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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTHSEMESTER APRIL 2018
16PEL4MC03/ EL 4820 RE VISIONING SHAKESPEARE
Date: 23-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
Part A
Annotate the following passages in not more than 50 words each: (2x10=20)
1. Upon her landing, Antony sent to her, invited her to supper 2. The world and my great office will divide me from your bosom. 3. Your ships are not well mann'd 4. Thrice-nobler than myself! Thou teachest me, O valiant Eros 5. His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear'd arm crested the world 6. My father's spirit in arms! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: would the night were come! 7. What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! 8. At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him: Be you and I behind an arras then; Mark the encounter 9. If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it 10. I have one heart, one bosom and one truth, And that no woman has; nor never none Shall mistress be of it
Part B
Answer any FIVE of the following questions choosing at least two from each section:
Section 1
11. Analyse the character of Romeo in the light of his infatuation for Rosaline and love for Juliet. 12. Discuss the various tragic elements in the play, King Lear. 13. Discuss Henry IV as an English Chronicle play. 14. Comment on the role of Music in the play Twelfth Night.
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Section 2
15. Critically examine Taming of the Shrew from a Feminist perspective. 16. What is the 'hamartia' of King Lear that precipitates his tragedy?
17. Examine Prospero as a White Colonizer. 18. Comment on Jacques views on the 7 stages of Man.
Part C
Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 300 words each: (2x20=40)
19. a . After reading As You Like It and The Twelfth Night, do you agree with the view of many critics that Shakespeare's best characters are women? Or b). Critically examine the play, Hamlet, as a tragedy caused by vacillation of character as the dominant 'hamartia'.
20. a. Critique Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra as a Roman Historical Play. Or b. Discuss Romeo and Juliet as a Romantic Love Tragedy.