Extract 7: Great praise. anou amnm famous victory.

a) The Duke of Marlbro was the leader of the English army and Prince Eugene of Savoy was a
commander are the great war heroes of the BoB. They were members of the anti-French
coalition that defeated French forces in 1704.
b) The speaker praises these people because they are war heroes and in the ruling class's version
of any battle heroes are praiseworthy.
c) They are not praiseworthy because in order to prove their might they destroyed the lives of so
commoners. Loss of life, resources and property
many highlights the inhumanity asociated
with wars.
d) Wilhelmine thinks the BoB to be wicked because of the huge destruction of life, resources and
I agree with her because wars are gory affirs. Even an innocent child like Wilhelmine
property.
can make out the wickedness of wars which a mature grownup like Kaspar fails to see.
e) The winning of the BoB by the Duke of Marlbro and Prince Eugene of Savoy by defeating the
French forces is the 'famous victory'being referred to here. The loss of many innocent lives and
the widespread destruction of resources and property is being referred to as the cost of the
victory.

Extract 8: And everybodymaesooso Tamous victory.

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a) The context of the given lines is the BoB in Robert Southey's poem 'After Blenheim' where
Kaspar is narrating the events of the BoB to his curious grandchildren, Peterkin and wilhelmine.
Here Kaspar admits that he is unable to specify what good came as a result of the war and hence
gives the children the ruling party's version of the BoB.
b) The conversation is going on between Old Kaspar and his little grandchildren, Peterkin and
Wilhelmine. Peterkin had unearthed a large, round and smooth object near the rivulet and his
curiosity caused him to take the object home to his grandfather
c)The famous victory of the Duke of the Marlbro and Prince Eugene of Savoy is being talked about
here. The anti-french coalition comprising of England,Netherlands, Austria and Prince of Savoy
won over the French forces.
d) THe loss of the lives of innocent commoners, resources and properties, the right toa decent
burial and the destruction of years of hardwork are some of the costs of the war.
e) Peterkin couldn't fathom what good had come out of the BoB. THe question remained
unanswered as his grandfather Old Kaspar had accepted the ruling classes' version of the Bob
and thus had never critically thought about it.