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MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN

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ENGLISH (MEG)

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Term-End Examination

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June, 2023

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MEG-02 : BRITISH DRAMA

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100


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Note : Answer question no. 1 which is compulsory
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and any four from the remaining questions.

All questions carry equal marks.


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1. Critically comment on any four of the following


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passages with reference to the context in not

more than 150 words each : 4×5=20


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(a) It is not in time that my death shall be


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known :

It is out of time that my decision is taken


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If you call that a decision

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To which my whole being gives entire

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consent

I give my life to the Law of God above the

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Law of Man.

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(b) But, you see, I was the only one who cared
His family were embarrassed by the whole

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business. Embarrassed and irritated ... we

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all of us waited for him to die. Every time I
sat on the edge of his will you believe
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antiquity ? Records ?

(c) I will show you a book, where Moses and


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his sister,
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And Solomon have written of the art;

Ay, and a treatise penon’d by Adam.


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(d) The children of perdition are, off-times


made instruments even of the greatest
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works,
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Beside, we should give somewhat to man’s


nature.
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The place he lives in, still about the fire.


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And fumes of metals, that intoxicate the

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brain of man, and make him prone to
passion.

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(e) If we shadows have offended

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think but this, and all is mended,

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that you have but slumbered here

while these visions did appear,

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And this weak and idle theme,
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No more yielding but a dream,
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Gentles, do not reprehend;

If you pardon, we will mend.


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2. Bring out the salient features of revenge


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tragedy in Elizabethan England ? 20


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3. Discuss the role and impact of soliloquies in

Hamlet. 20
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4. Critically evaluate the relationship between


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Jimmy and Alison. 20

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5. Critically analyze the role of chorus in the play

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Murder in the Cathedral ? 20

6. Discuss the Alchemist as a classical tragedy. 20

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7. Write short notes on any two of the
following : 20

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(a) Gertude in Hamlet

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(b) Lucky in Waiting for Godot
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(c) Reformation

(d) Comic spirit in Modern Drama


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