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Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1*4=4
DERRY: You’re... peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions I don’t understand.
MR LAMB: I like to talk. Have company. You don’t have to answer questions. You don’thave to stop here at all. The gate’s open.
DERRY: Yes, but...
MR LAMB: I’ve a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some hear bees and they
say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees for a long while, they humm....and hum
means ‘sing’. I hear them singing, my bees.
DERRY: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it .....when I looked over the wall.
MR LAMB: If you’d seen me, you’d not have come in.
DERRY: No.
(On the Face of It)
Question 4 Part 2 (A) - i
List the playwright’s purpose of using ellipses (…) in this extract.
Answer:
The playwright’s purpose of using ellipses is to indicate to the character to pause for thought/ to act showing the gathering of thoughts .
