DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (Eng.) (Addl. Degree) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
SHAKESPEARE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Discuss the importance of the opening scene of the play
Mid Summer Night's Dream.
2. Describe king Richard II as a tragic hero.
3. Narrate the reasons for the death of Gaunt and its
consequences.
4. How does Artemidorus decide to warn Caesar?
5. Write briefly on the assassination of Caesar by the
conspirators.
6. How does hermione make polixenes stay in sicilia?
7. What is Apollo's message? How does Leontes react to it?
8. Write a paragraph on Shakespeare's audience.
Sub. Code
31/107
DE-2381
2
Sp 1
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write an essay on Midsummer Night's Dream as
Shakespeare's first comic masterpiece.
10. Discuss the various elements referred in Midsummer
Night's Dream.
11. Comment on Richard's abdication of his crown.
12. Describe the supernatural elements in the play
Julius Caesar.
13. Discuss Julius Caesar as a typical Shakespearean
tragedy.
14. Describe the sheep shearing feast and what does it
result in.
15. Write an essay on Shakespeare's women characters.