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FIRST PAPER
(First Halt)
Full Marks - 50
Time - Two Hours
The figures in the margin ~ndicate full marks.
1. Answer any two of the following :
I5x2=30
(a) Comment on Chaucer's use of humour and
irony Jn the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Or,
(b) Critically examine Chaucer's art or'
characterisation in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
(c) Discuss The Faerie Queene, Bk.I as a
romantic epic.
Or,
(d) Comment on the character and role· of the
Red Cross Knight in The Faerie Queene, Bk.I.
(e) Describe the salient features of Bacon's
p~ose style.
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Or,
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(f) Would you consider Bacon's Essays as a
handbook of practical wisdom? Argue your answer.
(g) Discuss Herbert as a religious poet with
reference to the. poems on your syllabus.
Or,
(h) Attempt a critical appreciation of "To His
Coy Mistress".
(i)
Examine Samson Agonistes as a Chr.istian
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Play.
Or,
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(j)
Agonistes.
Comment on the role ofManoa in Samson
2. Answer any four of the followfog:
5x4=20
(a) How is the Wife of Bath portrayed in the
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales ?
(b) Comment on the opening passage of the
Prologue to the·Canterbury Tales.
(c) Comment on the role of Prince Arthur in
The Faerie Queene, Bk.I.
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(d) What is the significance of the Archimago
episode in The Faerie Queene, Bk.I ?
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(e) What does Bacon say about adversity in
life?
(f) Briefly· mention the central idea of "Of
Truth".
(g) How does the lover address the sun in "The
Sunne Rising" ?
(h) What is the central idea of "The Pulley"?
(i)
Samson?
Why does Dalila come to see the blind
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0) Describe the agonies ofthe blind Samson at
the beginning of Samson Agonistes.
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FIRST PAPER
(Second Halt)
Time - Two Hours
Full Marks - 50
The figures in the margin indicate f ull marks. ,
l. Answer any two questions, taking one from
each group:
15x2=30
Group-A
(a) Do you think that Hamlet is a romanticidealist ? Give reasons for your answer.
Or,
(b) Hamlet is the high water-mark of
Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy. Discuss.
(c) Why is Measure for Me asur~ often
describe·<l as a problem play? Argue your answer.
Or,
(d) Sketch the character of the Duke.
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(e) Prospero's enchanted island is a complex
amalga..m of disparate el~ments. Discuss.
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Or,
(f) Bring out the aptness of the title, "The
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Tempest".
Group-B
(g) Is it true that Doctor Faustus has a
beginning and an end, but no miqdle ? Argue your
answer.
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Or,
(h) What Renaissance elements do-you find in
Doctor Faustus?
· (i) . Does the Duchess of Malfi measl!!e up to
the stature of a heroine? Give reasons for your answer.
Or,
(j) Evaluate the dramatic necessity of the fifth
Act ~f The Duchess ofMalfi.
2. Answer any four of the following;
5x4=20
(a) Comment on the .p lay-within-the play in
Hamlet.
(b) How does Hamlet open ?
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(c) State briefly the story of Caliban's
attempted rebellion.
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(d) Comment on Sycorax's treatment of Ariel.
( e) What tole does Claudio play in Measure
for Measure ? .·
(f) Does Bosola have any redeeming features
in spite of his villainy ?
(g) Comment on Doctor Faustus's tragic flaw.
'(h) Bring out the significance of the final
Chorus in Doctor Faustus.
(i) Comment ori the most melodramatic scene
of The Duchess of Malfi.
G) Why was Claudio imprisoned? '
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SECOND PAPER
(First Halt)
Full Marks - 50
Time - Two Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
1. Answer any two of the following:.
15x2=30
(a) EvaluateA/lfor Love as a heroic play.
Or,
(b) Analyse Antony's character and comment
on his role inAllfor Love.
( c) Comment on the treatment of love and
marriage in The Way ofthe World.
Or,
(d) Analyse the character ofMirabell as a true
wit.
( e) Discuss Tom Jones as an anti-hero.
Or,
(f) Bring out the moral design of Tom Jones.
P.T.O.
(g) Comment on the structure of Tristram
Shandy.
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Or,
·(h) Discuss the major themes of Tristram
Shandy.
2. Answer any four of the following :
5x4=20
(a) Why is All for Love subtitled 'The World
Well Lost'?
(b) What role does Ventidius play in All for
Love?
(c) Comment on the ending of The Way ofthe
World.
(d) What role does Sir Rowland play in The
Wayofthe World?
( e) What is the significance of the Man of the
Hill episode ?
(f)
Comment on the Upton Inn episode in Tom
Jones.
