1. Write notes on any two of the following (250 words each)

Theatre of the Absurd

Problem Plays

Tragi-comedy

Classical Sanskrit Theatre

2. Critically examine, with reference to the context, any two of the following:

To sabotage our cause
It is treason to the people
It is like having home guards
In our midst!
These traitors must die!

The noise of the battle hurtled in the air. Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan, And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets.

That's right! Keep hoping! He's just dying to help you There's always so much dust. Where does it come from!

Nana: Child, what do you want? All your dream, this Nana will fulfil. Oh, don't be shy. This is our house. This is a private hall. No one will see. No one in Poona today has the audacity to watch the great Nana Phadnavis

3.

At the end of the play Julius Caesar, Antony refers to Brutus as 'the noblest Roman of them all.' Do you agree with this statement? Explain.

How is Joe Keller a tragic hero in the play All My Sons? Elucidate.

Halfway House ends at the same point -the situation where it began. Elucidate.

Comment on the concept of time in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi.