M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Third Semester
English
BRITISH DRAMA
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each.
1. Who is Mephistopheles?
2. Where does Vermandero invite Alsemero?
3. What is Lady Wishford susceptible to?
4. What kind of Romantic outlook does Lydia have?
5. Which character best serves as Shaw's spokesman in
Arms and the Man? How?
6. Who discovered Jack Worthing as a baby? Where was he
found?
7. What is the relationship between Pozzo and Lucky?
8. Why does the Church bells irritate Jimmy Porter in the
play Look Back in Anger?
9. What is the cause of Amy's death in Family Reunion?
10. Why is William Falder sent to prison?
Sub. Code
4MEN3C1
AFF-4743
2
Ws8
Part B X 5 25)
Answer the following questions briefly choosing
either or
11. What is the tragic history of Dr. Faustus?
Or
Discuss the Villany of De Flores.
12. Comment on the part played by Captain Absolute.
Or
Describe the famous proviso scene by Millament
and Mirabell.
13. What are the common characteristics between
Gwendolen and Cecily?
Or
How is Sergius's view of War different from
Bluntschli's?
14. Write note on the pozzo, lucky episode.
Or
Describe Jimmy's bitter experience when his father
was on the verge of dying in the play look Back in
Anger.
15. How does the play Justice portray the sufferings of
the prisoners?
Or
Give an account of the birthday party of Army in
The Family Reunion.
AFF-4743
3
Ws8
Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. The changeling is considered as Middleton's greatest
tragedy. Discuss.
17. The In-Human system grinds the Falders and Honey
Wills Elucidate.
18. How does Shaw satirize the glories associated with war
in The Arms and the Man?
19. Look Back in Anger is a Dark Comedy Substantiate.
20. Write an essay on Wit and irony in Congreve's The Way
of the World.