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FINAL YEAR B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH/APRIL 2005
Part III - Group VIII(a) - English Lanaguage and Literature Main Paper III - DRAMA (For 2001 Admissions Onwards)
Time : Three Hours Maximum . 100 Marks
1. Annotate five of the following. Choosing at least two from each group
Group A
1. As flies to wanton boys,
are we to th Gods;
They kill us for their sport.
2. How sharper than a serpents
tooth it is To have a thankless child.
3. Brighter art thou than
flaming Jupiter When he appeared to hapless Semele :
More lovely than the monarch of the sky In wanton Arethusas azurd arms;
And none but thou shalt be my paramour!
4. Hell hath no limits, nor
circumseribd In one self place; for where we are is hell;
And where hell is, there must ever be.
Group B
5. ... Thats democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place.
6. In spite of my urgings and remonstrances you have not yet dared to take command of our schools and put a stop to the inculeation upon your unfortunate children of superstitions and prejudices that stand like stone walls across every forward path,
7. Its soaked in the theology of Dante, with a good slosh of Eliot as well.
8. . Lets pretend that were human beings, and that were actually alive. Just for a while.
(5 x 4 = 20 marks)
II. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below I tax you not, you elements, with unkindness;
I never gave you a Kingdom, calld you children,
You owe me no subscription;
then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here
I stand, your slave, ----
A poor, infirm, weak and despisd old man,
But yet I call you
servile ministers,
That will with two pernicious daughters join.
Your high-engenderd
battles gainst a head So old and white as this.
1. To whom is this utterance addressed ?
2. Why does the speaker say that he would not accuse them ?
3. Who are the two pernicious daughters ?
4. . a head /so old and white as this. Who is referred to here ?
5. What is the horrible pleasure mentioned ?
(5 x 2 = 10 marks)
III. Answer any five of the following, each in a paragraph of 80 words, choosing tttfc less than two from each group
Group A
1. The Fool in King Lear.
2. The theme of madness in King Lear.
3. Renaissance element in Doctor Faustus.
4. The mingling of the comic and the tragic in Doctor Faustus.
Group B
5. Amanda in The Apple Cart.
6. The Interlude in The Apple Cart.
7. The ending of the play, Look Back in Anger.
8. Symbolism in Look Back in Anger.
(5 x 4 = 20 marks)
IV. Write an essay on one of the following
1. Discuss Shakespeares treatment of evil and suffering in King Lear.
Or
2. Consider Doctor Faustus aa a Morality play.
(1 x 20 = 20 marks)
V. Write an essay on one of the following
1. Do you think that The Apple Cort is a satire on democracy ?
Or
2. What iB the main problem discussed by Osborne in Look Back in Anger ?
(1 x 20 = 20 marks)
VI. Answer two of the following, each in a paragraph of 80 words
1. Greek Theatre. 2. Characterisation.
3. Dramatic Irony,
(2*5 = 10 marks)
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