Read the following passage and answer the questions no. B: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, was a celebrated 19th century Bangalee poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagordari on the bank of the Kopotaksho Ri

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Read the following passage and answer the questions no. B: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, was a celebrated 19th century Bangalee poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagordari on the bank of the Kopotaksho River, a village in Keshabpur Upazila under Jashore district. From an early age, Michael aspired to be an Englishman in form and manner. Though he was born in a sophisticated Hindu family, he converted to Christianity as a young man, much to the ire of his family and adopted the first name Michael. In his childhood, he was recognised by his teachers as a precious child with a gift of literary talent. His early exposure to English education and European literature at home and his college inspired him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect. Since his adolescence he started believing that he was born on the wrong side of the planet and that his society was unable to appreciate his talent. He also believed that the West would be more receptive to his creative genius. Madhusudan was an ardent follower of the famous English poet Lord Byron. So after adopting Christianity, he went to Europe and started composing poems and plays in English. They showed his higher level of intellectual ability. However, he failed to gain the right appreciation. To his utter frustrations he found that he was not esteemed as a native writer of English literature. Out of his frustration, he composed a sonnet in Bangla "Kopotaksha Nad" which earned him huge reputation in Bangla. Gradually, he could realise that his true identity lay in Bengal and he was a sojourner in Europe. Afterwards, he regretted his fascination for England and the West. He came back to Bengal and devoted himself to Bangla literature from this period. He has written the first Bangla epic Meghnad Badh Kabya. B. Answer the following questions: (a) In what manner did Madhusudan want to grow himself? (b) Which religion did Madhusudan practice in his middle age? (c) Why did his college inspire him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect? (d) Which sectors of English literature reflected his intellectual ability? (e) What did Madhusudan realise after coming back to Bengal? (f) Why was Madhusudan frustrated as a writer of English literature?

Accepted Answer

(a) Madhusudan wanted to grow himself as an Englishman in form and manner. (b) With his utter fascination, Madhusudan converted from Hinduism to Christianity and practiced that in his middle age. (c) His early exposure to English education and European literature was the reason why his college inspired him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect. (d) The sectors of English literature like poems a plays reflected his higher level of intellectual ability. (e) After coming back to Bengal Madhusudan realised that his true identity lay in there and he devoted himself to Bangla literature. (f) Madhusudan was frustrated as a writer of English literature because he failed to gain the right appreciation and was not esteemed as a native writer.

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