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A Sunny Morning Questions and Answers, Notes, Summary<\/h3>\n

A Sunny Morning Comprehension I<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunny Morning Notes KSEEB Solution Question 1.<\/strong>
\nDo you think Laura was a regular visitor to the park? What makes you think so?
\nAnswer:
\nYes. Laura was a regular visitor to the park. This is clear from her questions to her maid Petra. She wonders whether somebody would have occupied her seat and whether the pigeons know when to expect her and eagerly come over to feed on the bread crumbs, which means that she comes daily to the park.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Summary KSEEB Solution Question 2.<\/strong>
\nWhy are Don Gonzalo and Laura annoyed with each other?
\nAnswer:
\nDon Gonzalo was annoyed with Laura as she questioned why he had used his handkerchief to brush his shoes and numerically asked whether he would use a shoe brush as a kerchief. Moreover, when he wished her she did not wish him back. Laura was annoyed with Gonzalo because he had scared the pigeons fly away.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Notes KSEEB Solution Question 3.<\/strong>
\nDona Laura reads without her glasses as
\na. she has keen eyesight.
\nb. she wants to impress Gonzalo.
\nc. she knows every word by heart.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) she knows every word by heart.<\/p>\n

Sunny Morning Summary KSEEB Solution Question 4.<\/strong>
\nGonzalo and Laura keep up a humorous conversation because they;
\na. have nothing else to do.
\nb. enjoy being with each other.
\nc. have the same temperament.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) have the same temperament.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Questions And Answers Pdf KSEEB Solution Question 5.<\/strong>
\nLaura and Gonzalo’s friendly conversation begins with
\na. Gonzalo reading the poems.
\nb. Laura’s witty remarks.
\nc. a pinch of snuff.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) a pinch of snuff.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Answers KSEEB Solution Question 6.<\/strong>
\nDo you think Laura is an effective narrator?
\nAnswer:
\nYes. I think Dona Laura is an effective narrator because when Don Gonzalo asks her what she wishes to tell him Dona Laura tells him clearly that he had scared away the birds which were feeding on her crumbs.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Questions And Answers KSEEB Solution Question 7.<\/strong>
\nGonzalo does not reveal his identity because:
\na. he no longer loves her.
\nb. his appearance has changed.
\nc. he looks grotesque and old.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) he looks grotesque and old.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Comprehension II<\/span><\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning KSEEB Solution Question 1.<\/strong>
\nDescribe the situations wherein Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura recognize each other as ‘the silver maiden’ and ‘the gallant young man\u2019.
\nAnswer:
\nBoth Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo become friends soon after enjoying a pinch of snuff offered by Don Gonzalo. While Don Gonzalo is reading aloud, he comes across a famous quotation. Incidentally, he tells Dona that it is from Campoamor. Then Dona Laura expresses her sympathy for him for reading with all those glasses. This prompts Don to boast about his talent to compose verses. Then, he tells her about Espronceda, Zorrilla, and Becquer. Dona makes fun of him saying that he must have gone with Columbus on one of his explorations.<\/p>\n

At this moment, Don Gonzalo tells her that he was also a great friend of Campoamor and he had met him in Valencia. Then he adds that he was a native of Valencia. Dona Laura tells him that she had spent several seasons in a villa called Maricela, which was not far from Valencia. The name Maricela startles Don Gonzalo and he goes on to tell her that he had seen the most beautiful woman there and her name was Laura Llorente. Laura is startled to hear her name mentioned and they look at each other intently. It is precisely at this moment that they begin to recognize each other.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning 2nd Puc Notes KSEEB Solution Question 2.<\/strong>
\nWhat were the circumstances that led Gonzalo to flee Valencia?
\nOR
\nWhat circumstances, according to Gonzalo, made his cousin flee Valencia?
\nAnswer:
\nThe young Laura Llorente and young Gonzalo loved each other very dearly. Every day while passing by on horseback down the rose path under the window of Laura, Gonzalo used to toss up to her balcony a bouquet of flowers. Later in the afternoon, while the gallant young man was returning by the same path, he would catch the bouquet of flowers she would toss him. As days rolled by, Laura\u2019s parents thought of marrying her to a well-known merchant in their locality. One night, while Gonzalo was waiting under her window to hear her sing, the merchant came there unexpectedly and insulted him.<\/p>\n

This led to a quarrel and later a duel. The duel went on the whole night and at sunrise the next morning the merchant got badly wounded in the duel. The merchant was a well-known gentleman in Valencia. Since he had been badly wounded in the duel, Gonzalo became apprehensive of fearful consequences and so fled Valencia and went to Seville and then to Madrid.<\/p>\n

The Sunny Morning Notes KSEEB Solution Question 3.<\/strong>
\nDid Laura and Gonzalo pine for each other after they were separated by circumstances? Who is more passionate? How do they react to each other now?
\nOR
\nHow do Laura and Gonzalo claim to have pined for each other after their separation?
\nAnswer:
\nSoon after they were separated by circumstances the young lovers Laura and Gonzalo pined for each other. After listening to Gonzalo’s account of how he had fled Aravaca, then joined the army in Africa and had met a glorious death in the war, Laura mutters to herself that it is an atrocious lie. Then Dona pretends to sympathise with him saying he must have been distressed by the calamity. Taking it as a strong point, Gonzalo pretends to say that it was indeed a calamity, but also tries to express his resentment complaining that on the contrary Laura had soon forgotten Gonzalo and was chasing butterflies in the garden without any regret. Dona Laura protests saying \u2018no\u2019 loudly and Gonzalo comments that it is a woman\u2019s way. Dona Laura, so as not to be found fault with that way, offers her version of the story.<\/p>\n

She tells him that the silver maiden awaited the news of Gonzalo for a year. As she did not receive any letters from him, went to the sea after sunset, wrote his name on the sand, sat on a rock and was finally swept out to the sea by the rising tide. Don Gonzalo mutters to himself that she was a worse liar than he was. Both of them openly express their sympathies for each other. Dona mutters to herself that she will not tell him that she got married two years later. Don Gonzalo mutters to himself that he ran off with a ballet dancer to Paris in three months. From their conversation and from their reactions to each other\u2019s partially concocted story, we can conclude that Laura is more passionate.<\/p>\n

Sunny Morning Questions And Answers KSEEB Solution Question 4.<\/strong>
\nWhat makes Dona Laura assume that Don Gonzalo is an ill-natured man?
\nOR
\nHow do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura accuse each other at the beginning of the play?
\nAnswer:
\nSoon after entering the park, Don Gonzalo looks for a vacant bench. When he finds that the bench on which he used to sit is occupied by three priests, Don Gonzalo gets irritated and he expresses his annoyance remarking that the priests were idling their time away instead of saying Mass in the church. Then Juanito suggests that he could sit on the bench on which Dona Laura was sitting. But Don Gonzalo tells him that he wants a bench to himself. Then after expressing his anger against the three priests, he walks towards the birds near Dona Laura\u2019s bench, when she angrily asks him to a lookout. On hearing her warning cry, Don Gonzalo asks her whether she intended to speak to him.<\/p>\n

Next, when Dona tells him that he had scared the birds away, he retorts telling her that he does not care about the birds. Then she tells him that she cared about the birds very much and hence she was complaining about his behaviour. Don Gonzalo tries to snub her saying that it was a public park. Intending to argue with him, Dona asks him why then he was complaining about the priests taking his bench. Instead of giving her a suitable, polite reply, he dismisses her rudely telling her that they had not met before and he can\u2019t imagine why she was taking the liberty of addressing him. Naturally, Dona who had listened to his comments about the priests and his replies to her queries assumes that he was an ill-natured man.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Summary 2nd Puc KSEEB Solution Question 5.<\/strong>
\nLaura and Gonzalo build stories about themselves so that they can:
\na. fool each other.
\nb. forget the past
\nc. conceal their emotions.
\nAnswer:
\n(a) fool each other.<\/p>\n

A Sunny Morning Comprehension III<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nTrace how the irony is built in the play. Did you guess the character’s past even before they did so?
\nAnswer:
\n(a) The term \u2018irony\u2019 means \u2018hiding\u2019 or dissembling what actually is the case, not in order to deceive but to achieve special rhetorical or artistic effects.<\/p>\n

In the one-act play, ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 irony is cleverly built into the play. After settling in her bench, Dona Laura sends away Petra, her maidservant, to chat with the guard. Soon after that, she glances towards the trees at right and says “Here they come; they know just when to expect me”. Though the old lady is referring to the arrival of the birds, it also hints at the entry of Don Gonzalo and Juanito, who are needed for the action to move forward. Dona Laura throws three handfuls of crumbs for the pigeons to eat and soon after that we see Don Gonzalo and Juanito entering the scene.<\/p>\n

