A Character Sketch of Grandmother from The Portrait of a Lady from Hornbill Book of Class11

Answer: “Grandmother” was a wrinkled elderly lady not much older. She was overweight and bent. Since she always wore a white Saree and silver hair, the narrator compares her to a “winter landscape in the highlands.” Her face is soothing and nice.

Due to her lack of scientific and English expertise, she can’t help the narrator with her schoolwork. The narrator’s school didn’t teach about God or the Bible. She thinks music wasn’t made for gentlefolk.

The narrator’s international arrival. She was overjoyed, so she collected the women in her neighborhood and began singing. Overwork made her sick. Her family knew she was dying. The doctor said she’d heal shortly.