DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (Addl.) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2017.
SHAKESPEARE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions.
1. What is the reason for the fight between Oberon and
Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
2. Compare Oliver and Orlando in As You Like It.
3. Sketch the character of Bolingbroke in Richard II.
4. How does Cassius persuade Brutus to kill Caesar?
5. Why does Leontes suspect that his wife has an affair with
Polixenes in The Winter's Tale?
6. Comment on the end of the play The Winter's Tale.
7. Write a note on the tragedies of Shakespeare.
8. What are the popular comedies of Shakespeare?
Sub. Code
31/107
DE-086
2
SP 5
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream as a romantic
comedy.
10. Analyze the theme of love in As You Like It.
11. Discuss Richard II as a historical play.
12. Sketch the character of Brutus in Julius Caesar.
13. Attempt a critique of the play The Winter's Tale.
14. Write an essay on the tragic heroes of Shakespeare.
15. Describe Shakespearen theatre and audience.