(b) We come across the next instance of irony when Don Gonzalo starts reading aloud statements supposedly from Campoamor\u2019s work.
\nDon Gonzalo reads aloud the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • “All love is sad but sad as it is, it is the best thing that we know”.<\/li>\n
  • “Twenty years pass. He returns. And each, beholding the other, exclaims can it be that this is he? Heavens, is it she?”
    \nThese lines can be taken as examples of ‘Dramatic irony\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    (c) There are two more instances of irony in the play. They are:<\/p>\n

    1. When Dona Laura tells Don Gonzalo that Laura Llorente was called ‘The Silver Maiden\u2019 in \u00bb that locality, he tells her “I seem to see her as if she were before me now, at that window with the red roses”.<\/p>\n

    2. He starts giving a description of her beauty, “She was ideal, fair as a lily, jet black hair and black eyes…” and finally says “what forms of sovereign beauty God models in human clay! She was a dream”.
    \nOn hearing Don Gonzalo say so, Dona Laura mutters to herself “if you but knew that dream was now by your side, you would realize what dreams come to”.<\/p>\n

    3. \u201cHere are you and I, complete strangers, met by chance, discussing the romance of old friends of long ago! We have been conversing as if we were old friends\u201d, Dona Laura tells Don Gonzalo after both of them have told their made-up stories.<\/p>\n

    A careful reading of the play reveals that there is a relationship between the old lady and the old gentleman. When I read the play a second time paying attention to the story and the instances of irony highlighted here, I was able to guess the characters\u2019 past.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nWhy do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin fictitious stories about themselves?
    \nOR
    \nDona Laura and Don Gonzalo spin fictitious stories about themselves to cover their tracks. Discuss with reference to ‘A Sunny Morning’.
    \nAnswer:
    \nOnce Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura realize that they are the same old, young lovers of Maricela who were separated in life by fate, they decide not to reveal their identity because they learn from each other in what high esteem they held each other before they departed, they also come to know that both of them had given up the other as lost forever. While Dona Laura tells herself that she had married someone else after waiting for him for one year, Don Gonzalo tells himself that after fleeing from Valencia, then Seville and Madrid, he had run off to Paris with a ballet dancer in about three months.<\/p>\n

    Therefore, they concoct fictitious stories so as to conceal their identities completely and to make the other believe that he or she was dead. Later, when they realize that they are alive, they do not want to shatter their mutual images in the eyes of the other. Therefore, Don Gonzalo tells himself that he will not reveal himself because he is grotesque. He wishes that she had better recall the gallant horseman who passed daily beneath her window tossing flowers. Similarly, Dona Laura tells herself that “I am too sadly changed. It is better he should remember me as the black-eyed girl tossing flowers as he passed among the roses in the garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nBring out the feelings of Laura and Gonzalo as they leave the park. Is it different from what they felt about each other at the beginning of the play?
    \nAnswer:
    \nWhen the scene opens, we find Dona Laura entering the park, leaning upon the arm of her maid Petra. Soon, the old lady settles in her usual seat in the park. Then the old lady sends away Petra to meet her boyfriend, the guard. Later, when the pigeons arrive, Dona Laura throws three handfuls of bread crumbs. Next, we see Don Gonzalo coming in dragging his feet and leaning upon Juanito\u2019s arm. Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura have not seen each other before and hence we cannot know about each other\u2019s feelings until they meet.<\/p>\n

    However, their feelings towards each other become evident only when Don Gonzalo walks towards Dona Laura\u2019s bench, despite her warning call ‘Lookout\u2019. Therefore, when she finds her pigeons being scared away, she is upset and tells him in a complaining tone that he has scared away the birds who were feeding on her crumbs. In reply, Don gives an arrogant reply which provokes her to make a personal comment, \u2018Why do you complain that the priests have taken your bench?’ Once again, Don Gonzalo’s rude snubbing reply provokes Dona Laura to say that he is an ill-natured old man and comments that when people reach a certain age they should not become so fussy and cross. Later, Don comes and sits at the extreme end of Dona Laura’s bench and looks at her indignantly. After a few heated exchanges between them, Don Gonzalo mutters to himself ‘Senile old lady! She ought to be at home knitting and counting her beads’.<\/p>\n

    But, by the end of the play, we find a total change in their attitude towards each other. In the course of their conversation, they discover that they were ‘lovers\u2019 once in their youthful days. But neither of them is ready to disclose their identity. However, the animosity that we witness at the beginning of the play is no longer there when they are ready to depart. Before taking leave of each other, they formally thank each other for having met. Both of them ensure that they are coming to the park the next day. Laura sees Don picking up the lilies dropped by her. Both of them wave farewell. They leave the place as friends.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \nWhat do you think would have happened if they had revealed their identity? Do you think they know who they are towards the end of the play?
    \nAnswer:
    \nOnce Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura realize that they are the same old young lovers of Maricela who were separated in life by fate, they make up fictitious stories and conceal their identity.<\/p>\n

    If they had revealed their identity, both of them would have been utterly shocked and would have accused each other of deceiving the other. They know that both of them had held the other in high esteem and both of them had fallen deeply in love.<\/p>\n

    That is why, when they realize that they are the same old lovers of Maricela, they are shocked to realize how much both of them had changed. Dona Laura after listening to Don Gonzalo\u2019s praise of her beauty as The Silver Maiden\u2019 now feels ashamed to confess that she is the old silver maiden of Maricela because she too is sadly changed.<\/p>\n

    Similarly, Don Gonzalo knows that he is grotesque and so wishes her to keep his image as a gallant horseman who tossed flowers to her every day.<\/p>\n

    Question 5.
    \nHow is the title of the play A Sunny Morning\u2019justifiable? Discuss.
    \nOR
    \nBring out the instances from the play A Sunny Morning\u2019 to justify it as a blend of romance
    \nand comedy.
    \nAnswer:
    \n\u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019 is a refreshingly new romantic comedy. It tells the story of Don Gonzalo^and Dona Laura who was ardent lovers in their youth but was torn apart in life by fate. However, the two lovers meet again when they are in their 70s, not as lovers but as total strangers unexpectedly, in a park in Madrid. After a few initial heated exchanges and repartees, they settle down, occupy the same bench in the park, spend a good time together and depart as friends. By the time they are ready to leave for the day, they recognize each other\u2019s identity. They do not disclose it but tell atrocious lies to conceal it. There are quite a few lively moments of humor, sarcasm, and irony which entertain the readers and audience. The title A Sunny Morning\u2019 is quite appropriate and aptly captures the spirit of the play. The play can be justifiably called a romantic comedy because there are elements of both romance and comedy in the play.<\/p>\n

    In its most general sense the word \u2018romance\u2019 suggests elements of gallant love, chivalry, and adventure. The phrase ‘romantic comedy’ denotes a form of drama in which love is the main theme and love leads to a happy ending. A love affair is one of the major themes of a comedy. Keeping in view these points, ‘A Sunny Morning’ is a romantic comedy in all respects. It tells the story of two young lovers Laura Llorente and Don Gonzalo of Maricela in Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Laura Liorente was known in her locality as ‘The Silver Maiden’. She was in love with Gonzalo, a gallant lover. He used to pass by her house on horseback every morning through the rose garden and toss up a bouquet of flowers to her balcony which she caught. On his way back in the afternoon she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura\u2019s parents wanted to marry her off to a merchant whom she disliked.<\/p>\n

    One day there ensued a quarrel, leading to a duel between Gonzalo and the merchant, her suitor. The merchant was seriously injured. Fearing serious consequences, Gonzalo fled from his house in the town to Seville and then to Madrid. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, his attempts failed and he gave her up as lost forever and ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer. Meanwhile, Laura waited for the news of Gonzalo, for one year and finally got married.<\/p>\n

    These two lovers meet unexpectedly, in a park. They are now in their 70s. Both of them have changed a lot physically but they still cherish the memories of their youth. However, when they meet in the park, they appear to be cynical, fussy, and ill-natured. The way they repartee and express their resentment towards each other creates opportunities for humour in the play. Finally, they become friends after sharing a pinch of snuff. They gradually come to realize that they are the very same lovers of yesteryears.<\/p>\n

    The title A Sunny Morning\u2019 suggests a warm and bright sunny day. Similarly, the play is also fresh in spirit, devoid of all cliches and stereotypes of earlier, traditional courtly comedies because both the characters and the situations are drawn from contemporary society.<\/p>\n

