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FOURTH SEMESTER BA. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2005
(Vocational Course) Branch: Communicative English English Language and Literature (Main) Paper VII (a)MODERN DRAMA (1999 admissions)
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 80 Marks
I. Annotate four of the following, choosing two from each group :
1 Oh, yes. Quite a fat one. This is an age of upstarts.
2 Remember that you are human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech : that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible.
3 At her age ! Nonsense ! Time enough to think of the future when you haven't any future to think of.
4 It is a choice between the skilly of the workhouse and the Char Bydis of tfieznI3dle class, and
I havent the nerve for the workhouse.
5 If she were to die, and wake up in paradise after the first five minutes, she'd have got used to it.
6 She's as rough as a night in a Bombay brothel, and as tough as a matelots arm.
7 My heart is so full, I feel ill - and she wants peace.
8 Hell probably hold court here like one of the Renaissance Popes.
(4 x 4 * 16 marks)
II. Write an essay of about 600 words on any one of the following:
9 Sketch the character of Eliza.
10 Discuss Pygmalion as a comedy of manners.
11 Examine Higgins-EIiza relationship.
(1 x 15 = 15 marks)
III. Write an essay of about 600 words on any one of the following :
12 Sketch the character of Helena Charles.
13 Comment on the revolutionary content of "Look Back in Anger".
14 Discuss Jimmy Porter's attitude to life.
(1 x 15 = 15 marks) Turn over
IV. Write a paragraph of about 100 words each on any four of the following, choosing two from each group:
15 What are the two main problems presented in the problem play Pygmation ?
16 What is the significance of the title "Pygmation ?
17 "Pygmation" is a didactic play. Explain.
18 Write a paragraph on Freedy.
19 Cliff Lewis.
20 Alison Porter.
21 Comment on the significance of the title Look Back in Anger.
22 How does the dramatist use literary allusions in Look Back in Anger ?
(4 x 4 = 16 marks)
V. (a) Answer any one of the following in about 300 words :
23 How is drama a criticism of life ?
24 Discuss briefly the different types of Drama.
25 How does Shakespeare use Soliloquy ?
(1x6 = 6 marks)
(b) Write a paragraph of about 100 words each on any three of the following:
26 The Three Unities of Drama.
27 The Chorus.
28 Romantic Drama.
29 Greek Drama.
30 Unity and Variety of Tone.
(3 x 4 a 12 marks)
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