(g) What is the significance of the name
'Tristram' ?
(h) · Comment on the nature of Uncle Toby's
wound.
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SECOND PAPER
(Second Hall)
Full Marks - 50
Time - Two Hours
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1. Answer any two of the following questions :
J5 X2=3Q
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(a) Discuss the theme of love and marriage in
Pride and Prejudice.
Or,
(b) Analyse the character of Darcy.
(c) Discuss Gulliver's Travels as an allegory.
Or,
(d) Examine the structure ofGulliver's Travels.
(e) Estimate Johnson as a Shakespearean critic.
Or,.
(f) Do you agree with Johnson's appreciation
of Shakespeare's artistic success ? Argue your answer.
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(g) Critically discuss An Ep.istle to Dr.
Arbuthnot as a verse satire.
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Or,
(h) Comment on t}?.e literary qualities of An
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
2. Answer any four of the following:
5x4=20
(a) Briefly comment on the title, i'Pride and
Prejudice".
(b) Explain the importance of the LydiaWickham episode.
(c) How did Gulliver entertain the king and
the queen of the Brobdingnags ?
(d) Describe, after Gulliver, the Lilliputain law
sxstem.
(e) Comment on Dr~ Johnson's observati0ns
on tragi-comedy in his "Preface to Shakespeare".
(f)
How does Johnson defend Shakespeare?s
use of "unities" ?
{g) Comment on the Midas passage in An
_Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
(h) "Shut, shut the door ····" Who says this_
and why?
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THIRD PAPER
(First' Halt)
Time - Two Hours
Full Marks - 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
1. Answer any two of the following :
15x2=30
(a) Estimate Blake as a mystic poet.
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(b) Would you regard Songs of Innocence ·
and Songs ofExperience as critique of society ? Ar.gue,yopr answer.
(c) Comment on Wordsworth's philosophical
ideas in "Ode on Intimations of Immortality".
Or,
(d} Attempt a critical apprecia~ion of"The Old
Cumberland Beggar".
(e) In "KuqlaKhan" Coleridge builds a strong
contrast between the political world of strife and
domination and the imaginative world of beauty and
peace. Comment on the statement.
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Or,
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(f) Write a note on Coleridge's treatment of
the supernatural with reference to the poems on your
syllabus.
(g) ·Analyse the character of Asia in Prometheus
Unbound anq comment on her dramatic importance.
Or,
(h) Analyse Shelley's philosophy of beauty in
"Hymn to Intellectual Beauty":
(i) "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" expresses the
deepest concerns of Keats the poet. Discuss.
Critically comment on the signific¥ce of
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the storm at the end of"Eve of St. Agnes".
G)
2. Answer.any four of the following :
5:>.<4=20
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(a) Explain "Thy fearful symmetry" in "The
Tyger,,.
-(b) What are the things the children are
.compared to in the poem "Holy Thursday" ?
(c) Whom does Wordsworth call 'stern lawgiver'?
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(d) "Five years have passed ····"-Where does
this line occur ? What changes have occurred in these
five years, according to the poet ?
(e) Comment on the relationship that develops
between Christabel and Geraldine.
(f) How does Coleridge define the state of
dejection?
(g) What made Prometheus withdraw his curse
on Jupiter?
(h) Describe after Shelley the ruins of the city
ofVenice in "Lines Written Among the Euganean Hills".
(i) What is the significance of the gathering of
swallows at the end of "Ode to Autumn" ?
G) Comment on the phrase 'cold.pastoral' in
Keats' poem.
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THIRD PAPER
(Second Half)
Time - Two Hours
Full Marks - 50
The figures in the IJ'largin indicate full marks.
1. Answer any two of the following:
15x2=30
(a) Tennyson's greatness as an artist lies in
his ability to combine lyricism and pictorial quality.
Discuss with reference to the poems prescribed.
Or,
(b) "The 'L ady of Shalott" can be interpreted
as alluding to contemporary woman question. Do you
agree ? Give reasons.
(c) Would you agree that Browning's optimism
masks his inner loneliness as an artist ? Argue your
answer with reference to the poems prescribed.
Or,
(d) "One Word More" is a lyric par excellence.
Discuss.
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· (e) Mathew Arnold finds poetry as 'criticism
of life' . Discuss this proposition with reference to the
poems prescribed in your syllabus.
Or,
(f) Attempt a critical analysis of "Memorial
Verses".
(g) Examine the narrative technique of
Wuthering Heights.
Or,
(h) Critically examine the relationship between
Heathcliff and Catherine.
(i) Would you consider Great Expectations as
a childhood memoir ? Give a reasoned answer.
