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Total No. of Questions : 5
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MN-560
M.A. 1st Semester (Reg./Pvt./ ATKT)
Examination, 2023-24
English
Paper - II
Drama
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : Reg.= 85 Pvt.= 100
Note :- Attempt all questions. All questions are compulsory.
1.
Explain with reference to context any three of the following passages:
7x3=21
7x3=21
(a)
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
When there's no help in truth ! I know that well.
But did not act on it! Else I should not have come.
When there's no help in truth ! I know that well.
But did not act on it! Else I should not have come.
(b)
Great Odysseus melted into tears,
running down from his eyes to wet his cheeks…
as a woman weeps her darling husband,
a man who fell in battle, fighting for town and townsmen.
running down from his eyes to wet his cheeks…
as a woman weeps her darling husband,
a man who fell in battle, fighting for town and townsmen.
(c)
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb
like the sun, it shines everywhere.
like the sun, it shines everywhere.
(d)
O, how bitter a thing it is to look
Some are born great, some achieve
greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
Some are born great, some achieve
greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
(e)
O soul, be changed into little water drops,
And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found!
And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found!
(i)
My God, my God look not so fierce on me while!
Ugly hell, gape not! come not Lucifer!
Ugly hell, gape not! come not Lucifer!
(i)
No finer, greater gift than that…
When man and woman
Possess their home, two minds two
hearts that work as one.
When man and woman
Possess their home, two minds two
hearts that work as one.
2.
Analyze the character of Oedipus in Sophocles Oedipus Rex.
OR
Write a short summary of Homer’s The Odyssey?
3.
Evaluate Hamlet as a renenge play?
OR
Write the character sketch of Othello?
4.
Discuss the theme of love in the play ‘As You like It’?
OR
Explain the significance of the title of the play ‘Twelfth Night’?
5.
Discuss Dr. Faustus as a Christian drama?
OR
What are the "humors" mentioned in the play 'Every Man in
His Humour, and why are they significant?
His Humour, and why are they significant?