    A Sunny Morning Additional Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

    I. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase, or a sentence each:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nLaura Llorente was known as _______ in the locality in her younger days.
    \n(a) The Silver Maiden
    \n(b) Sovereign Beauty
    \n(c) Golden Lady
    \n(d) dream girl.
    \nAnswer:
    \n(a) The Silver Maiden.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nWho had occupied Gonzalo\u2019s usual bench in the park?
    \nAnswer:
    \nThree priests.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nWhat is the name of Laura’s maid?
    \nAnswer:
    \nPetra.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nWhat is the name of Gonzalo\u2019s servant?
    \nOR
    \nWho is the caretaker of Gonzalo in the play?
    \nAnswer:
    \nJuanito.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \nHow many priests were sitting on the bench usually occupied by Don Gonzalo?
    \nAnswer:
    \nThree priests.<\/p>\n

    Question 5.
    \nWhat does Don Gonzalo use to clean the dust off his shoes?
    \nAnswer:
    \nHis handkerchief.<\/p>\n

    Question 6.
    \nWhere, according to Don Gonzalo, is one of his estates located?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn Aravaca.<\/p>\n

    Question 7.
    \nIn which city was Don Gonzalo brought up?
    \nOR
    \n‘Which is the native city of Don Gonzalo in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
    \nOR
    \nWhich city, according to Don Gonzalo, is he a native of?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDon Gonzalo was brought up in Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Question 8.
    \nName the villa in Valencia where Dona Laura spent her youth.
    \nOR
    \nName the villa Laura Liorente lived in.
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn a villa called Maricela in Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Question 9.
    \nWhat was Dona Laura’s original name?
    \nAnswer:
    \nLaura Llorente.<\/p>\n

    Question 10.
    \nWhy do Laura and Gonzalo spin stories about themselves?
    \nAnswer:
    \nTo conceal each other’s identity.<\/p>\n

    Question 11.
    \nAccording to Gonzalo, where did the young man go after the duel?
    \nAnswer:
    \nTo Seville and then to Madrid.<\/p>\n

    Question 12.
    \nWhat did Dona Laura carry every day to feed the pigeons?
    \nOR
    \nWhat does Dona Laura feed the birds within the park?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura carried bread crumbs every day to feed the pigeons.
    \nOR
    \nDona Laura fed the birds with bread crumbs.<\/p>\n

    Question 13.
    \nWhere does the action of the play ‘A Sunny Morning’ take place?
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe action of the play \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019 takes place in a retired corner of a park in Madrid.<\/p>\n

    Question 14.
    \nWhat establishes peace between Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo?
    \nAnswer:
    \nA pinch of snuff establishes peace between Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo.<\/p>\n

    Question 15.
    \nWhat right does Dona Laura claim to have to criticize Don Gonzalo?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura claims to have a neighbour\u2019s right to criticize Don Gonzalo.<\/p>\n

    Question 16.
    \nWho was called ‘The Silver Maiden\u2019 in A Sunny Morning’?
    \nOR
    \nBy what name was Laura Liorente known in her locality?
    \nAnswer:
    \nLaura Liorente was called \u2018The Silver Maiden\u2019 in her locality.<\/p>\n

    Question 17.
    \nOn what condition does Don Gonzalo agree to meet Dona Laura the next day?
    \nOR
    \nIn what condition do Gonzalo and Laura depart at the end of the play?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDon Gonzalo agrees to meet Dona Laura the next day if it is sunny.<\/p>\n

    Question 18.
    \nIn the play, ‘the silver maiden’ refers to
    \n(a) Petra
    \n(b) Dona Laura
    \n(c) the ballet dancer.
    \nAnswer:
    \n(b) Dona Laura.<\/p>\n

    Question 19.
    \nWhy did Don Gonzalo sit next to Laura in the park?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Gonzalo sits next to Laura on the bench in the park because all the other benches were fully occupied.<\/p>\n

    Question 20.
    \nWhere, according to Gonzalo, did he meet Campoamor?
    \nAnswer:
    \nAccording to Gonzalo, he met Campoamor in Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Question 21.
    \nWhere did Gonzalo run off to with a ballet dancer?
    \nAnswer:
    \nGonzalo ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer.<\/p>\n

    Question 22.
    \nWhose name, according to Gonzalo, was his cousin whispering at the time of his death?
    \nAnswer:
    \nLaura’s name.<\/p>\n

    Question 23.
    \nWhere do Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura meet after a long time?
    \nAnswer:
    \nAfter a long time, Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura meet in a retired corner of a park in Madrid.<\/p>\n

    Question 24.
    \nWhat did Dona Laura use as a cane in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn A Sunny Morning\u2019, Dona Laura used a parasol as a cane.<\/p>\n

    Question 25.
    \nWho accompanied Dona Laura when she came to the park in A Sunny Morning\u2019?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019 Petra, her maid, accompanied Dona Laura, when she came to the park.<\/p>\n

    Question 26.
    \nWho, according to Petra, belongs to the park in A Sunny Morning’?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning’, according to Petra, the guard, with whom she used to chat, belongs to the park.<\/p>\n

    Question 27.
    \nWho accompanied Don Gonzalo when he came to the park in A Sunny Morning’?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019 Juanito, Don Gonzalo\u2019s servant accompanied him to the park.<\/p>\n

    Question 28.
    \nAccording to Gonzalo, where ought Laura be knitting and counting her beads?
    \nAnswer:
    \nAccording to Gonzalo, Laura ought to be at home, knitting and counting her beads.<\/p>\n

    Question 29.
    \nWhat right does Laura claim to have to criticize Gonzalo\u2019s actions in ‘A Sunny Morning’?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019, Laura claims her right as a neighbour to criticize Gonzalo\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

    Question 30.
    \nWhat could Gonzalo show as evidence to prove his skill at hunting in ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019, Gonzalo could show a wild boar\u2019s head (displayed in his study) as evidence to prove his skill at hunting.<\/p>\n

    Question 31.
    \nWhat could Laura show as evidence to prove her skill at hunting in ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019, Laura could show a tiger\u2019s skin in her boudoir, as evidence to prove her skill at hunting.<\/p>\n

    Question 32.
    \nWhen, according to Gonzalo, did he compose some verses in A Sunny Morning’?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019, according to Gonzalo, he composed some verses in his youth.<\/p>\n

    Question 33.
    \nHow old does Gonzalo say he was when he went to America the first time in A Sunny Morning’?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019, Gonzalo says the first time he went to America, he was only six years old.<\/p>\n

    Question 34.
    \nName the poet whom Gonzalo says, he first met in America in A Sunny Morning\u2019.
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019, Gonzalo says, he first met Zorilla in America.<\/p>\n

    Question 35.
    \nWhere, according to Gonzalo, did he spend his early youth in A Sunny Morning\u2019?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Mornmq\u2019, according to Gonzalo, he spent his early youth in the city of Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Question 36.
    \nWhere, according to Laura, did she spend several seasons in A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn \u2018A Sunny Morning’, according to Laura, she spent several seasons in a villa called Maricela, not far from Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Question 37.
    \nWho was called ‘The Silver Maiden’ in A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019, Laura Llorente was called the \u2018Silver Maiden\u2019.<\/p>\n

    Question 38.
    \nAccording to Gonzalo, the gallant lover in A Sunny Morning\u2019 was his
    \n(a) friend
    \n(b) brother
    \n(c) cousin.
    \nAnswer:
    \n(c) cousin.<\/p>\n

    Question 39.
    \nWho, according to Gonzaio, was badly wounded in A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn A Sunny Morning\u2019, according to Gonzaio, the merchant was badly wounded in the duel.<\/p>\n

    Question 40.
    \nWhere did the gallant young man take refuge, according to Gonzaio in A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn A Sunny Morning\u2019, according to Gonzaio, the gallant young man took refuge in Don Gonzalo\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

    Question 41.
    \nWhere did the silver maiden write her lover’s name, according to Laura, in A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn A Sunny Morning\u2019, according to Laura, the Silver Maiden wrote her lover\u2019s name on the sand.<\/p>\n

    Question 42.
    \nWho, according to Gonzaio, did he run off to Paris within A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn A Sunny Morning\u2019, according to Gonzaio, he ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer.<\/p>\n

    Question 43.
    \nWhat does Gonzaio pick up with great effort before leaving with fuanito in A Sunny Morning?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn A Sunny Morning\u2019, before leaving the park with Juanito, Gonzaio, with great effort, picks up the violets dropped by Laura.<\/p>\n

