B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fourth Semester
English Literature
SHAKESPEARE
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 1 10)
Answer all questions.
Choose the correct answer from the alternative given:
1. is the most insightful character making
sound observations about King Lear and human nature.
Clown Gloucester
Fool
2. symbolizes the power of intuition wielded
by a woman as an agency of wisdom in the social order.
Beatrice Portia
Imogen
3. is a goatherd and is even less
sophisticated than the shepherds in As You Like It.
Audrey Corin
Touchstone
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4. Duke Senior names his heir.
Jacques de Boys
Orlando
Oliver
5. a statue of Caesar was spouting blood
and Romans were washing their hands in it.
Casca
Brutus
Calpurnia
6. Caesar was and Brutus says he killed him
because he loved Rome more than Caesar.
ambitious
selfish
egoistic
7. that Brabantio has died.
Montono
Lodovico
Gratiano
8. recruits Iago to woo Desdemona for himself in
Othello.
Roderigo
Othello
Cassius
9. Caliban's mother is
Sycoax Ires
Ceres
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10. Caliban believes a "brave god" who
"bears celestial liquor."
Prospero
Stephano
Ferdinand
Part B x 7 35)
Answer the following questions, choosing either or
11. Discuss the nature of Elizabethan audience
Or
Bring out the function of Fools in Shakespeare's
plays.
12. Analyze the role of Touchstone in As You Like It.
Or
Discuss the concept of love shown in As You Like it.
13. Comment on the part played by Portia in
Julius Caesar.
Or
How does the Roam mob function in Julius Caesar?
14. Discuss the significance of handkerchief episode in
Othello.
Or
Analyze the role of Emilia in Othello.
15. Comment on the role of Caliban in The Tempest.
Or
How does Miranda display her innocence in
The Tempest?
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Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in his plays.
17. Describe the romantic elements in As You Like It.
18. Evaluate the role of Antony in Julius Caesar.
19. How far is Othello a tragic hero?
20. Commet on the note of redemption that Prospero strikes
in The Tempest.
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