the meeting?
What did young Hagberd think it meant when old Hagberd said that his son would be coming home ‘tomorrow’?
What reasons did Bessie give for encouraging old Hagberd in his insane hopes?
What makes Bessie convinced that the young man is indeed Harry?
What kind of life had Harry lived after he left home?
What does Bessie tell Harry about his father’s plans for him?