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The Hero

The document discusses the poem 'The Hero' by Rabindranath Tagore, focusing on the speaker's journey through a dangerous land with his mother. The speaker expresses confidence in his heroic abilities to protect his mother from villains, despite her fears. The imagined fight against the dacoits serves as a means for the speaker to prove his bravery and heroism.

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The Hero

The document discusses the poem 'The Hero' by Rabindranath Tagore, focusing on the speaker's journey through a dangerous land with his mother. The speaker expresses confidence in his heroic abilities to protect his mother from villains, despite her fears. The imagined fight against the dacoits serves as a means for the speaker to prove his bravery and heroism.

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The Hero

Rabindranath Tagore
Meanings:
1. trotting by you: riding a horse next to you
2. wan: pale
3. stalls: sheds for animals
4. spur: to make a horse go faster
5. give you a cold shudder: make you tremble with fear
Q/A:
1. Describe the place through which the speaker and his mother are travelling?
Ans. The place through which the speaker and his mother were travelling was a strange and dangerous
country.
2. “Don’t be afraid, Mother, I am here.” Why does the speaker ask his mother not to be afraid? What does
the speaker’s mother do to stop him?
Ans. The speaker asked his mother not to be afraid because he was confident about his heroic talent that he
would be able to take care of his mother from the villains. The speaker’s mother said to the boy, ‘Dear boy,
for Heaven’s sake, keep away from them.’
3. Describe the fight between the speaker and the dacoits.
Ans. The fight between the speaker and the dacoits is describes as fearful. Many of villains flew away and
a great number of them were cut to pieces.
4. What does the speaker want to prove? How does he want to prove that?
Ans. Through the fight, the speaker wanted to prove that he was no less than a hero. He wanted to prove
this by saving his mother from the villains in his imagination.

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