Total No. of Questions 10] [Total No. of Pages 02
M.A. (ENGLISH) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018
First Year
ENGLISH
Shakespear
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:
All is not well I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come.
By heaven me thinks it were an easy leap
To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon.
A man that fortune's buffets and rewards
Harta'en with equal thanks.
But this our purpose now is twelve month old
And bootless 'tis to tell you we will go'.
But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad
Walks ov'r the dew of yon high eastern hill.
And let them grapple, the blood more steps
To rouse a lion than to start a hare!
that this too sullied flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into a
I'll so offend, to make offence a skill
Redeeming time when men think least I will.
SECTION B
Q2) Consider Henry IV Part I as a concerned with the education of a Prince.
Q3) Examine Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I as a historical play.
Q4) Discuss Hamlet as a problem play.
Q5) Write a note on the significance of the grave diggers' scene in Hamlet.
Q6) Write a note on the Elizabethan theatre.
SECTION C
Q7) Discuss with illustrations the artistic merits of Shakespeare's sonnets.
Q8) Examine Twelfth Night as a Romantic Comedy.
Q9) Consider The Tempest as an allegory of life.
Q10) Write short notes on any FOUR of the following:
Song and Music in Shakespeare's plays.
Conflict in Shakespearean tragedy.
Malcontent.
Tragic Flaw.
Soliloquy.
Historical Play.
Role of the spirits in The Tempest.
Play within the Play in Hamlet.