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B.A. DEGREE exam —
JUNE, 2009.
(AY 2003–04 and CY 2004 batches only)
Third Year
English
SHAKESPEARE
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
I. Annotate any 5 of the subsequent choosing atleast 2 from every Group : (5 x three = 15)
GROUP A
1. If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain;
If lost, why then a grievous labour won;
However, but a folly bought with wit,
Or else a wit by folly vanquished.
2. What! gone without a word?
Ay, so time love should do; it cannot speak;
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.
3. This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice, with which an hour’s heat
Dissolves to water and doth lose his form.
4. Ay sir; the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman boys in the market place; and then
I offered her mine own, who is a dog as big ten of yours,
and therefore the gift the greater.
GROUP B
5. Never, my lord : but I have heard him oft maintain it to be fit that, sons at perfect age, and fathers declined, the dad should be as ward to the son; and the son manage his revenue.
6. ...thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gavest thy golden 1 away
7. Return with her!
Persuade we rather to be slave and Sumpter
To this detested groom.
8. Go in with me. By duty cannot suffer
To obey in all your daughters’ hard commands
Though their injunctions be to bar my doors,
And let this tyrannous right take hold upon you,
Yet have I ventured to come seek, you art
And bring you where both fire and food is ready
II. Write short essays on any 3 of the
subsequent : (3 x 10 = 30)
9. Sketch the character of Proteus in
The 2 gentlemen of Verona.
10. Write an essay on the part played by the Fool in King Lear.
11. Sketch the character of Portia in Julius Caesar.
12. Write an essay on the part played by Buckingham in King Richard III.
13. Ariel in The Tempest.
14. Discuss the character sketches of Silvia and Julia as a study in contrast.
III. Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent :
(2 x 10 = 20)
15. How does Prospero narrate his past life in Milan to Miranda?
16. Describe how Richard III is defeated by Richmond in the final battle.
17. Write an essay on the theme of madness in
King Lear.
18. Discuss the character sketches of Brutus and Cassius as a study in contrast.
IV. Write an essay on any 1 of the subsequent :
(1 x 10 = 10)
19. Consider The Gentlemen of Verona as 1 of Shakespeare’s early comedies.
20. Explain the significance of parallelism in the plot of King Lear and the subplot of the Earl of Gloucester in King Lear.
21. How does Shakespeare represent the Roman mob and what part do they play in Julius Caesar?
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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
JUNE, 2009.
(AY 200304 and CY 2004 batches only)
Third Year
English
SHAKESPEARE
Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75
I. Annotate any FIVE of the following choosing atleast TWO from each Group : (5 3 = 15)
GROUP A
1. If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain;
If lost, why then a grievous labour won;
However, but a folly bought with wit,
Or else a wit by folly vanquished.
2. What! gone without a word?
Ay, so time love should do; it cannot speak;
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.
3. This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice, with which an hours heat
Dissolves to water and doth lose his form.
4.
Ay sir; the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman boys in the
market place; and then
I offered her mine own, who is a dog as big ten of yours,
and therefore the gift the greater.
GROUP B
5. Never, my lord : but I have heard him oft maintain it to be fit that, sons at perfect age, and fathers declined, the father should be as ward to the son; and the son manage his revenue.
6. ...thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gavest thy golden one away
7. Return with her!
Persuade we rather to be slave and Sumpter
To this detested groom.
8. Go in with me. By duty cannot suffer
To obey in all your daughters hard commands
Though their injunctions be to bar my doors,
And let this tyrannous right take hold upon you,
Yet have I ventured to come seek, you art
And bring you where both fire and food is ready
II. Write short essays on any THREE of the
following : (3 10 = 30)
9.
Sketch the character of Proteus in
The Two gentlemen of Verona.
10. Write an essay on the part played by the Fool in King Lear.
11. Sketch the character of Portia in Julius Caesar.
12. Write an essay on the part played by Buckingham in King Richard III.
13. Ariel in The Tempest.
14. Discuss the character sketches of Silvia and Julia as a study in contrast.
III. Write short notes on any TWO of the following :
(2 10 = 20)
15. How does Prospero narrate his past life in Milan to Miranda?
16. Describe how Richard III is defeated by Richmond in the final battle.
17. Write
an essay on the theme of madness in
King Lear.
18. Discuss the character sketches of Brutus and Cassius as a study in contrast.
IV. Write an essay on any ONE of the following :
(1 10 = 10)
19. Consider The Gentlemen of Verona as one of Shakespeares early comedies.
20. Explain the significance of parallelism in the plot of King Lear and the subplot of the Earl of Gloucester in King Lear.
21. How does Shakespeare represent the Roman mob and what part do they play in Julius Caesar?
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