    Question 44.
    \nWhere, according to Dona Laura, had her best friend sat before being swept into the sea?
    \nAnswer:
    \nAccording to Dona Laura, her best friend had sat down upon a rock on the sand before being swept into the sea.<\/p>\n

    II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph of 80-100 words each:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nHow do Laura and Gonzaio conceal their identity?
    \nAnswer:
    \nWhile boasting about his keen eyesight, Don Gonzaio incidentally mentions the names of some famous Spanish literary figures. Then he states that he was a great friend of Campoamor in Valencia, and also reveals that he was a native of Valencia. Laura\u2019s interest being kindled informs him that she had spent several seasons in a villa called Maricela, in the city of Valencia. At this moment both of them understand that they are the original lover’s Laura and Gonzaio who had been separated by fate.<\/p>\n

    From then onwards, Gonzaio tells her that the gallant lover who was in love with the silver maiden Laura Llorente was his cousin and conceals his identity. Similarly, Laura tells Gonzaio that she came to know about the story of Gonzaio from Laura Llorente, who was her friend. Thus Dona Laura also conceals her identity.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nHow effectively does Gonzaio account for the love his cousin had for Laura’s friend?
    \nOR
    \nWhat account does Don Gonzaio give Dona Laura about his cousin’s life after the duel?
    \nOR
    \nWhat story does Don Gonzaio narrate to Dona Laura regarding his cousin?
    \nOR
    \nWhat fictitious story did Gonzaio spin about himself in the name of his cousin?
    \nOR
    \nDescribe how Don Gonzaio glorifies his cousin’s death.
    \nAnswer:
    \nWhile telling Laura about the duel between the merchant and the gallant lover, Don tells her that the gallant lover was his cousin and he was very fond of him. Don Gonzaio tells her that after the duel the young man took refuge in his house being scared of the consequences of a duel with a person highly regarded in that locality. Then he tells her that from his home his cousin went to Seville and then came to Madrid. Then he wrote Laura many letters which were intercepted by her parents.<\/p>\n

    He says so because he knows for sure that she did not answer his letters at all. Don then concludes the story saying that, in despair, believing that he had lost his love forever he joined the army, then went to Africa and there is a trench, met a glorious death grasping the flag of Spain and whispering the name of his beloved Laura.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nHow does Dona Laura describe the story ofher% best friend\u2019s death?
    \nOR
    \nHow does Dona Laura describe her friend’s love story?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura tells Don Gonzalo that her friend had written to her that she had awaited news of Gonzalo for nearly a year. Later one afternoon, just at sunset, as the first stars were appearing she left her house and went to the beach where her beloved had risked his life. She wrote his name on the sand and then sat down upon a rock, her gaze fixed upon the horizon. The waves murmured their eternal threnody and slowly crept up to the rock where the maiden sat. The tide rose with a boom and swept her out to sea.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \nWhen does Dona Laura realise that Don Gonzalo is her former lover?
    \nAnswer:
    \nAfter taking a pinch of snuff both Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura sneeze three times alternately. Dona Laura mutters to herself that the snuff has made peace between them. Then, Don Gonzalo starts reading aloud. A little later, Dona Laura sympathises with him for reading with all those glasses. Their conversation turns to Gonzalo’s ability to compose verses. Incidentally, Gonzalo reveals that he was a great friend of Espronceda, Zorilla, Becquer and others. Then while talking about Campoamor, Don Gonzalo tells her that he had met Campoamor in Valencia and he was a native of that city.<\/p>\n

    This provokes both of them to talk about their earlier identities. When Dona tells him about the villa in Maricella, Gonzalo tells her about the Silver Maiden and like a poet he describes her beauty. At that moment, Dona Laura realizes that Don Gonzalo is her former lover.<\/p>\n

    Question 5.
    \nWhat are the’atrocious’ lies that Laura and Gonzalo make up about their lives after their separation?
    \nOR
    \nDon Gonzalo and Dona Laura outwit each other in weaving stories about their own deaths. Elaborate.
    \nOR
    \nNarrate how, according to Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo, the sad love affair of her friend and his cousin ended.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDuring the conversation with Dona Laura, Don Gonzalo gives a romantic description of the silver maiden. Dona Laura realizes that the old man is none other than her former lover Gonzalo. Then, both of them together recount their romantic affair until they come to the end of their story. Don Gonzalo rounds it off telling her that his cousin had to hide for a few days and later to fly. At this point, Dona tells him that he seems to know the story well. Don Gonzalo also tells her the same. Dona Laura tells him that she heard the story from her friend.<\/p>\n

    Don Gonzalo picks up the same lie and tells her that he heard the story from his cousin. Both of them are now convinced that they were the former lovers of the romantic affair they had just reconstructed. Dona Laura wants to probe further into the affair. Therefore she demands an explanation about Gonzalo\u2019s vanishing from Valencia.<\/p>\n

    In reply, Don Gonzalo tells her that after staying hidden indoors in Valencia for some time, his cousin went to Seville and then came to Madrid, where he wrote letters to Laura. But, since the letters were intercepted by her parents, she did not get his letters at all and so she did not write back to him. He tells her that Gonzalo, then in despair, believing that he had lost his love forever, joined the army, went to Africa and there is a trench met a glorious death grasping the flag of Spain and whispering the name of his beloved Laura. Immediately, Dona also concocts a story.<\/p>\n

    She tells him that after waiting for a year for Gonzalo, she went to the beach after sunset one evening. She wrote his name on the sand and then sat down on a rock, her gaze fixed upon the horizon. Then the waves slowly crept up to the rock where the maiden was sitting and the high rising tide rose with a boom and swept her out to sea. Thus ended the sad love affair.<\/p>\n

    Question 6.
    \nWhat fictitious story did Gonzalo spin about himself to hide his true identity?
    \nOR
    \nHow does Don Gonzalo try to hide his identity?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDon Gonzalo tells Dona Laura that his cousin took refuge in his house fearful of the consequences of a duel with a person highly regarded in that locality. From his home, he later went to Seville and then to Madrid. Since his letters to Laura were intercepted by her parents, Gonzalo did not get any reply from her. He became desperate. In despair, believing that he had lost his love forever, he joined the army.went to Africa, and met a glorious death in a trench, grasping the flag of Spain and whispering the name of his beloved Laura.<\/p>\n

    Question 7.
    \nBring out a few instances wherein Dona Laura ridicules Don Gonzalo in A Sunny Morning\u2019.
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn ‘A Sunny Morning’, there are two instances in which Dona Laura ridicules Don Gonzalo.
    \nBoth the instances occur when Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo meet face-to-face in the park as an old man and old woman and as total strangers to each other.<\/p>\n

    Don Gonzalo, soon after entering the park, discovers that his usual bench has been occupied by three priests. He gets irritated and says aloud that the priests were idling away their time instead of saying Mass in the church. Then, in a fit of anger, he rushes towards the bench on which Dona Laura is sitting.<\/p>\n

    Dona Laura cries out aloud \u2018Lookout\u2019, indignantly, and admonishes him for scaring away the birds. Don Gonzalo replies that he would not care about the birds. When she replies that she cared for them, Don Gonzalo tells her that it was a public park. In retaliation, she asks him why he had complained that the priests had taken his bench. Don Gonzalo, being cornered by his own remarks, snubs her, telling her that even though she was a total stranger she was taking the liberty to speak to him and walk away.’<\/p>\n

    Dona Laura comments that he was an ill-natured old man and people ought not to get so fussy and cross when they reach a certain age. Later, when she notices him losing another bench, says mockingly “serves him right for scaring the birds”. “Poor man! He is wiping the perspiration from his face\u201d. Then, when she notices him walking back towards her bench, says, “A carriage would not raise more dust than his feet”.<\/p>\n

    Question 7.
    \nDescribe how the ‘gallant young man’ was separated from his lover in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
    \nAnswer:
    \nGonzalo and Laura, the two former lovers, had to separate from each other. In her youthful days, Dona Laura was known in her locality as \u2018The Silver Maiden\u2019. She was fair as a lily, with jet black hair and black eyes. She was like a dream. She was in love with Gonzalo, the gallant lover. He used to pass by on horseback every morning through the rose garden and toss flowers to her balcony which she would catch. On his way back in the afternoon she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura\u2019s parents wanted to marry her off to a merchant whom she disliked.<\/p>\n

    One day there was a quarrel between Gonzalo and the merchant, the suitor. The merchant was badly wounded in the duel and Gonzafo had to conceal himself for a few days. Later he fled from his hometown to Seville and then to Madrid. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, all his attempts failed. He then joined the army and went to Africa.<\/p>\n

