Annamalai University 2011-1st Year B.A English - - - - Drama - Question Paper

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2011
( ENGLISH )
( 3rd YEAR )
( PAPER - VI )
710. DRAMA
( Common to B.A. English and Communication ) May ] [ Time : three Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
I. Annotate 5 of the subsequent passages choosing at lowest 2 from every Group.
(5 × four = 20)
GROUP – A
1. Therefore ile have Italian maskes by night, Sweete speeches, comedies, and pleasing
showes, And in the day when he shall walke abroad, Like Sylvian Nimphes my pages shall be clad,
My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay.
2. Farewell base stooping to the lordly peeres, My knee shall bowe to none but to the king.
3. I will have Gaveston, and you shall know, What danger tis to stand against your king.
4. Not Hilas was more mourned of Hercules, Then thou hast beene of me since thy exile."
5. "But elaborate kings, when regiments is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
GROUP – B
6. "Soldiering my dear madam, is the coward's art of attacking mercilessly when you are strong, and keeping out of harm's way when you are weak. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get
you enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms."
7. "My rank is the highest known is Switzerland: I'm a free citizen."
8. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage;
and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.
9. I won the battle the wrong way when our worthy Russian generals were losing it the right way.
10. I have to get your room ready for you: to sweep and dust, to fetch and carry. How could that degrade me if it did not degrade you to have it done for you?
II. ans 1 of the subsequent questions: (1 × 20 = 20)
11. explain the dramatic significance of the last act of Edward - II.
12. Bring out the moral flaw in the character of Edward the Second.
13. explain the character of Queen Isabella.
III. ans 1 of the subsequent questions: (1 × 20 = 20)
14. Attempt a character sketch of Sergius.
15. How does Shaw treat the themes of war and love in Arms and the Man?
16. Comment on Raina's disillusionment with heroic ideals.
IV. ans 2 of the subsequent questions: (2 × 20 = 40)
17. (a) How far has Gaveston been responsible for Edwards' downfall?
(OR)
(b) provide an account of the part played by coincidence in Arms and the Man.
18. (a) Justify the title, The Rivals.
(OR)
(b) Sketch the character of Mirabell.
19. (a) Consider Strife as a realistic play.
(OR)
(b) How does Galsworthy symbolize "Capital and: labour" in strife?

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