DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
SHAKESPEARE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Bring out the importance of the opening scene in the play
Twelfth Night.
2. Sketch the character of Olivia in ''Twelfth Night''.
3. Describe the meeting between Prince Hal and King
Henry in the royal palace.
4. Hal's friendship with Falstaff Discuss.
5. Write a paragraph on 'Antony's infatuation for Cleopatra
and his negligence of duty'.
6. How does the Ghost describe its life in hell?
7. Bring out the importance of the handkerchief episode.
8. Sketch the character of Prospero in the play
The Tempest'.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Consider 'Twelfth Night' as a romantic comedy.
10. Write an essay on the aptness of the title
'Much Ado About Nothing'.
Sub. Code
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DE-289
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11. Write an essay on the theme of honour in Henry IV,
Part I.
12. Explain the circumstances leading to the war between
Antony and Octavius Caesar.
13. Discuss Hamlet as a typical Shakespearean tragedy.
14. Explain the malignity of Iago.
15. Justify the title 'The Tempest'.