M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017
Second Semester
English
SHAKESPEARE
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions in about a sentences or two each.
1. What was Brabantio's reaction to Othello's marriage to
Desdemona?
2. What happened when Cassio and Roderigo fought?
3. Where do Rosalind and Orlando meet?
4. How does Rosalind tease Orlando in the forest of Arden?
5. Whom does the King think is the real conspirator in the
Percy family?
6. Why does Henry decide to execute Worcester?
7. What does Prospero say regarding his love of study and of
books?
8. What do Prospero and Ariel set out as bait for Caliban,
Trinculo, and Stephano?
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9. How does Shakespeare reaffirm his hope about his poetry
in "Sonnet 18"?
10. What is the function of soliloquy in Shakespeare's plays?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. How did Othello win Desdemona's love?
Or
Discuss the role played by Emilia.
12. Estimate Celia's love for Rosalind.
Or
Assess the role played by Touchstone.
13. What are the virtues and the limitations of
Hotspur?
Or
Write a note on Shakespeare's treatment of history
in Henry IV Part I.
14. Examine the role played by Ariel in The Tempest.
Or
Assess Gonzalo's ideas of the ideal society and
commonwealth.
15. Attempt a critique of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 26."
Or
Write a note on Shakespearean Theatre.
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Part C x 10 30)
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
16. Consider Othello a tragic hero.
17. Illustrate the theme 'who ever loved that loved not at the
first sight from your study of the play As You Like It.
18. Falstaff is one of the most talked about characters in
literary history. What makes his character so appealing?
19. Consider Shakespeare's use of the dramatic unities in
The Tempest.
20. Attempt an essay on the literary value of the sonnets.
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