DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2016.
DRAMA
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Comment on the tragic note in "Dr. Faustus".
2. Sketch the character of king Oedipus.
3. Comment on Torwald's self deception in Dolls House'.
4. Discuss 'The cocktail party' as a comedy of manners.
5. "She stoops to conquer is an attack on sentimentalism"
Discuss.
6. Justify the title 'The Ecstasy of Rita Joe".
7. Briefly explain seven deadly sins.
8. Discuss Girish Karnad as a dramatist.
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Critically evaluate the ending of the play Dr Faustus.
10. How does Nora assert her individuality in A Dolls House.
Sub. Code
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DE-3473
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Sp 6
11. Sketch the character of Celia in the play The Cocktail
party.
12. Write an essay on The Birthday Party as an absurd
drama.
13. Discuss the theme of social responsibility in the play
All My Sons.
14. Examine Tughlaq as a historical play.
15. What impression do you get on the plot construction of
the play Silence The Court is in Session.