Or,
G) Trace the evolution ·of Pip in Great
Expectations.
2. Answer any four of the following:
5x4=20
(a) How do the speakers in the 'Choric Song'
of "The Lotos Eaters" react to their surroundings ?
(b) What view of Telemachus and Penelope do
yo.u get in Tennyson's "Ulysses" ?
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(c) How is old age viewed in "Rabbi Ben
Ezra"?
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(d) Discuss briefly the feelings enshrined in
"The Bishop Orders His Tomb".
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(e) Why is Scholar Gypsy ·compared with the
Tyrian trader ?
(f) Comment on the basic theme of the
"Forsaken Merman".
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(g) Comment briefly on the ending of
Wuthering Heights.
(h) Comment on Lockwood's nightmares in
Wuthering Heights.
(i) What role does Joe Gargery play in Great
Expectations ?
0) Commentonthetitle, "GreatExpectations".
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FOURTH PAPER
(First Halt)
Full Marks - 50
Time - Two Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
1. Answer any two of the following questions :
15x_2=3.0
(a) Critically analyse The Return ofthe Native
as a tragic novel.
Or,
(b) "Eustacia, the lover and Mrs Y eobright,
the mother testify to Hardy's deep insight into female
psy~he" . Discuss.
(c) Do you feel that the story ofJim in LordJim
is all about coping with guilt, shame and remorse ?
Elaborate.
Or,
(d) Discuss the narrative technique that
Conrad uses in Lord Jim.
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(e) Comment on the significance of the title of
Oscar Wilde' s play, "The Importance ofBeing Earnest".
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Or,
"Elements of farce play a greater role in
conveying the message of the playwright in The
Importance ofBeing Earnest." Discuss:
(f)
(g) Discuss Joan as an instrument of the
evolutionary appetite in Saint Joan.
Or,
(h) Bring out the significance of the Epilogue
in Saint Joan.
(i) Critically evaluate the character of Isabel
Archer in The Portrait ofa Lady. ·
Or,
G) Attempt a study of the narrative te~nique .
used by Henry James in The Portrait of a Lady.
(k) How does Melville c ombin~ humdrum
everyday reality with love of high adventure in Moby
Dick?
Or,
(1)
Analyse Captain Ahab as a problematic
hero.
2. Answer any four of the following :
5x4=20
(a) Comment on the significance ofthe opening
chapter of The Return ofthe. Native.
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(b) What is the significance of the closed door
scene in The Return ofthe Native?
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(c) Why did Jim jump from the Patna?
(d) Do you think Jim redeems himself at the
end of the novel ?
(e) Comment on the opening of The
Importance ofBei'!g Earnest.
(f) Bring out the secret life of Jack.
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(g) Why does the Archbishop say, "The old
Greek tragedy is rising amongst us" ?
(h) Briefly comment on the recantation episode
in Saint Joan.
(i) Comment on the breakdown ofrelationship
between Isabel Archer and her husband after marriage.
G)
How does Ralph impact Isabel Archer' s ~
life?
(k) What does the white whale stand for in
MobyDick?
(1)
attitude?
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FOURTH PAPER
(Second Halt)
Full Marks - 50
Time - Two Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
1. Answer any two of the following :
15x2=30
(a) Discuss Yeats as a modern poet with
reference to the poems on your syllabus.
·or,
(b) Attempt a critical appreciation of "An,..,.
Acre of Grass".
(c) Bring out the allegory in T.S. Eliot's The
Waste Land.
Or,
(d) Would you call Prufrock a disillusioned
idealist ? Support your answer.
(e) Hopkins's interest in the theme.of religion
stems from his concern for the humanity at large. Discuss
with reference to the poems prescribed.
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Or,
(f) Assess Hopkins as a poet of n,ature with
suitable illustrations from the poems on your syllabus.
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(g) Discus.s the present atio n of women
characters in Point Counter Point.
Or,
· (h) ·niscuss Huxley's comment on the
contemporary culture, literature and society in Point
Counter Point.
2. Answer any four of the following :
5x4=20
(a) Who are Yeats's 'circus animals'?
(b) Comment on Yeats' handlihg of irony in
''The Second Coming".
(c) What role does Madame Sosotris play in
The Waste Land ?
(d) Bring out the irony in the title 'The L~e . Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'.
(e) How does Hopkins describe Felix Randall?
(f) Describe after Hopkins, the flight of the
bird in "The \Vindhover".
(g) 'Do you love me, Walter?'
Who is the speaker ? Why does.the speaker say so ?
(h) Whom does Rampion hold responsible for
modern man's spiritual disease, and why.?
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