Some extrapolative questions:
1.How are silver candlesticks important to both Persome and the Bishop?
2.Why does the convict enter the Bishop's cottage?
3.Don't you think that the Bishop and Persome are contrast in their natures?How?
4.Though the Bishop has been kind and generous to the convict,yet he steals the candlesticks.
Why does he do so?
5.Had you been there in place of the convict what would you have done?Why?
6.What made the convict beast from a man and then man from the beast?
7.What does he call 'Hell'?Why does he call it so?
8.The Bishop neither allows his sister to call the police nor does he himself do it.
What does make him do so?
9.If you were the Bishop would you do the same?Give reasons.
10.What were the circumstances that made him a thief?
11.The convict has turned into a civilized man. The Bishop wants to boost his confidence .Therefore,
he sends him to a counselor.Imagine you are the counselor.How would you help him so that he
starts a normal life?
12.The convict has left for Paris to start his new life. This pleases the Bishop so much that he sits down
to write his diary.Imagine you are the Bishop. Write the diary and express your feelings.
13.What is the theme of the play?
14. You are convict in the play.You have settled down in Paris as you are running a factory making
candlesticks. Your business is flourishing and you are highly grateful to the Bishop for this. Write a
letter to the Bishop to express your gratitude.
15. Which character in the play has impressed you the most? Describe him/her.
16.No man is born a criminal or a thief.If one becomes so what should be done to him?Is punishment the
only way? Comment.
17.The Bishop reminds us of Gandhiji's principles.Try to recollect his ideas of the prison or the jail.Are
the jails today merely the prisons or they have become reformatories?Discuss by illustrating some
examples.
18.You are Persome . You are quite agitated with your brother's generosity but your love for him does
not allow you to express your anguish.Write a letter to your friend expressing your concern for him.
