A Few Kind Words For Superstitions: [Humor and Satire] Summary and Exercise: [NEB English: Grade - 12]
A Few Kind Words For Superstitions: Summary and Exercise: [NEB English: Grade - 12]
A Few Kind Words For Superstitions: [Humor and Satire] Summary and Exercise: [NEB English: Grade - 12]
Main Summary of the Text In the essay “A Few Kind Words for Superstition,” Robertson Davies defines superstition and its four kinds which he describes as Vain Observance, Divination or consulting oracles, Idolatry and Improper Worship of the True God. Davies claims that he has lived in the middle of a large university and he has seen superstition in any and each corner of the university and among the people who were rational and educated. Similarly, superstition does not belong to just a certain kind of society or a certain group of people. Exercise A. Match the following. B. Find the contextual meaning of the following words from the text and then use them in sentences of your own. condemn - to express disapproval The prime minister condemned the terrorists. We condemn that useless violence in our country. Don’t condemn her before you hear the evidence. terror - feeling extreme fear She lived in terror of being caught. They lived their lives in intense terror. We found anger and terror on her …