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CHARACTER SKETCH
CLASS 10+1By:-
Baljeet Kaur Brar
subject expert SCERT
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subject expert SCERT
Ph: 9780107971
E-mail: [email protected]
MEANING
The word character sketch consists
of two words – character and
sketch . Character means
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sketch . Character means
reputation
Sketch means a portrait or a
drawing.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEEN CHARACTER
SKETCH
AND
AN ESSAY ON A PERSON
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AN ESSAY ON A PERSON
ESSAY
• While writing an essay, we are
free to use our own imagination
about a person.
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about a person.
• Mostly the good qualities are
talked of.
CHARACTER SKETCH
• We are confined to the nature of
the character what the writer has
portrayed in the story, novel or a
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portrayed in the story, novel or a
play.
• Both good and bad aspects of a
person are discussed.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
OF
GRAND MOTHER
WHAT DO WE NEED?
• Text book : ‘I Am The People’
Text from the lesson
The Portrait Of A Lady
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The Portrait Of A Lady
By
Khushwant Singh
Points to be described
• Name/ full name
• Age
• Family
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• Family
• Physique: face, hair, fat/ slim, strong/ weak,
attractive
Point to be described
• Dress
• Habits/routine
• Relations with family/society
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• Relations with family/society
Name and age
• Khushwant Singh’s grand mother in ‘A Portrait Of A Lady’ is very old and widow.
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• Khushwant Singh has always seen her as an old lady only.
• So he hardly believes her to be young and beautiful.
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Clue words
• Grey
• Wrinkled
• White
• Rosary
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• Rosary
• Holy books
PHISIQUE
• Her face is a crisss- Cross of age
lines.
• Her grey hair usually remain
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• Her grey hair usually remain
scattered on her puckered face.
PHISIQUE
• She is fat, short and has a stoop.
• She can not walk straight so she
hobbles with hand on her waist
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hobbles with hand on her waist
to balance her stoop.
FAMILY
• She belongs to a punjabi
family and lives with her son,
daughter in-law and her
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daughter in-law and her
grandson .
Religious
• She goes to the temple daily.
• Reads holy books.
• Tells the beads of the rosary.
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• Tells the beads of the rosary.
• She also wishes that her grand son could learn prayers by heart.
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Very Kind
• Very kind to the dogs she feeds
them with chapaties.
• Feeds the sparrows and enjoys
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• Feeds the sparrows and enjoys
their company.
Good companion
• Helps his grand son to get ready
for school.
• Helps him in his lessons.
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• Helps him in his lessons.
• Accompanies him to the school.
• very sincere and dutiful.
Culture loving
• She loves Indian culture, fond of
singing and spinning
• Hates western and scientific
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• Hates western and scientific
education.
Peaceful nature
• Calm and cool
• Does not show resentment
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• Does not show resentment
• Instead, she becomes quiet and
private.
GLOSSARY
• Wrinkles- lines of aging on the face
• Pretty- attractive and pleasant
• Revolting- unpleasant, disgusting
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• Revolting- unpleasant, disgusting
• Absurd- completely ridiculous
• Undignified- ungraceful
• Fables- traditional short stories
GLOSSARY
• Hobbled- to walk with difficulty
• Stoop- Bent
• Rosary- String of beads used to count
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• Rosary- String of beads used to count
prayers
• Puckered – wrinkled
• Inaudible- That you can not hear
• Prophets- messenger of God
GLOSSARY
• Serenity- calmness
• Scriptures- holy books
• Seclusion- being private
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• Seclusion- being private
• Frivolous- silly and amusing
• Sagging – bending down
• Pallor- pale coloring