M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Second Semester
English
WORLD CLASSICS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. Who are the "sodomites"?
2. What frightens Hecter's baby son Astyanax?
3. Why is Dusyanta prevented from hunting the spotted
deer?
4. Why do people in Corinth want Oedipus to return?
5. Why does Nora get a loan?
6. How does Nora and Mrs. Linde know each other?
7. What does Veslovsky do to anger Levin?
8. What good deeds does Anna do when she visits the
Oblonsky household?
9. Sonya can be called as the chief representative of the
good in crime and punishment. Why?
10. Why does Svidrigaylov shoot himself?
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Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Discuss the participation of the gods in the Illiad.
Or
Describe the geography of Hell.
12. Critically examine the "Ring" motif employed by
Kalidasa in his play Sakuntalam.
Or
Sakuntala is the loveliest poetic creation by the
immortal bard kalidasa-Discuss.
13. What is the relationship between Mrs. Linde's
arrival and Nora's awakening and transformation.
Or
What prompts Nora to abandon her family?
14. What leads to the suicide of Anna?
Or
Describe the Russian backdrop in Anna Karerina.
15. Give an account of the grim humour in Dostoevsky's
crime and punishment.
Or
Describe the dream of Raskolnikov.
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Part C x10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Write an essay on Thiruvalluvar's views on virtue.
17. Oedipus Rex is considered the most perfect of Greek
tragedies -Analyse.
18. Discuss Ibsen as a dramatist with reference to the play
Doll's House.
19. How does law, religion and society condemn Anna's
adultery?
20. Dostoevsky's world in crime and punishment is filled
with bullies and Victims with rare glimpses of
compassion. Discuss.
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