4.Raina (greatly encouraged) Ah, it is natural that you should forget it....... he comes to think nothing of them"
(a) : What is "it" that Raina is accusing Bluntschli of forgetting ? (1)
Raina is accusing Bluntschli of forgetting that she dishonoured herself for his sake by telling a lie to the Russian officer in order to save Bluntschli's life.
(b) : Why does Raina think that it is "natural" for Bluntschli to forget ? (1)
Raina often assumes the air of some superior person. She does so now. She thus considers herself superior to Bluntschli whom she considers as a lesser mortal who is ungrateful and forgetful of the good done to him.
(c) : What does Raina want to emphasise when she says "it cost me a lie" ? (1)
When Raina says "it cost me a lie" she wishes to emphasise that she told the lie for Bluntschli's sake at great cost to her nature and her conscience. She wants Bluntschli to feel that his forgetting her sacrifice for his sake is even more disgraceful that merely forgetting something someone had done for another. By assuming this behaviour, Raina is hoping to draw Bluntschli's emotion for her.
(d) : What, to Bluntchli, are the "two things that happen to a soldier so often that he comes to think nothing of them" ? (2)
According to Bluntschli the two things that happen to a soldier so often that he comes to think nothing of them are firstly - hearing people tell lies. The second thing that happens so frequently to a soldier that he forgets them is getting his life saved saved in all sorts of ways by all sorts of people.
(e) : How may lies does Raina say she has ever spoken in her life ? What were they ? (2)
Raina has said that she had only told a lie twice in her life.
She said that the second time that Raina had told a lie was when she had made up the story of having made a beautiful ornament that morning for an ice pudding, which Nicola had spoilt by putting a pile of plates on it. She said that she told the lie so that Sergius would not have found out that Bluntschli had been in her room or he would have killed him.
She said that the first lie she had told had been to the Russian officer who had come to search her room in response to the the people having seen a Serb climbing up a water pipe into the balcony of Raina's room. Raina had told the Russian officer that no one had entered the room when all the while Raina was hiding the fugitive behind the curtain in her room.
(f) : What does Bluntschli think of Raina's count of lies ? (1)
Bluntschli does not believe that Raina has told only two lies in her entire life. He says that two is a "short allowance" even for a straightforward person.
(g) : What is the result of this exchange between Bluntschli and Raina ? (2)
This is a very important exchange between Bluntschli and Raina. By not falling for her assumed air of a faultless damsel in distress Bluntschli unmasks Raina. Raina must admit to Bluntschli that he has found her out. Raina admits that she had always "gone on like that" since she was a child. It had been the manner she had used with her nurse, parents and Sergius and all of them believed her. It was only Bluntschli - the first man to have taken her truly seriously - who had not allowed her to go on with her pretense.
(a) : What is "it" that Raina is accusing Bluntschli of forgetting ? (1)
Raina is accusing Bluntschli of forgetting that she dishonoured herself for his sake by telling a lie to the Russian officer in order to save Bluntschli's life.
(b) : Why does Raina think that it is "natural" for Bluntschli to forget ? (1)
Raina often assumes the air of some superior person. She does so now. She thus considers herself superior to Bluntschli whom she considers as a lesser mortal who is ungrateful and forgetful of the good done to him.
(c) : What does Raina want to emphasise when she says "it cost me a lie" ? (1)
When Raina says "it cost me a lie" she wishes to emphasise that she told the lie for Bluntschli's sake at great cost to her nature and her conscience. She wants Bluntschli to feel that his forgetting her sacrifice for his sake is even more disgraceful that merely forgetting something someone had done for another. By assuming this behaviour, Raina is hoping to draw Bluntschli's emotion for her.
(d) : What, to Bluntchli, are the "two things that happen to a soldier so often that he comes to think nothing of them" ? (2)
According to Bluntschli the two things that happen to a soldier so often that he comes to think nothing of them are firstly - hearing people tell lies. The second thing that happens so frequently to a soldier that he forgets them is getting his life saved saved in all sorts of ways by all sorts of people.
(e) : How may lies does Raina say she has ever spoken in her life ? What were they ? (2)
Raina has said that she had only told a lie twice in her life.
She said that the second time that Raina had told a lie was when she had made up the story of having made a beautiful ornament that morning for an ice pudding, which Nicola had spoilt by putting a pile of plates on it. She said that she told the lie so that Sergius would not have found out that Bluntschli had been in her room or he would have killed him.
She said that the first lie she had told had been to the Russian officer who had come to search her room in response to the the people having seen a Serb climbing up a water pipe into the balcony of Raina's room. Raina had told the Russian officer that no one had entered the room when all the while Raina was hiding the fugitive behind the curtain in her room.
(f) : What does Bluntschli think of Raina's count of lies ? (1)
Bluntschli does not believe that Raina has told only two lies in her entire life. He says that two is a "short allowance" even for a straightforward person.
(g) : What is the result of this exchange between Bluntschli and Raina ? (2)
This is a very important exchange between Bluntschli and Raina. By not falling for her assumed air of a faultless damsel in distress Bluntschli unmasks Raina. Raina must admit to Bluntschli that he has found her out. Raina admits that she had always "gone on like that" since she was a child. It had been the manner she had used with her nurse, parents and Sergius and all of them believed her. It was only Bluntschli - the first man to have taken her truly seriously - who had not allowed her to go on with her pretense.
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