LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITT.
LO 23
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
EL 4501 - SHAKESPEARE
Date & Time: 24/04/2007 / 9:00 - 12:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
I. Explain with reference to context the following passages.(10x2=20 marks)
1. Either there is a civil strife in heaven or……
too saucy with the gods, Incense them to send destruction.
2. Let’s kill him boldly but not wrathfully
Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods.
3. Danger knows full well ……,
we are two lions litter’d in one day
And I the elder and more terrible.
4. How like a deer, strucken by many princes
Dost thou here lie!.
5. To every Roman citizen he gives
To every several man, seventy five drachmas.
6. So is the will of a living daughter,
cursed by the will of a dead father.
7. My purse, my person, my extremest means
Lie all unlocked to your occasion.
8. Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor more
But just a pound of flesh, If thou takest more.
9. You saw the mistress, I beheld the
maid you loved, I loved- for intermission.
10. Sceptre shows the force of temporal power….
the throned monarch better than his crown.
II.
Answer any Five of the following in about 150 words
(5x8=40 marks)
11. Write short notes on the features of Shakespearean tragedy.
12. The Divine Right Theory in Richard II.
13. Nemesis is in full operation in Othello.
14. The persuasive skills of Cassius in Julius Caesar.
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15. Twelth Night,is a replica of Shakespeare’s attitude to puritanism.
16. Classify the kinds of comedies in the Elizabethan drama.
17. The farcical elements in A Mid Summer Night’s Dream.
18. The casket scene in The Merchant of Venice.
III
Attempt essays in 300 words:
(2x20=40 marks)
19. Picturise the felicitous diction and the tactful shifts in Antony’s oration in
Julius Caesar.
OR
The play Julius Caesar abounds in instances of Dramatic Irony-Discuss.
20. Shylock is a sinner, sinned more against than sinning-Elucidate.
OR
Shakespeare had only heroines and no heroes-Justify in the light of
The Merchant of Venice.
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