How does the lesson, 'A Shady Plot' remind us that man has no right to invoke supernatural powers through Ouija boards, Tarot cards etc to solve his problems and that one should face life boldly and overcome difficulties using wit and intelligence? Write in 80 to 100 words.

Solution

Ouija boards and tarot cards are appendages used by those who do not know how to face life’s adversities and depend on such supernatural paraphernalia to understand life. A Shady Plot shows us how such things can backfire and one should exercise caution in invoking powers over which they do not have any control. People shouldn’t depend on devices like Tarot Cards and Ouija Boards to solve their problems because superstitions lead to unnecessary troubles. John Hallock’s dependency on Ouija Board stunted his creativity. He couldn’t conceive creative ideas of his own. On account of his inability to reveal his relationship with Helen, the ghost, the shadows of divorce loomed large over his relationship with his wife, Lavinia. Things only became crystal clear after Lavinia threw away the Ouija Board. The misunderstandings got cleared, his wife and maid returned to him. The ghost was no longer a threat to the wife. To conclude, a man gifted with wit and intelligence should use them to solve his problems to have a better control over his life.

Some More Questions From A Shady Plot Chapter

What problems did Helen, the ghost, cause in John Hallock’s life?

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
It’s those Ouija board fanatics. There was a time when we had nothing much to occupy us and used to haunt a little on the side, purely for amusement, but not anymore.

(a) Who is the speaker? Who is being addressed?
(b) What is the speaker's complaint?
(c) What is Ouija board?

Apparition a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event
Poltergeist a reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the
grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people
Clairvoyance a conjurer who expels evil spirits by conjuration
Crystal Ball a spelling board device intended to communicate
with and through the spirit world, obtaining answers to questions
Eerie beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation
Medium any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical
representations, used for fortune telling
Transmigration a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, a
ghost, spectre or phantom
Psychic so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
Ouija Board the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses
Exorcist a person through whom the spirits of the dead are
alleged to be able to contact the living
Premonition a globe of quartz crystal in which images, believed
to portend the future, are supposedly visible to fortune tellers
Paranormal to pass into another body after death: going from
one state of existence or place to another
Tarot Card capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy
Vampire
German word, meaning 'noisy ghost'- troublesome
spirit that the creation of disorder

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A Shady Plot

How does the lesson, 'A Shady Plot' remind us that man has no right to invoke supernatural powers through Ouija boards, Tarot cards etc to solve his problems and that one should face life boldly and overcome difficulties using wit and intelligence? Write in 80 to 100 words.

Some More Questions From A Shady Plot Chapter

What problems did Helen, the ghost, cause in John Hallock’s life?

Why did John want his wife to get rid of the Ouija board she had bought?

Why does Lavinia feel that the Ouija board would help her husband?

What sort of person was Michael's dad ?

Why is John's wife angry 4nd what does she decide to do?

The narrator earns his living by

The writer was overconfident about his ability to write ghost stories because .....................

The sight of the ghost materialising in his room filled the narrator with.......

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Apparition	a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event
Poltergeist	a reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people
Clairvoyance	a conjurer who expels evil spirits by conjuration
Crystal Ball	a spelling board device intended to communicate with and through the spirit world, obtaining answers to questions
Eerie	beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation
Medium	any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortune telling
Transmigration	a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, a ghost, spectre or phantom
Psychic	so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
Ouija Board	the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses
Exorcist	a person through whom the spirits of the dead are alleged to be able to contact the living
Premonition	a globe of quartz crystal in which images, believed to portend the future, are supposedly visible to fortune tellers
Paranormal	to pass into another body after death: going from one state of existence or place to another
Tarot Card	capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy
Vampire	German word, meaning 'noisy ghost'- troublesome spirit that the creation of disorder