    III. Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nBring out the changes in Gonzalo\u2019s attitude before and after occupying the bench in the park.
    \nAnswer:
    \nAs soon as Don Gonzalo enters the park along with Juanito, he discovers that his usual seat has been occupied by three priests. He is annoyed and comments rudely saying that the priests were idling their time away when they should be saying mass in the church. Then, when Juanito suggests that he should sit on the bench where Dona Laura was sitting, Don Gonzalo tells Juanito that he wants a bench to himself. Then Juanito informs him that there is no other bench vacant.<\/p>\n

    Don Gonzalo points at the bench that he usually sat on. When Juanito tells him that there are three priests sitting on that bench, Don asks him to send them away. Later, he comments bitterly saying that the priests were sitting there as if they were glued to the seat. Then he and his servant walk towards the place where the birds are feeding on the bread crumbs.<\/p>\n

    When Dona Laura angrily asks him to look out, Don asks Laura whether she was speaking to him. Then, when she complains that he had scared the birds away, he answers rudely that he does not care about the birds. But she tells him that she cared for the birds and indirectly tries to make him feel guilty. But he tells her rudely that it is a public park suggesting that she was not right in complaining about him about birds being scared away in a public park. Dona tries to counter him asking why he – had complained that the priests had taken his seat.<\/p>\n

    Feeling discomfited, Don Gonzalo tries to snub her telling her that she was a stranger and was not right in taking the liberty to address him. A little later, Don Gonzalo sits at the extreme end of her bench and prepares himself to read a book by wearing glasses and adjusting his lenses. Dona sympathises with him for having to read with all those glasses.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nTrace the incidents where Laura and Gonzalo secretly guess about each other’s identity.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura and Don Gonzalo come face-to-face in a retired corner of a park in Madrid on a Sunday morning. The strangers soon become friends without knowing that they were lovers once. Then Gonzalo happens to tell her that he had spent his youth in Valencia city. Laura\u2019s curiosity having been provoked, she tells Gonzalo that she also had spent several seasons in Maricela, a villa near the sea in Valencia.<\/p>\n

    When Gonzalo is startled to hear the name ‘Maricela’, Dona Laura asks him whether the name is familiar to him. Don Gonzalo tells her that he had seen a beautiful woman Laura Llorente living there. On hearing the name Laura Llorente mentioned, Dona Laura shows her surprise. From that moment onwards, it becomes clear that both of them know who they are and intentionally conceals their identity.<\/p>\n

    When Dona Laura tells him that Laura Llorente was her best friend and she was called the ‘Silver Maiden’, Don Gonzalo endorses it and tells her that ‘Silver Maiden\u2019 was her popular name in the locality. Further, he tells her that she used to stand at a particular window. Then Dona Laura endorses his statement. Inadvertently, when Don Gonzalo tells her that he spent many hours there during his youthful days, Dona Laura gives a sigh and endorses his statement and says “And in mine, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Then Don Gonzalo gives a description of her beauty and expresses his admiration calling her a dream. Then Dona Laura makes an aside remark and tells Gonzalo that if he but knew that Laura was by his side he would realize what dreams come to. This way, their conversation goes on until the end, each speaking to the other in disguise.<\/p>\n

    Though they appear to be concealing their identity, they know tacitly that they are the true lover’s Laura and Gonzalo of their youthful days. In the end, before leaving the park, Laura drops the violets, and when Gonzalo stoops to pick up the flowers, Laura looks at him. Thus they come to recognize each other.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \n‘A Sunny Morning’ portrays wit and humour through Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura\u2019s spontaneous reactions\u201d. Explain.
    \nOR
    \nGive instances of humorous situations in the play in your own words.
    \nAnswer:
    \n‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 is a romantic comedy with only two main characters Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura who are in their seventies now. Their chance meeting on a sunny morning in a park in Madrid gives the characters an opportunity to relive the story of their love affair when they were living in Marfcela. The whole story is built up through witty, humorous, lively, and spontaneous interaction between them.<\/p>\n

    When the play opens, we find Dona Laura happily speaking to the pigeons which were feeding on the bread crumbs. When Don Gonzalo comes there looking for a bench, Dona Laura accuses him of scaring away her birds. In reply, Don Gonzalo tells her that it is a public park and he doesn’t care about the birds. Dona Laura asks him why then did he complain that the priests had taken his seat. Later, when Don Gonzalo comes back to the same place to sit, she asks him why he was seen there again. But, when he tries to put her off saying that they had not met, she tells him that she was only responding to his gesture.<\/p>\n

    When he tells her that she ought to have only returned his greeting, she remarks that he should have taken her permission to sit on that bench. Finally, with her witty remarks, she makes him tongue-tied and helpless. When he mutters to himself, saying that she was a senile old lady and she ought to be at home knitting and counting her beads, she asks him not to grumble anymore. When she finds him cleaning his shoes with his handkerchief, she taunts him asking whether one uses a handkerchief as a shoe brush. In reply, when Gonzalo asks her what right she has to criticize his actions, she answers playfully that it was her right as a neighbour.<\/p>\n

    When Gonzalo tries to put her off rudely saying that he does not care to listen to nonsense, she once again teases him remarking that he was very polite. When Gonzalo asks her apologetically not to interfere with what does not concern her, she again tells him stubbornly that she generally says what she thinks. From then on their spontaneous exchange takes a positive direction and soon they become friends.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \n‘The ways of providence are strange\u2019. How is this true in the case of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura?
    \nAnswer:
    \n‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 presents the story of two young lovers who were once passionately attached to each other. Their love would have culminated in their marriage but they were separated by a cruel blow of fate. However, the ways of providence being strange, these erstwhile lovers happened to meet each other some fifty years later in a park in Madrid. Both of them are in their 70s and have changed a great deal in their appearance. Hence, they fail to recognize each other in the park initially. But as they get acquainted they recall their youthful days.<\/p>\n

    Again, it is by a stroke of providence that Don Gonzalo happens to reveal that he once lived in Valencia. When they discover that they were lovers once in their youth, they relive their romantic meetings as before and pretend not to recognize their earlier selves. Like young people, they live in a dream world of their own and are reluctant to come back to the world of reality. They tell atrocious lies to defend their previous actions and exit with a promise to meet the next day. The ways of providence are strange and it is undoubtedly true in the case of Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo.<\/p>\n

    Question 5.
    \nA Sunny Morning\u2019 revolves around concealing and revealing Laura and Gonzalo’s identity. Elaborate.
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe play ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 presents the story of two passionate lovers who were separated by a cruel blow of fate before their love could culminate in their marriage. However, this story is presented nearly fifty years later when both Gonzalo and Laura are now in their old age. They happen to meet, as if it was providential, in a retired comer of a park in Madrid one sunny morning. The first part of the play seems an exposition introducing Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura. After a few witty exchanges between the two, the playwright reveals their love story concealing and revealing their identity.<\/p>\n

    Initially, Don Gonzalo reveals his identity unwittingly in his enthusiasm to tell her that he had met Campoamor in Valencia. Then he adds that he spent his early youth in Valencia. This is a hint to Dona Laura to reveal her identity. She reminds him of a villa named Maricela near the sea. From then on both of them rebuild their story, however concealing that they were the real actors in that love story. On hearing the name Maricela mentioned, Don Gonzalo introduces Laura Llorente. Then Dona Laura builds it further saying “Laura Llorente was popularly called the Silver Maiden”.<\/p>\n

    Don Gonzalo recreates the scene for the readers mentioning the window where she used to stand hours on end every day. Then Don Gonzalo gives a description of her beautiful personality. Then both of them reveal to the audience their identity by their (aside) remarks.<\/p>\n

    Now once they had revealed their identity, they try to conceal it by replacing themselves in the story by a substitute. Dona Laura calls Laura of the original story as her friend and Don Gonzalo calls the Gonzalo of the original story as his cousin. Once again having concealed their identity they narrate how their love affair ended. Both of them tell lies to cover up what they did after Gonzalo had fled Valencia. This goes on until the end when Laura sees Gonzalo picking up the violets dropped by her. Thus the whole play \u2018A Sunny Morning’ revolves around concealing and revealing Laura and Gonzalo\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

    Question 6.
    \nBring out the instances where Laura and Gonzalo realize each other\u2019s identity.
    \nAnswer:
    \nThere are several instances in \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019, in which both Laura and Gonzalo recognize each others’ identity. Soon after their initial outbursts of emotion, both Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo become friends. Next, both of them enjoy a pinch of snuff and Don Gonzalo begins to read aloud verses from Campoamor.<\/p>\n

