5 The New Dress
- There is another character mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way his/her reactions help us to understand Rose Shaw looked Mabel up and down and curled her lips sarcastically, as Mabel expected her to do. Mabel also sensed that Rose and everyone... 1
- What was Mabel’s imagination about flies? Mabel felt that we were all like flies trying to climb over the edge of a plate, some crawling slowly with their wings stuck together. To ma... 1
- Discuss different pessimistic thoughts in Mabel’s mind. Mabel felt that all the thrill she had felt in her dress had vanished when she entered Mrs. Dalloway’s drawing room, and her eyes were opene... 1
- There is another character mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way his/ her reactions helpus Mabel told Charles Burt that ‘it’ was old- fashioned, hoping that he would think it was the picture she was talking about, and not her dress... 1
- There is another character mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way his/her reactions When Mrs. Holman asked her questions about Elmthorpe and other things, Mabel was furious to be treated like a house agent or a messenger boy... 1
- There are a few other characters mentioned in this extract. Discuss the way their reactions help us to understand Mabel thought that Charles Burt and Rose Shaw were chatting together by the fireplace and laughing at her. She could not hear them, but this... 1
- Describe Mabel’s ‘delicious/divine’ and ‘flat’ moments. Was there a reason for them? The delicious moments of Mabel’s life were reading contentedly in bed, or being down by the sea in the sun and sand at Easter, listening to... 1
- Complete the following: The last sentence suggests that The last sentence suggests that however hard Mabel tries to be stylish or fashionable, she is ultimately a middle-class, ordinary woman. She... 1
- “I have enjoyed myself,” said Mabel. Was this the truth? Give reasons for your answer. This was not the truth. Though Mabel tells Mr. and Mrs. Dalloway that she has enjoyed herself, she says “Lies, lies, lies!” to herself while... 1
- List the criteria you use to choose a dress/outfit. When I buy a dress, the first thing I look at is the price. If it is beyond my budget, I don’t even think of buying it, however much I like... 1
- Describe the kind of clothes you wear to college. Do you feel that your clothes do not match to those worn I normally wear jeans and T-shirts to college. Everyone else wears the same. All my friends belong to middle-class families, and none of us... 1
- Do you look for approval from others when you do something/wear something? Yes, to a certain extent I do. After all, we are not solitary human beings, we live in society. When I wear a dress that I think is good, I... 1
- Name some simple things that make you feel really happy. Explain why it is so. I feel really happy at the beginning of spring. Just outside my bedroom window there are a few trees which lose their leaves in winter, but... 1
- Does your attention often wander when people are talking to you? Give examples. No, in general it does not. I try to pay full attention when someone is talking to me. But if the person is very slow, or is talking on a ve... 1
- Do you feel nervous/confident when you are at a party? Give examples. If I am attending a party where I do not know the people very well, then I feel nervous. For example, I was invited to a party at my school... 1
- Describe your relationship with your siblings/cousins. I have an elder sister, who is two years older than me. I get along very well with her, because she is kind and very loving. She helps me a... 1
- Describe one fulfilled/unfulfilled dream of yours. I am an avid reader. I have read many books written by English authors, in which they have described places in England and Scotland, and the... 1
- Match the following and write the complete answers: A B 1. Miss Milan wanted to know (a) pick a hemp seed from between AAnswer 1. Miss Milan wanted to know(d) about the length of the skirt.(d) about the length of the skirt. 2. Miss Milan let the canary(a) pic... 1
- ‘Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.’ Expand the idea in your own words. Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them. These are the words of Marc Jacobs, fashion designer. It means that clothes only gain impo... 1
- Virginia Woolf has created many characters other than Miss Mabel with great skill. Write a character sketch One of the guests at Mrs. Dalloway’s party was Charles Burt. Mabel was impressed by him and longing for some praise from him. However, he wa... 1
- Frame three sentences giving advice to your younger brother. 1. You should make a timetable for revision at least a month before the exams. 2. You should not eat junk food. 3. You should visit your den... 1
- Frame three rules for the students of your college. (Non-textual grammar) 1. Students must wear identity cards in the college premises. 2. Students must not loiter near the college gate. 3. Every student must have... 1
- Do you appreciate Mabel’s tendency of deciding her own value from the comments given by others? Explain your views. No, I don’t. We all have our own likes and dislikes; we should wear what we like and behave in the manner we think is appropriate. We should... 1
- The cause of Miss Mabel’s disappointment is not only her poor background in the past but her too much To a certain extent this is true. She keeps thinking about the depressing lines she has read written by Shakespeare; she also keeps thinking... 1