The Wolves of Cernogratz — Chapter Summary
ICSE · Class 7 · English Literature : Book 'Gulmohar'
Summary of The Wolves of Cernogratz for ICSE Class 7 English Literature : Book 'Gulmohar'. The chapter combines a mysterious legend, family identity.
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Overview
The chapter combines a mysterious legend, family identity, and a powerful ending. Conrad asks about the old castle legend, and the Baroness first dismisses it as a story. Amalie, the grey old governess, corrects the legend and reveals that she is really Amalie von Cernogratz, the last surviving memb
Key Concepts
A legend says that when
A legend says that when a Cernogratz family member dies in the castle, wolves howl and a tree falls in the park at the moment of death.
Amalie
Amalie, known as Fräulein Schmidt, is actually Amalie von Cernogratz, the last surviving member of the old family.
Conrad is the practical family's imaginative
Conrad is the practical family's imaginative member, and he respects the beauty and meaning of the death-music of the wolves.
The Baroness thinks the legend
The Baroness thinks the legend is false because the family had once heard no howling when the mother-in-law died in the castle.
The newspaper notice describes Amalie only
The newspaper notice describes Amalie only as a valued friend of the Baron and Baroness, not as a member of the Cernogratz family.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the legend of Castle Cernogratz and its true meaning
- Recognize the role of Amalie as both governess and last von Cernogratz
- Observe how the story uses suspense, irony, and surprise
- Understand how the poem The Mother Bird shows a bird's bravery and the speaker's shame
- Identify the contrast between appearance and reality in both the story and the poem
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