Total No. of Questions 10] [Total No. of Pages 02
M.A. (ENGLISH) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017
(First Year)
ENGLISH
Shakespeare
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70
Answer question No.1 in section-A compulsorily.
Answer Two questions from Section B and Two from Section-C
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION-A
Q1) Annotate four of the following:
That if again this apparition come,
He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
It seems then that the tidings of this broil
Brake off our business for the holy land.
In which the majesty of buried denmark
Did sometimes march? By heaven I charge thee, speak!
Which makes him prune himself, and bristle up
The creast of youth against your dignity.
Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
For more is to be said and to be done
Than out of anger can be uttered.
The source of this our watch and the chief head
Of this post-haste and romage in the land.
By the Lord, thou sayest true, lad. And is not my
Hostess of the tavern a most sweet wench?
SECTION-B
Q2) Write a critical note on shakespeare's use of historical sources with special reference to
Henry IV part I
Q3) Discuss the fortunes of Falstaff.
Q4) Write an essay on the theme of delay in shakespeare's Hamlet.
Q5) Critically examine Hamlet as a tragedy of revenge
Q6) Write a note on the poetic school of shakespearean criticism
SECTION-C
Q7) Shakespeare's sonnets reveal an exquisite mastery over language-Comment.
Q8) 'Twelfth Night makes us laugh at the follies of mankind, not despise them'. Comment.
Q9) Comment on the minor characters in the tempest and state how they contribute to the
plot?
Q10) Write short notes on any four of the following:
Fools in shakespeare's play
Shakespearean comedy
Chatharsis in tragedy
Differenece between caliban and Ariel
Elizabethan audience.
The sub plot in tempest.
Character of Viola.
Twelfth night as a comedy of humours