Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009 B.A English Beg-31 : victorian age ,uary - Question Paper

UG - 300 BEG-31

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION JANUARY 2009

(AY - 2004-05 batch onwards)

Third Year

English

BEG-31 : VICTORIAN AGE

Time : 3 hours (Maximum marks : 75)

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1. Explain any THREE of the following in about 50 words each : (3 * 5 = 15)

(a) How is Telemachus portrayed in Tennysons Ulysses?

(b) According to Browning, what prompted the duke to give commands?

(c) Why is the blessed damozel restless in heaven?

(d) Bring out the significance of the title Sesame and Lilies.

(e) What was the main theme of Shaws Pygmalion?

(f) What does Hard Times symbolize in the novel?

2. Write any THREE of the following in about 150 words each : (3 * 10 = 30)

(a) Critically analyse Robert Brownings poem My Lost Duchess.

(b) Consider Rossettis Blessed Damozel as a poem of typical pre-Raphaelite School.

(c) What is Ruskins message to women?

(d) Give a short note on Carlyles estimate of the greatness of Shakespeare.

(e) Comment on the appropriateness of the title The Importance of Being Earnest.

(f) What message does Shaw want to convey through his Pygmalion?

3. Answer any TWO of the following in about 200 words each : (2 *15 = 30)

(a) What is the massage of Tennyson in his poem Ulysses?

(b) Write a note on the three phases of the Victorian Age.

(c) Write a note on Carlyle's estimate of the greatness of Shakespeare.

(d) Write a note on the narrative style used in Wilkie Collins The Woman in White.

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