Exam Details
| Subject | shakespeare | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2018 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
First Semester
English
SHAKESPEARE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Why does Orlando accept the challenge of Charles? What
is the challenge?
2. Who is the speaker of the line ..... "all the world is a
stage? In which play is the line taken from?
3. What does Iago do with Desdemona's kerchief?
4. What does the "willow" song represent for Desdemona?
5. What solution does Agrippa propose to establish peace
between caesar and Antony?
6. How does Cleopatra react to the news that Antony has
married Octavia?
7. What is a chronicle play? Give an example.
8. What does the phrase "divine nights of kings" mean?
9. Name any two fools or clowns of Shakespeare,
mentioning the plays in which they occur?
10. Who were called as the groundlings?
Sub. Code
7MEN1C3
AFS-0474
2
ws1
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Write a note on Touchstone as a mothley fool.
Or
Bring out the significance of the "forest " in As You
like it.
12. Analyse the importance of the temptation scene in
"Othello".
Or
Comment on the tragic flow in Othello's character.
13. The mystery and enchantment which surrounds
Cleopatra is Shakespeare's own invention-Discuss.
Or
Write a note on the symbols used in the play Antony
and Cleopatra.
14. Bring out the significance of the Mirror scene in
Richard II.
Or
Sketch the character of Boling broke.
15. Write a short note on the fool's and clowns of
Shakespeare.
Or
Comment on the importance of soliloquies in the
plays of Shakespeare.
AFS-0474
3
ws1
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Rosalind is undoubtedly one of the most magnificent of
Shakespeare's heroines Elaborate.
17. Shakespeare's tragedies rely on the individual herojustify
this with reference to Othello.
18. Write an essay on the ways in which Shakespeare has
Enobled character of Antony in Antony and Cleopatra.
19. What is Shakespeare's conception of tragedy? Discuss
how for Richard II fulfils such a conception.
20. Analyse the great tragedies and comedies of shakespeare.
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First Semester
English
SHAKESPEARE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Why does Orlando accept the challenge of Charles? What
is the challenge?
2. Who is the speaker of the line ..... "all the world is a
stage? In which play is the line taken from?
3. What does Iago do with Desdemona's kerchief?
4. What does the "willow" song represent for Desdemona?
5. What solution does Agrippa propose to establish peace
between caesar and Antony?
6. How does Cleopatra react to the news that Antony has
married Octavia?
7. What is a chronicle play? Give an example.
8. What does the phrase "divine nights of kings" mean?
9. Name any two fools or clowns of Shakespeare,
mentioning the plays in which they occur?
10. Who were called as the groundlings?
Sub. Code
7MEN1C3
AFS-0474
2
ws1
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Write a note on Touchstone as a mothley fool.
Or
Bring out the significance of the "forest " in As You
like it.
12. Analyse the importance of the temptation scene in
"Othello".
Or
Comment on the tragic flow in Othello's character.
13. The mystery and enchantment which surrounds
Cleopatra is Shakespeare's own invention-Discuss.
Or
Write a note on the symbols used in the play Antony
and Cleopatra.
14. Bring out the significance of the Mirror scene in
Richard II.
Or
Sketch the character of Boling broke.
15. Write a short note on the fool's and clowns of
Shakespeare.
Or
Comment on the importance of soliloquies in the
plays of Shakespeare.
AFS-0474
3
ws1
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Rosalind is undoubtedly one of the most magnificent of
Shakespeare's heroines Elaborate.
17. Shakespeare's tragedies rely on the individual herojustify
this with reference to Othello.
18. Write an essay on the ways in which Shakespeare has
Enobled character of Antony in Antony and Cleopatra.
19. What is Shakespeare's conception of tragedy? Discuss
how for Richard II fulfils such a conception.
20. Analyse the great tragedies and comedies of shakespeare.
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