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IJ-560

M.A. Ist Semester (Reg./Pvt./ATKT)

Examination, 2022-23

English

Paper - II

Darma

Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks : Reg=85
Pvt=100

Note :- Attempt all questions.

1.

Explain with reference to the context any three of the following passages:

(i)

What feeling brings you to me...........fear or desire?

You can be confident that I will help.

I shall assist you willingly in every way.

I would be a hard-hearted man indeed,

If I did not pity suppliants like these.

(ii)

What art thou that usurp'st this time of night,

Together with that fair and warlike form

In which the majesty of buried Denmark

Did sometimes march? By heaven I charge thee, speak!

(iii)

Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city,

In personal suit to make me his lieutenant,

Off-capp'd to him : and, by the faith of man,

I know my price, I am worth no worse a place :

(iv)

I am no villain; I am the youngest son of Sir

Rowland de Boys; he was my father, and he is thrice

a villain that says such a father begot villains.

(v)

O, Faustus, lay that damned book aside,

And gaze not on it, lest it tempt thy soul,

And heap God's heavy wrath upon thy head!

(vi)

Read, read the scriptures....... that is blasphemy.

You are a profligal, absurd coxcomb, go to!

Nay, never look at me, 'tis I that speak;

Take't as you will, sir, I'll not flatter you.

I have you not yet found means enow to waste

That which your friends have left you, but you must....

2.

What story of his past life Oedipus gives to Jocasta?

OR

What is happening at the beginning to The Odyssey?

3.

Write a character sketch of Hamlet.

OR

Othello is often called a tragic hero. Discuss his heroic qualities as well as his flaws which lead to his demise.

4.

Write a character sketch of Celia.

OR

Why does Duke Orsino use Cesario (Viola) to woo Olivia? Why doesn't he court her himself? Is it significant that Orsino and Olivia meet only once in the play and that this meeting is at the very end of the comedy? If no, why?

5.

After the original contract with Lucifer, is there a possibility for Dr. Faustus to repent.

OR

What are the "humors" mentioned in the play Every Man in His Humour, and why are they significant?