Teaching UKPSC Lecturer Mock Test Series 2024 English Literature Reading Comprehension Prose-based passage
Comprehension Passage
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follows-
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” – Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” – Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII
In the context of John Donne's perspective on human interconnectedness, how might his metaphor of "no man is an island" be applied to the concept of collective responsibility in a society?
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An argument for absolute individualism
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An emphasis on self-reliance and independence
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A call for communal awareness and support
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A suggestion to isolate from societal issues