DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
SHAKESPEARE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Justify the title Twelfth Night.
2. Write the circumstances leading Beatrice and Benedick to
love each other.
3. Sketch the character of Flastaff.
4. Discuss the poetic qualities of the play Antony and
Cleopatra.
5. "Age cannot wither her, nor custom state has infinite
variety". Illustrate Enoburbus estimation of Cleopatra.
6. Write a note on the main plot in Hamlet.
7. Discuss the temptation scene in Othello.
8. Write the role played by Ariel in The Tempest.
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Discuss the different kinds of love in Twelfth Night.
10. Justify the Aptness of the title Much Aob About Nothing.
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11. Discuss the relevance of the comic scenes in Henry IV,
Part I.
12. Consider Antony and Cleopatra as a tragedy.
13. Write the significance of the Grave-digger scene in
Hamlet.
14. Write an essay on imagery in Othello.
15. Consider The Tempest as a dramatic Romance.