LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011
EL 4501 - SHAKESPEARE
Date : 08-04-2011
Time : 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
I. Explain the following passages with reference to the context.
1. A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
Identify the speaker.
2. He is a dreamer; let us leave himDescribe the dramatic irony in these lines.
3. If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
What is the significance of these lines?
4. Et tu, Brutus? – Then fall, Caesar!
What is the significance of this line?
5. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Explain the” monstrous apparition” .
6. Hath dog money? Is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Comment on these lines.
7. Mislike me not for my complexion,
The shadow’d livery of the burnished sun,
To whom I am a neighbor, and near bred.
Identify the speaker.
8. The quality of mercy is not strain’d;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Comment on these lines.
9. O Jew! An upright judge, a learned judge!
Explain the significance of these lines.
10. Well while I live, I’ll fear no other thing
So sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.
Why will he fear to keep Nerissa’s ring safe?
(10x2=20 marks)
II. Write paragraph answers choosing any FIVE of the following.
(5x8-40 marks)
11. Discuss the character of Iago.
12. How does Jessica- Lorenzo love story affect the main plot of “The Merchant of Venice”?
13. Discuss the significance of Mark Antony’s rhetoric in the play “Julius Caesar”.
14. Write a paragraph on the role of Bottom and his companions in “A Midsummer Night‘s
Dream”.
15. What is Richard 11’s perception of kingship in the play by Shakespeare?
16. Examine the gulling of Malvolio in “Twelfth Night”
17. Comment on the use of Supernatural in Shakespeare’s plays.
18. Critically analyze the theme of love in Shakespeare’s plays.
III. Write essays on the following questions in about 300 words each.
(2x20=40 marks)
19. How does mistaken identity contribute to the plot structure in “Twelfth Night”?
(OR)
Discuss the tragic heroes of Shakespeare with reference to Julius Caesar and Othello.
20. How does the forest outside Athens become a place of reconciliation in “A Midsummer
Night‘s Dream”?
(OR)
Discuss “Richard 11” as a history play.
$$$$$$$