Sunday, December 7, 2008

9th Grade Homework-- Comprehension Question Answers for "The Ugly Duckling"

9A and 9B-
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for A. A. Milne's "The Ugly Duckling." It is your responsibility to copy these answers into your notebook.
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Miss Jones said...

1. Why did the King and Queen feel that Princess Camilla needed help with her courtship?
They thought she needed help because she did not appear to be as physically beautiful as a princess ought to be.
2. What did the King and Queen resolve to do to get their daughter married off?
They had the servant Dulcibella take Princess Camilla’s place. Dulcibella was to charm Prince Simon into marriage, but when the wedding itself took place it would be Princess Camilla behind the wedding veil.
3. What kind of person was the Princess? What had made her this way?
The Princess had a very nice personality but she had a plain appearance (she wasn’t very pretty.) At her christening, her godmother wished Camilla plainness so that she would grow up without being spoiled, willful and vain.
4. How is Simon described before his arrival? Did he live up to his reputation?
Simon is described as having “the usual personal advantages and qualities expected of a Prince.” He did not live up to his reputation: he wore simple clothing, was ordinary looking rather than being extremely handsome, and did not have the pretensions common among the nobility.
5. Was the plot to get Princess Camilla married successful? Explain your answer.
The plot was not successful because it was not really responsible for Prince Simon wanting to marry Princess Camilla. He wanted to marry her because she was daring and knew how to do things that most princesses didn’t know how to do—like climb trees to get across a moat or swim.

6. What makes this play humorous?
This play is humorous mainly because of the mismatched identities, the confusion, and the irony of the king and queen believing that they have tricked Prince Simon into wanting to marry Camilla when in actuality, Simon and Camilla are actually tricking them. The dialogue between the King and the Chancellor is also very humorous and witty—as are the accounts of how the princes tried to escape marriage with Camilla. One of the funniest parts of the play involves the incredibly easy riddle that the King asks the princes and how the princes try to get the riddle wrong.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

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