List of top English Questions on The mark on the wall

Describe the unbroken flow of thoughts and perceptions of the narrator’s mind, using the example of the colonel and the clergy.

What change in the depiction of reality does the author foresee for future novelists?

An account of reflections is more important than a description of reality according to the author. Why?

Looking back at objects and habits of a bygone era can give one a feeling of phantom-like unreality. What examples does the author give to bring out this idea?

How does the imagery of (i) the fish (ii) the tree, used almost poetically by the author, emphasise the idea of stillness of living, breathing thought?

How does the author pin her reflections on a variety of subjects on the ‘mark on the wall’? What does this tell us about the way the human mind functions?

Not seeing the obvious could lead a perceptive mind to reflect upon more philosophical issues. Discuss this with reference to the ‘snail on the wall’.

What is the string of varied thoughts that the mark on the wall stimulates in the author’s mind?

What is the author’s perception of the limitations of knowledge and learning?