DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (Eng)(Addl.) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2017.
ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Write a note on the effects of the defeat of the Spanish
Armada.
2. How does Sidney convey the idea that his suffering is
greater than Philomela's in the poem 'The Nightingale'?
3. Explain the metaphysical conceits in Donne's 'The
Funeral'.
4. How does the girl bewitch onlookers in the poem 'Delight
in Disorder' by Robert Henick?
5. When is revenge justified?
6. What are the three ways of veiling the self?
7. Write about Queen Isabella's steps to dethrone the king
in the play Edward II.
8. What are the merits and demerits of the play,
The Shoemaker's Holiday?
Sub. Code
14/102
DE-081
2
Sp 6
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write an essay on the causes, course and consequences of
the civil war.
10. Write a critical appreciation of Spenser's prologue to
'The Farie Queene'.
11. Describe the significance of the title 'The pulley' by
George Hebert.
12. Summarize Bacon's views on truth.
13. What are the main pleasures of the Utopians?
14. Discuss The Alchemist as a humour play.
15. Give a critical estimate of the structure of the play,
The Shoemaker's Holiday.