Hosts in addition to Guests
By Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm is regarded equally the best essayist parodist in addition to cartoonist of his age. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford in addition to was a pop figure inwards London s’ artistic in addition to stylish circles.
‘Host in addition to Guests’ is a humorous seek inwards which Beerbohm describes the qualities of the hosts in addition to the guests. He thinks that mankind tin endure divided to a greater extent than oft than non into ii categories: hosts in addition to guests. The departure the betwixt the ii is non only circumstantial in addition to detail but also temperamental in addition to general. Every human existence has either the positive in addition to active instinct of existence a host or the negative in addition to passive instinct of existence a guest. Hosts are those who own got the natural instinct to serve others in addition to guests are those who desire to endure served.
The character of hospitality is alone a human character in addition to it has developed piece of cake amongst the evolution of the civilization. The cavemen did non entertain others because they were afraid of existence killed yesteryear the hosts inwards their caves. The character of hospitality developed piece of cake equally human beings were organized into groups. However the history of hospitality is amount of painful incidents, the author tells us that though the Israelites were considered to endure the tabular array salt of the world, notwithstanding the treachery of the Jael was condemnable.
In the same means the Greeks cultured but Odysseus killed his guests nether his ain room. The Romans were at the peak of civilization inwards the fifteenth century, but Borgias concealed toxicant inwards their cellars for their guests. Yet the Scotch s’ hospitality is proverbial. It was Scotland that offset formed hospitality amongst the basic main that the invitee must endure honored in addition to protected at all cost.
Discussing hospitality inwards the acquaint world, the author says that it is conventional for the rich to give in addition to for the pitiable to accept equally a resultant of which the rich commonly snuff it hosts in addition to the pitiable commonly snuff it the guests. But this cannot endure regarded equally a dominion because neither all the pitiable are guests nor all the rich are ever the hosts. Most of the fourth dimension it is exactly the affair of one’s’ temperament. However, a host equally a invitee is far worse than the invitee equally a host.
The author says that similar other boys he himself was a invitee yesteryear nature but he oft entertained his friends at the eating seat in addition to was ever afraid of the shortage of the coin inwards his pocket. The author feels that the guests must endure obliged to their hosts but many times it is non so. Many guests similar Dante are oft ungrateful to their hosts.
The author says that similar other boys he himself was a invitee yesteryear nature but he oft entertained his friends at the eating seat in addition to was ever afraid of the shortage of the coin inwards his pocket. The author feels that the guests must endure obliged to their hosts but many times it is non so. Many guests similar Dante are oft ungrateful to their hosts.
Difficult words amongst Urdu Meaning
English | Urdu |
Parodist | مزاحیہ انداز میں نقالی کرنے والا |
Circumstantial | حالات پر منحصر ہونا |
Instinct | فطری جبلت ,پیدائشی عادت |
Hospitality | مہمان نوازی |
Civilization | تہذیب |
Entertained | مہمان کی خاطر مدارت کرنا |
Israelites | اسرائیلی |
Jael (Yeal) | ایک عورت جس نے سزرا کو دھوکے سے قتل کیا تھا |
Condemnable | قابلِ مزمت |
Borgia | سپین کے اندر ایک خاندان جو سیاسی اور مذہبی قوت بن کر ابھرے تھے لیکن وہ اپنے مہمانوں کو زہر دے کر قتل کر دیتے تھے |
Concealed | چھپا دینا |
Proverbial | ایسی چیز جو مثالی ہو |
Ungrateful | نا شکر گزار ہونا |
Temperament | مزاج |
Dante | اٹلی کا ایک مشہور شاعر تھا |
مفہوم
اس مضمون کے اندر مصنف بڑے مزاحیہ انداز سے انسانوں کی فطری جبلت مہمان یا میزبان ہونے کی کو پیش کرتا ہے ۔ وہ انسانوں کو دو گرہوں میں تقسیم کرتا ہے ۔ ایک گروہ وہ ہے جو پیدائشی میزبان ہوتے ہیں اور دوسرا گروہ وہ ہے جو پیداِشی مہمان ہوتے ہیں۔ مہمان نوازی کی عادت انسان کی مثبت خصوصیت ہے جو آہستہ آہستہ تہذیب کی ترقی کے ساتھ ساتھ پیدا ہوئی۔ لیکن مہمان نوازی کی تاریخ کافی کرب ناک ہے۔ وقت کی ترقی کے ساتھ ساتھ مہمان نوازی کےطریقے بھی بدل گئے ہیں۔ آج کے دور میں امیروں کو مہمان نواز سمجھا جاتا ہے اور غریبوں کو اچھا مہمان سمجھا جاتا ہے حالنکہ ہر امیر مہمان دار نہیں ہوتا اور ہر غریب مہمان نہیں
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