    When Don Gonzalo mentions that he was a native of Valencia and had met Campoamor there incidentally, Dona Laura tells him that she had spent several seasons at Maricela. When Don Gonzalo tells her that he had seen a beautiful woman by name Laura Llorente in Maricela, Dona Laura tells him that Laura was known by the name ‘Silver Maiden\u2019 in that locality. When Don Gonzalo starts describing Laura Llorente, Dona Laura makes an aside comment. We learn that Dona Laura has recognized his identity.<\/p>\n

    Later, when Laura tells him that her friend had told her the story of the two lovers, Don Gonzalo recognizes her identity. Then Dona Laura makes an aside remark, “Why tell him? He does not suspect”. Similarly, Don Gonzalo mutters to himself, “She is entirely innocent”. Then when Don Gonzalo tells her how his cousin had met a glorious death in Africa, Dona Laura mutters to herself that he was telling an atrocious lie. Don Gonzalo tells himself that he could not have killed himself more gloriously.<\/p>\n

    On hearing how Laura had died, Don Gonzalo tells himself, “she lies worse than I do”. Then Dona Laura tells herself that she will not tell him that she married two years later while Don Gonzalo mutters that he had run off to Paris with a ballet dancer in three months. By then it becomes clear that both of them have recognized each other\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

    Question 7.
    \nHow do Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo annoy each other initially in the park?
    \nAnswer:
    \nSoon after occupying her seat in the park, Dona Laura throws three handfuls of bread crumbs to a flock of pigeons and sits watching them feeding on the bread crumbs. Don Gonzalo and Juanito walk towards the birds. Immediately, Dona Laura shouts ‘lookout\u2019 so as to warn them. Then she tells Don Gonzalo that he had scared away the birds. Don Gonzalo brushes aside her remarks telling her that he does not care about the birds as it was a public park. Dona Laura asks him why then did he complain about the priests occupying his usual bench if it was a public park.<\/p>\n

    Again, Don Gonzalo tries to put her off rudely telling her that since they had not met before she should not take the liberty of addressing him. Dona Laura retaliates saying that he is an ill-natured old man. She wonders why a man like him should be so fussy and cross after reaching a certain age. Later, she sees him moving about without getting a seat on the other side of the park. She enjoys his predicament saying that it serves him right for scaring the birds. Later, when Don Gonzalo sits at the extreme end of Dona Laura\u2019s bench and greets her, she asks him annoyingly why he was there again. Again, there is an angry exchange of words.<\/p>\n

    When he fails to find a convincing reply to her question, he tells her that he has nothing more to say. Then he mutters to himself that she was a senile old lady and she ought to be at home knitting and counting her beads. Again, Dona Laura tells him rudely not to grumble any more and she was not going to leave just to please him.<\/p>\n

    Question 8.
    \nAlthough the romantic affair between Laura and Gonzalo lasts for a brief period of time, the intensity of their love lingers forever. Elaborate.
    \nOR
    \nAnswer:
    \n‘A Sunny Morning’ reveals the romantic side of both Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo. Elucidate. Laura and Gonzalo met each other in Valencia as gallant young lovers. They loved each other intensely. Gonzalo used to toss a bouquet of flowers at Laura in the morning and he would receive a bouquet of flowers from her while returning home.<\/p>\n

    Unfortunately, her parents wanted Laura to marry a merchant instead of Gonzalo. Once, the merchant insulted Gonzalo and it ended up in a duel between them. The merchant was seriously injured in the duel. He was highly regarded in his place and, fearing action, Gonzalo hid in several places. He wrote letters to Laura but they were intercepted by her parents and Laura did not get a chance to read them.<\/p>\n

    Two years later, she married someone else and settled down in her life. But, the brief romantic affair continued to linger in her heart of hearts. In the same way, Gonzalo did not get any reply to his letters from Laura. So three months later, he married a ballet dancer and settled down in Paris. Here again, he could not completely forget the beautiful ‘Silver Maiden’ that Laura was known as. When they met in the park after a lapse of nearly 50 years, both of them were able to recall the brief, but intense romantic affair in Valencia.<\/p>\n

    Question 9.
    \nEverything is fair in love and war. How do you substantiate this statement relating to the attitudes of Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo in the play?
    \nAnswer:
    \n\u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019 presents the story of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura, who were ardent lovers in their youth, but were tom apart in life by fate. They are now in their 70s. The very lovers meet as total strangers unexpectedly in a park in Madrid. As the play begins, Dona Laura is seen in the park feeding pigeons with bread crumbs. It is at that point an old man enters with his attendant. The old man is none other than Don Gonzalo, who is seen to be quite irritated as he finds no bench in the park vacant. Quite grudgingly he comes near Laura and shares her bench. Laura gets infuriated as the old man has scared the pigeons she was feeding and calls him ‘an ill-natured man.\u2019 With her witty remarks, she makes him tongue-tied and helpless.<\/p>\n

    But, after a few moments of disagreement, both of them have a pinch of snuff and reconcile with each other. Gonzalo says that he is from Valencia and to his surprise, Laura reveals that she is from Maricela. Gonzalo is startled by the revelation and he says that he knows a woman named Laura Llorente who lived in a villa there, who was perhaps the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Both Laura and Gonzalo realize that they were the very same young lovers once. But they pretend not to reveal their identities. Though both of them have changed a lot physically, they still cherish the memories of their adventurous youth.<\/p>\n

    Though initially, they appear to be cynical, fussy and ill-natured, soon they become friends. When they discover that they were lovers once in their youth, they relive their romantic meetings as before and pretend not to recognize their earlier selves. Like young people, they live in a dream world of their own and are reluctant to come back to the world of reality. They tell atrocious lies to defend their previous actions and exit with a promise to meet the next day.<\/p>\n

    Question 10.
    \nA Sunny Morning’ is a comic presentation of a serious human relationship. Explain.
    \nAnswer:
    \n‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 tells the past love story of two ardent lovers – Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura in a comic way. It is a serious human relationship but was torn apart in life by fate. However, the two lovers meet again when they are in their 70s, not as lovers, but as total strangers, unexpectedly in a parkin Madrid.<\/p>\n

    Laura Llorente was known in her locality as \u2018The Silver Maiden\u2019. She was in love with Gonzalo, a gallant lover. He used to pass by her house on horseback every morning through the rose garden and toss up a bouquet of flowers to her balcony which she caught. On his way back in the afternoon she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura\u2019s parents wanted to marry her off to a merchant whom she disliked.<\/p>\n

    One day there ensued a quarrel, leading to a duel between Gonzalo and the merchant, her suitor. The merchant was seriously injured. Fearing serious consequences, Gonzalo fled from his house in the town to Seville and then to Madrid. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, his attempts failed and he gave her up as lost forever and ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer. Meanwhile, Laura waited for the news of Gonzalo, for one year and finally got married.<\/p>\n

    Both of them have changed a lot physically but they still cherish the memories of their youth. However, When they meet in the park, they appear to be cynical, fussy, and ill-natured. The way they repartee and express their resentment towards each other creates opportunities for humour in the play. Finally, they become friends after sharing a pinch of snuff. They gradually come to realize that they are the very same lovers of yesteryears.<\/p>\n

    Question 11.
    \nLaura and Gonzalo recognize each other but conceal their identity. How does A Sunny Morning\u2019 present this?
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura and Don Gonzalo come face-to-face in a retired corner of a park in Madrid on a Sunday morning. The strangers soon become friends without knowing that they were lovers once. Then Gonzalo happens to tell her that he had spent his youth in Valencia city. Laura\u2019s curiosity having been provoked, she tells Gonzalo that she also had spent several seasons in Maricela, a villa near the sea in Valencia. When Gonzalo is startled to hear the name ‘Maricela’, Dona Laura asks him whether the name is familiar to him. Don Gonzalo tells her that he had seen a beautiful woman Laura Llorente living there.<\/p>\n

