What is the plot of the patriot?
A widowed farmer, with a brave but brutal military past, decides not to join up when the British arrive in 1776. However, when his son enlists and is later captured by the enemy, the former soldier must abandon his new-found pacifist principles in order to rescue his oldest child, and forms a regiment of Carolina patriots, whose guerrilla tactics prove pivotal to the US war effort.
What is the central idea of the poem The Patriot?
Explanation:The Patriot is majorly based on the theme of rising and fall of fortune. The narrator, the patriot is welcomed with feverish joy and paths of roses in the first two stanzas by the townspeople. But, by the end of the poem we see that those same people have humiliated and executed him, within a year.
What happened to the wife in the patriot?
Skye McCole Bartusiak, who played Mel Gibson’s daughter in The Patriot and died in July at age 21, died of an accidental overdose, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Her death was characterized as an accident, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
What kind of poem is Patriot?
dramatic monologue
What does Myrtle symbolize in the patriot?
Myrtle: It is a symbol of purity, love, innocence and generosity. Spires: A symbol for hopeful gestures and strength. Sun: The sun stands for something which is unreachable or beyond access. Palsied: This word indicates annoyance and the sufferings of the people.
What does Myrtle symbolize?
As the myrtle spreads fragrance in the world, so did she spread good works.” Myrtle represents the community, thought of as a symbol of peace and of Eden and of marriage. The plant has many, layered meanings—youth, virginity (before marriage), fertility, innocence, immortality, fidelity—but, above all, love.
Who is the speaker of the above lines Why is his path filled with roses?
The Patriot ‘s path was filled with roses because he was welcomed by the citizens of the town. He had done something which other people couldn’t do for the town which made the citizens of the town very happy and proud of the Patriot for his deed.
Who are the what would have they done for the patriot?
Answer: they had welcomed the patriot by filling the path with roses and myrtle and to see him coming the house roof were filled with people .
What would have happened if the Patriot has died in excess of joy?
Answer. The patriot thinks that if he had died in excess of joy at his tumultuous welcome after his grand victory, then God would not had cared for him, since he would had been rewarded by the people.
How was the Patriot treated in the beginning?
After the patriot committed a sin unwillingly, he tried to correct it but because people with a bad opinion influenced people with a good opinion, the Patriot was executed. The fickle nature of the people reflects on how the Patriot is treated, In the beginning, he was treated like a god.
Why does the Patriot consider himself safe at last?
The patriot feels safe in the bosom of God. He feels that if he had died a year ago (when he was welcomed as a hero), God would not have cared for him but now when he has not been rewarded by his people, he was certain to be rewarded in heaven. So, he feels safer now to surely go to heaven and win God’s grace there.
How does the Patriot hope to be rewarded in heaven by God?
The patriot hopes that since he did not receive his reward in this world, he will be rewarded in the other world. He feels safe in the hands of God. Thus the poem also becomes an expression of Browning’s optimistic philosophy of life. “God is in His heaven and all is well with the world.”
Why was the Patriot being taken to the shamble gate?
Answer. The patriot was taken to the gallows for some so called misdeeds people think he had done . When he was taken to the shambles gate it was raining and the patriot’s hands were tied with rope so tightly that it cutted his wrists of both the hands .
Where is the Patriot being taken and why?
So, they are not there for the speaker. Rather, the speaker even ironically says now all the people have gathered near the Shambles’ Gate. Actually, the speaker is being taken to the Shambles’ Gate for executing him.
What is the speaker’s plea to God now?
Answer: In the last stanza of The Patriot, the narrator expresses his faith in God by saying that he feels safer now that not having got full recognition in this human world, he will be rewarded for his deeds by the Almighty in heaven. The patriot is going through a tough time in his life.
What does the speaker plead for?
In Sonnet 10 The speaker pleads for God’s intervention in his life. To help him speak allegiance to the devil. In Sonnet 10 What specifically is the speaker asking God to do? He refers to the mystery of salvation.
What did the narrator plead to the God?
What did the narrator pleaded to the God? Answer: The narrator pleaded the God to help him in his difficult times. He reiterated that he memorized thg entire namaaz and he was a devoted servant, so he needed a favour from almighty to arrange fee amount for him.
What is the moral of the story Jalebis?
The moral of the story is that we should think before doing anything. It also teaches us that we cannot blindly depend on prayers for the fulfilment of our needs.
What did the oldest coin tell him Class 8?
Answer: The oldest coin convinced him that they were telling him to buy jalebis for his own good. It also said that he could also pay his fees the following day with his scholarship money. Hence, he should not suppress his desire for jalebis or resist himself from this temptation.
What did the oldest coin tell him?
(i) The oldest coin said to him that they were trying to tell him something for his own good and he was trying to strangle them instead. He also said that he could pay his fees with his scholarship money.