THE FROG AND THE NITHTINGALE

BY: VIKRAM SETH

Submitted to: nutan shrivastava

Submitted by: sachin yadav

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vikram seth

VIKRAM SETHVikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in a Punjabi family to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta (now Kolkata).Seth spent part of his youth in London but returned to his homeland in 1957. He received primary education at Welham Boys' School and then moved to The Doon School. While at Doon, Seth was the Editor-in-chief of The Doon School Weekly.  After graduating from The Doon School in India, Seth went to Tonbridge School, England to complete his A-levels where he developed an interest in poetry and learned Chinese. After leaving Oxford, Seth moved to California to work on a graduate degree in economics at Stanford University. He then went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry at Nanjing University in China.

SUMMARY Frog in bingle bog Once upon a time a frog croaked in bingle

bog every night. His voice was very and unpleasant. He croaked in a loud noise continuously throughout the night.

A nightingale comes there and sings One night in the clod moonlight, a

nightingale came there. She perched on the sumac tree and began to sing melodiously. All the creatures in the bog cheered and clapped her song, ducks swam to listed to her. Toads herons teals and toddlers also reached there to listed to

Her song when she ended. They all clapped. 

Frog meets her

Next night the frog went to the nightingale and haughtily introduced himself as the owner of the tree. He also said that he had long been known for his splendid baritone. 

Nightingale praises him The nightingale felt flattered that such a great critic of art had

discussed her art of singing. The frog, however added that she would merely remain a beginner without his proper training herself. 

Training starts Fired by art and adulation she sang so sweetly that animals from

miles flocked there. Sweetly those animals from miles flocked there. Soon she became

famous. Among the birds were many titled ones. Owl of sandwich, duck of India began to listen. 

Conclusion The frog called her stupid and said that she was prone to influence.

He told that he had tried to teach her. But she was a stupid creature. She was nervous and tense also. He also added that she should have known that her song must be one’s own like that of his. And he was, again, the undisputed king of bog. He sang confidently in the bingle bog.

LITERARY DEVICES1. Alliteration - toads and teals, Bingle bog , crass cacophony2. Metaphor- The frog has been compared to a Mozart, a famous Austrian music composer who has come to help her3. Antithesis- (using 2 opposite words in the same line)- With a joy was both sweet and bitter.

4. Repetition- Ko-ash Ko-ash, awn & awn

5. Irony (saying something and meaning the opposite)-(frog says) - Your song must be your own.6. Personification- Here Animals And Birds Have Been Personified And They Have Been Given Human Like Characters

THE FRO

GThe frog has a boastful and patronizing nature. He also portrays jealousy as the nightingale surpasses him in term of singing and admiration from a crowd who loathed his voice. He is also condescending, and scolds the nightingale in every mistake she makes in an attempt to lower his rivals self-confidence & self esteem. He succeeds in doing so.He is also shown to be money minded, with a capitalistic character (selling the nightingale's song for money).

NIGHTINGALE

The nightingale has a shy or timid nature. She is also naive and innocent, as she believed in a stranger (Frog) could actually help her. She is also extremely trusting, having failed to see the jealous motive of the frog who destroy here mentally and physically. She also doesn't fight for her rights, as she was forced to sing in bad weather. She also gets addicted to the crowd's applause. In the end, it's her innocence and a weak character along with lack of self-confidence that leads to her death

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