    On hearing the name Laura Llorente mentioned, Dona Laura shows her surprise. From that moment onwards, it becomes clear that both of them know who they are and intentionally conceals their identity. When Dona Laura tells him that Laura Llorente was her best friend and she was called the ‘Silver Maiden’, Don Gonzalo endorses it and tells her that ‘Silver Maiden\u2019 was her popular name in the locality. Further, he tells her that she used to stand at a particular window. Then Dona Laura endorses his statement. Inadvertently, when Don Gonzalo tells her that he spent many hours there during his youthful days, Dona Laura gives a sigh and endorses his statement and says “And in mine, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Then Don Gonzalo gives a description of her beauty and expresses his admiration calling her a dream. Then Dona Laura makes an aside remark and tells Gonzalo that if he but knew that Laura was by his side he would realize what dreams come to. This way, their conversation goes on until the end, each speaking to the other in disguise. Though they appear to be concealing their identity, they know tacitly that they are the true lover’s Laura and Gonzalo of their youthful days. In the end, before leaving the park, Laura drops the violets, and when Gonzalo stoops to pick up the flowers, Laura looks at him. Thus they come to recognize each other.<\/p>\n

    Question 12.
    \nA Sunny Morning’ presents a situation that is not so sunny for Laura and Gonzalo. Do you agree? Give reasons.
    \nAnswer:
    \nYes. I totally agree with the statement. ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 presents a situation that is not so sunny for Laura and Gonzalo because they are the very same Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura of yesteryears, who were ardent lovers in their youth, but are now in their 70s. Their romantic relationship was torn apart in life by fate. It is a flashback scene, ironically re-narrated by the very same lovers.<\/p>\n

    In her youthful days, Dona Laura was known in her locality as ‘The Silver Maiden’. She was fair as the lily, with jet black hair and black eyes. She was like a dream. She was in love with Gonzalo, the gallant lover. He used to pass by on horseback every morning through the rose garden and toss up a bouquet of flowers to her balcony which she caught. On his way back in the afternoon she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura\u2019s parents wanted to marry her off to a merchant whom she disliked. One day there was a quarrel between Gonzalo and the merchant, the suitor. After the duel the young man fled from his hometown to Seville and then to Madrid, being scared of the consequences of a duel with a person highly regarded in that locality. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, all attempts failed.<\/p>\n

    Once Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura realize that they are the same old, young lovers of Maricela who were separated in life by fate, they decide not to reveal their identity because they learn from each other in what high esteem they held each other before they departed. come to know that both of them had given up the other as lost forever. While Dona Laura techs herself that she had married someone else after waiting for him for one year, Don Gonzalo tells himself that after fleeing from Valencia, then Seville and Madrid, he had run off to Paris with a ballet dancer in about three months. Therefore, they concoct fictitious stories so as to conceal their identities completely and to make the other believe that he or she was dead.<\/p>\n

    Later, when they realize that they are alive, they do not want to shatter their mutual images in the eyes of the other. Therefore, Don Gonzalo tells himself that he will not reveal himself because he is grotesque. He wishes that she had better recall the gallant horseman who passed daily beneath her window tossing flowers. Similarly, Dona Laura tells herself that “I am too sadly changed. It is better he should remember me as the black-eyed girl tossing flowers as he passed among the roses in the garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Thus one can conclude that though A Sunny Morning\u2019 presents a situation in which two old lovers are made to present a sunny situation of their past life, which is no longer sunny for them.<\/p>\n

    Question 13.
    \n“The one-act play, \u2018A Sunny Morning’ ultimately proves that ail love is sad.” Discuss.
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe inference, ‘all love is sad’, with reference to the one-act play, \u2018A Sunny Morning\u2019 is an overgeneralization. The comment attempts to universalize the concept of love. The word ‘all’ is an all-inclusive word and ‘all love’ tends to put together all kinds of love like the love between children and parents, love between teenagers, love between friends, love between husband and wife, and love between human beings and animals.<\/p>\n

    On the contrary, ‘all love is sad\u2019 is a comment made with reference to an imaginative love affair supposed to have taken place between two lovers who were in their prime of youth and it gets re-enacted dramatically as a flashback incident in the play during a conversation that takes place in a retired corner of a park in Madrid on a Sunday morning, between two old people an old lady named Dona Laura and an old man named Don Gonzalo – who are now in their 70s. The dramatic technique used in the play is unique in its approach. The progression of events moves from the present to the past. The flashback technique highlights the intensity of the love between Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo which exists between them even ‘now’ after the lapse of half a century.<\/p>\n

    Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo have zest in life. Dona Laura loves birds and feeds them regularly. Gonzalo loves books and he promises to feed the birds the next time. There is no bitterness or regret or frustration about the past incident. Both of them seem to cherish those romantic moments they spent together during that phase of their life. It is this positive attitude even after 50 years of that incident that gives this play its vigour. Thus, ‘The Sunny Morning\u2019 is a charming re-enactment of a romantic love affair and there is not even an ‘iota’ of pessimism in it. Hence, the comment \u2018all love is sad\u2019 is not the correct inference in the context of the play \u2018A Sunny Morning’.<\/p>\n

    A Sunny Morning Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Collocations
    \nA collocation is a combination of words that are commonly used together; the simplest way of describing collocations is to say that they \u2018just sound right’ to native English speakers.
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    \nAdditional Exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A. Passive Voice:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nAfter the duel, the gallant lover fled Valencia. Many letters ______ (write) by him to his beloved. Since no reply ______ (receive), he thought that they ______ (intercept) by her parents.
    \nAnswer:
    \nwere written; was received; had been intercepted.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nWhen Gonzalo entered the park, his usual bench ______ (occupy) by the priests. He _____ (annoy) and his servant, Juanito ______ (ask) to rout them out.
    \nAnswer:
    \nhad been occupied; was annoyed; was asked.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nOne afternoon, just at sunset, as the first stars were appearing, the silver maiden ______ (seen) leaving the house. She sat upon a rock and her gaze ______ (fix) upon the horizon. The tide rose with a boom and she ______ (sweep) out to sea.
    \nAnswer:
    \nwas seen; was fixed; was swept.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \nLaura got up to go home. She ______ (support) by her maid. She turned her head and ______ (surprise) to see Gonzalo picking up the violets which ______ (drop) on the ground.
    \nAnswer:
    \nwas supported; was surprised; had been dropped.<\/p>\n

    B. Report the following conversation:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nPetra: I see him over there waiting for me.
    \nDona Laura: Do not remain for more than ten minutes.
    \nPetra: I will be back soon.
    \nDona Laura: Wait a moment.
    \nPetra: What does the senora wish?
    \nAnswer:
    \nPetra said that she could see him there waiting for her. In response, Dona Laura requested Petra not to remain for more than ten minutes. Petra assured Dona Laura that she would be back soon. Dona Laura requested Petra to wait a moment. Referring to Dona Laura as senora, Petra asked her what she wished.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nDon Gonzalo: I want a bench to myself.
    \nJuanito: There is none.
    \nDon Gonzalo: That one over there is mine.
    \nJuanito: There are three priests sitting there.
    \nDon Gonzalo: Rout them out.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDon Gonzalo said in a demanding manner that he wanted a bench to himself. Juanito replied that there was none. Don Gonzalo stated that the one over there was his. Juanito pointed out that there were three priests sitting there. Don Gonzalo ordered Juanito to rout them out.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nDona Laura: Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief?
    \nDon Gonzalo: What right have you to criticize my actions?
    \nDona Laura: A neighbour’s right.
    \nDon Gonzalo: I do not care to listen to nonsense.
    \nDona Laura: You are very polite.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura asked Don Gonzalo whether he used a shoe brush as a handkerchief. Don Gonzalo asked her what right she had to criticise his actions. Dona Laura replied that she had a neighbour’s right. Don Gonzalo replied rudely that he did not care to listen to nonsense. Don Laura sarcastically replied that he was very polite.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \nDon Gonzalo: Do you mind my reading aloud?
    \nDona Laura: You can read as loud as you please.
    \nDon Gonzalo: Can you read without glasses?
    \nDona Laura: I can.
    \nDon Gonzalo: I envy your wonderful eyesight.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDon Gonzalo asked Dona Laura whether she minded his reading aloud. Dona Laura replied that he could read as loud as he pleased. Don Gonzalo further asked Dona Laura whether she could read without glasses. Dona replied in the positiye. Don Gonzalo remarked that he envied her wonderful eyesight.<\/p>\n

    Question 5.
    \nDona Laura: Will you go to your bench tomorrow?
    \nDon Gonzalo: I will come to your bench.
    \nDona Laura: Do bring something for the pigeons.
    \nDon Gonzalo: I will surely bring the crumbs.
    \nDona Laura: Thank you.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura asked Don Gonzalo whether he would go to his bench the next day. Don Gonzalo replied that he would come to her bench. Dona Laura reminded him to bring something for the pigeons. Don Gonzalo assured her that he would surely bring the crumbs. Dona Laura thanked him.<\/p>\n

