Charles Lamb- Dream Children summary

Answer 1

full name of essay is dream childern-a reverie. the essay is about a dream. in the essay all characters are real except the children alice and john. from the title we can guess that its a dream and reverie also means a day dream. alice and john are children of james elia(charles lamb). they ask their father, james elia, to tell them about their grandmother. grandmother's name is field who has been acquainted to us by lamb as perfect women with great qualities. incidents are real from life of lamb. there is a story related to the house where grandmother field was a keeper. it was about the murder of children by their cruel uncle. alice and john came to know this story through a carved writing on a tree which was later brought down by a rich man. after the death of grandmother, house owner took away his belongings and place them in his new house where they look awkward. when grandmother was alive she use to sleep alone but elia was afraid of the souls of infants murdered by uncle as it was thought that house is haunted by the spirits of those children. elia has a brother john full of enthusiasm and zeal, who was loved by everyone specially by her grandmother. on the other hand elia's childhood was full of isolation and he remained stagnnant though out his life. his mind was working fast but bodily or pysically he was totally off and lazy. he was lame and helped by john in every possible way who used to carry him in his back. unfortunately, john also become lame but elia never helped him and after his death he realized or missing him. at the end of the essay, alice and john are crying after hearing all this. elia is looking his wife, whose name also alia, in alice face. the childern started to become faint and say to elia or lamb that we are not your real children and alice is not your wife and our mother. lamb wakes up finds himself in armed chair and james elia was vanished. the whole story is based on life of lamb, he was never able to married and childless died. he is also regretting and remembering moments like, about his brother, about grandmother, his childhood etc. so, whole of essay is full of melancholy and sad tone of lamb's life. (one should better study about lamb's short biography in order to understand his essays)

Answer 2

• Dream children: A ReverieBy:-Charles lamb
• 2. Charles LambCharles Lamb was born in London, 10 February 1775 was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book.Lamb was the son of Elizabeth Field and John Lamb. He was the youngest child, with a sister Mary, a brother John, and 4 other siblings.
• 3. Charles Lamb In 1819, at age 44, Lamb, who, because of family commitments, had never married, fell in love with an actress and proposed marriage. She refused him, and he died a bachelor.
• 4. Work of Charles LambLamb's first publication was the inclusion of four sonnets published in 1796 by Joseph Cottle.
• 5. Work and life of Charles LambIn the first years of the 19th century Lamb began his literary cooperation with his sister Mary. Together they wrote at least three books.
• 6. Charles LambLamb was honored by a grammar school in Edmonton.Charles lamb died in Edmonton, on 27 December 1834.
• 7. Summary of Dream Children The children of James Elia, John and Alice, asked Lamb to tell them about their great grandmother- Mrs. Field.The house belonged to a rich nobleman. Grandmother Field was the keeper of the house and she looked after the house with great care as though it was her own.
• 8. SummaryThe children had come to know the story from the Ballad of 'The Children in the wood' in the house. The story was carved in wood upon the chimney piece.
• 9. SummaryBut a foolish rich person later pulled down the wooden chimney and put a chimney of marble. Alice was very unhappy that the rich man had pulled down the chimney piece with the story. She looked upbraiding and her anger was like her mother's.
• 10. SummaryWhen the house came to decay later, after the death of Mrs. Field the nobleman carried away the ornaments of the house and used them in his new house.
• 11. SummaryThe ornaments of the old house looked very awkward in the new house.Things looked beautiful only if they are in harmony with the surroundings.
• 12. SummaryJohn enjoyed the comparison and smiled as if he also felt it would be very awkward indeed. Grandmother was also very religious. Alice here spread her hands as if she was not interested in the praise of a quality of the grandmother. Children find it difficult to learn lessons by heart.
• 13. SummaryGrandmother Field did not fear the spirits of the two infants which haunted the house at night. So she slept alone.But Elia used to sleep with his maid as he was not so religious.
• 14. Summary When the grandmother died many people in the neighborhood attended her funeral. She was also a good dancer when she was young. Here, Alice moved her feet unconsciously as she too was interested in dancing.
• 15. SummaryGrandmother was tall and upright but later she was bowed down by a disease called cancer.In the garden, there were fruits like nectarines, peaches, Oranges and others.
• 16. Summary Elia never plucked them but rather enjoyed looking at them. Here John deposited a bunch of grapes upon the plate again. He was showing that he too was not tempted by fruits.
• 17. SummaryFrom all the grandchildren, Grandmother Field loved John the most. John was lively and spirited, fond of riding, hunting and outdoor activities.
• 18. Summary He used to take James Elia upon his back out for outings as James Elia was lame footed. But James was sorry for it. John died later and James missed him much.
• 19. SummaryThe children began to cry at the sad turn of events. They asked him to continue the story of Uncle John but to tell them about their dead mother. The father began to tell them how he had courted their mother, Alice for seven years.
• 20. Summary He was at times hopeful of winning her and at times in despair. He explained to them what coyness, difficulty and denial mean in an unmarried lady. When the father looked at Alice she looked at that time very much like her mother. Thereafter, the children began to grow fainter.
• 21. SummaryThey began to go away further and further till the father could hardly see them. From a great distance they seemed to say that they were not children of Alice nor of him, they were not children at all, they were only what might have been.
• 22. Summary When he woke up he found himself in an armed chair. He had fallen asleep and he had been dreaming. James Elia had vanished. On the chair was only Charles Lamb.

Answer 3

pathos

Answer 4

Yes