    Question 6.
    \nDona Laura: Have you been in America?
    \nDon Gonzalo: Several times.
    \nDona Laura: You must have gone with Columbus.
    \nDon Gonzalo: I am old. But I did not know Ferdinand and Isabella.
    \nAnswer:
    \nDona Laura asked Don Gonzalo whether he had been in America. Don Gonzalo replied that he had been to America several times. Dona Laura observed that he must have gone with Columbus. Don Gonzalo said that he was old, but he hadn\u2019t known Ferdinand and Isabella.<\/p>\n

    C. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in brackets:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nThree priests were sitting on Gonzalo’s usual bench in the park and talking. Gonzalo said that they were _____ time. He could not tolerate their sitting on his bench and _______ (resign himself, idling away, take liberty)
    \nAnswer:
    \nidling away; resigned himself.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nGonzalo and Laura were annoyed with each other in the beginning. Gonzalo told Laura that she could not _____ and comment on his actions. However, the pinch of snuff he offered her tried to ______ between them. (know by heart, take the liberty, Makepeace)
    \nAnswer:
    \ntake the liberty; make peace.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nDona Laura and Don Gonzalo fail to realize what dreams ______. However, they try to impress each other. When Laura seems to read without glasses, Gonzalo does not know that she knows every word _____. (come to, by heart, take refuge)
    \nAnswer:
    \ncome to; by heart.<\/p>\n

    Question 4.
    \nBoth Gonzalo and Laura believe in destiny. They affirm that they were separated from each other after the duel since destiny had decided to _____ in their life. Laura’s parents kept a close watch on her and Gonzalo had to flee and ______ in his cousin’s house. (Makepeace, take refuge, play havoc)
    \nAnswer:
    \nplay havoc; take refuge.<\/p>\n

    A Sunny Morning by Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero About the playwright:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Serafin (1871 – 1938) and Joaquin (1873 – 1944) Alvarez Quintero were Spanish brothers, known as the ‘Golden Boys of Madrid Theatre\u2019. They were celebrated playwrights of the early twentieth century. Together they wrote about 200 plays which depict the life, manners and speech of the people of their native Andalusia in Southern Spain. Their popular comedies, many of which have been translated into other languages, contributed to the revival of Spanish theatre. ‘The Flowers,’ ‘The Merry Heart,’ ‘One Hundred Years Ago,\u2019 \u2018The Galley Slave\u2019 and ‘Apple of His Eye\u2019 are some of their popular plays.<\/p>\n

    Characters:<\/p>\n

    Dona Laura
    \nPetra – her maid
    \nDon Gonzalo
    \nJuanito – his servant<\/p>\n

    Story in brief:<\/p>\n

    ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 revolves around Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura who, in their youth, were passionately attached to each other. A cruel blow of fate separates the two forever. They do not recognize each other when they meet in a park in Madrid on a sunny morning, after several years. But as they begin to talk in earnest, they realize that they are the protagonists of the original love story. But the usual reunion of the long-lost lovers does not take place here as both of them are unwilling to disclose their real identity since they are both sadly changed.<\/p>\n

    A Sunny Morning Summary in English<\/h3>\n

    ‘A Sunny Morning\u2019 is a short, one-act play by Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, two renowned Spanish dramatists. It is a romantic comedy which presents the story of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura who, loved each other in their youth but were forced to separate in life.<\/p>\n

    On a sunny autumn morning in a quiet corner of a park in Madrid, Dona Laura, a handsome, white-haired lady of about seventy, refined in appearance, is feeding pigeons in the park. Don Gonzalo, a gentleman of seventy, gouty and impatient, enters. Their servants Petra, Dona Laura\u2019s maid, and Juanito come and go nearby.<\/p>\n

    The conversation between the two seventy-year-olds begins sarcastically, with each accusing the other of encroaching on their private space. Don Gonzalo complains the priests have taken his bench and says Dona Laura is a “Senile old lady! She ought to be at home knitting and counting her beads.” She finds him “an ill-natured old man!” He resigns himself to “sit on the bench with the old lady.”<\/p>\n

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    A pinch of snuff helps to clear their heads, and they find something in common with alternating sneezes of three times each. Dona Laura confides to the audience, “the snuff has made peace between us.”<\/p>\n

    They begin to banter back and forth in a more friendly manner. Then Don Gonzalo reads out loud from a book of poems. As they converse, Gonzalo says that he is from Valencia and to his surprise, Laura reveals that she is from Maricela where she lived in a villa. Gonzalo is startled by the revelation and he says that he knows a woman named Laura Llorente who lived in a villa there, who was perhaps the most beautiful he had ever seen. Both Laura and Gonzalo realise each other to be former lovers. But they pretend not to reveal their identities.<\/p>\n

    In her youthful days, Dona Laura was known in her locality as ‘The Silver Maiden’. She was fair as the lily, with jet black hair and black eyes. She was like a dream. She was in love with Gonzalo, the gallant lover. He used to pass by on horseback every morning through the rose garden and toss up a bouquet of flowers to her balcony which she caught On his way back in the afternoon she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura\u2019s parents wanted to marry her off to a merchant whom she disliked. One day there was a quarrel between Gonzalo and the merchant, the suitor. After the duel the young man fled from his hometown to Seville and then to Madrid, being scared of the consequences of a duel with a person highly regarded in that locality. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, all attempts failed.<\/p>\n

    Now Laura and Gonzalo devise stories of their own deaths. The old Gonzalo says that he is the cousin of the young man. According to him, the young Gonzalo had to leave his place as he was involved in a fight with a merchant, the suitor of Laura. Then he joined the army and went to Africa where he met with a glorious death. The old Laura says that she knows the woman named Laura, known as The Silver Maiden\u2019 and that she was her friend during her young age. She also lies that she knows the tragic story of her love affair with a gallant young man named Gonzalo. The old woman reveals that not finding her lover, the young and beautiful Laura committed suicide.<\/p>\n

    But, in reality, after three months Gonzalo ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer and Laura, on the other hand, got married after two years. Both realise that they are lying but pretend to be unaware. When the play ends, they agree to meet at the park again, still not acknowledging what they both know to be true.<\/p>\n

    A Sunny Morning Summary in Kannada<\/h3>\n

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    Glossary:<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Don: sir<\/li>\n
    • Dona: Miss, Madam<\/li>\n
    • Handsome: (of man) good-looking, (of woman) striking and imposing in good looks rather than conventionally pretty.<\/li>\n
    • Madrid: the capital and largest city of Spain.
      \nUnimpaired: not damaged.<\/li>\n
    • Parasol: a colourful umbrella.<\/li>\n
    • Senora: the Spanish way of addressing a married woman similar to madam or Mrs.<\/li>\n
    • Adios: adieu, farewell, goodbye.<\/li>\n
    • Spryest: most active and energetic.<\/li>\n
    • Gluttons: those who eat excessively.<\/li>\n
    • Threnody: song of lamentation<\/li>\n
    • Gouty: suffering from inflammation of the joints<\/li>\n
    • Aravaca: a neighbourhood of the city of Madrid<\/li>\n
    • Boudoir: a woman’s private room<\/li>\n
    • Valencia: the third-largest city in Spain<\/li>\n
    • Grotesque: distorted.<\/li>\n
    • Duel: a formal fight between two people in which they use guns or swords in order to settle a quarrel.<\/li>\n
    • Campoamor, Espronceda, Zorilla and Becquer: famous Spanish writers of the 19th century<\/li>\n
    • refined: elegant and cultured in appearance and manner<\/li>\n
    • senile: displaying the weaknesses of old age; also suggests a loss of mental faculties<\/li>\n
    • counting his beads: praying<\/li>\n
    • indignant: resentful and annoyed<\/li>\n
    • Campoamor: Ramon de Campoamor (1817-1901) was a Spanish realist poet and philosopher<\/li>\n
    • Espronceda: Jose de Espronceda (1808-42), a Spanish romantic poet<\/li>\n
    • Zorilla: Jose Zorilla (1817-93), a Spanish romantic poet and dramatist<\/li>\n
    • Becquer: Gustavo Becquer (1836-70), a Spanish post-romanticist poet<\/li>\n
    • Columbus: Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), an explorer and coloniser<\/li>\n
    • Ferdinand and Isabella: the Catholic monarchs of Spain; they patronised the explorations of Columbus<\/li>\n
    • Providence: God; the spiritual power that guides a believer<\/li>\n
    • refuge: shelter<\/li>\n
    • atrocious: extremely bad<\/li>\n
    • prostrated: here, greatly distressed, shocked, upset<\/li>\n
    • calamity: disaster<\/li>\n
    • threnody: a lament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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