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MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN

ENGLISH
Term-End Examination
December, 2009
MEG-2 : BRITISH DRAMA
Maximum Marks : 100

Time : 3 hours

Note : Answer Question no. 1, which is compulsory and any

four from the remaining questions. All questions carry
equal marks.
1. Annotate any four of the following passages with

reference to context, in not more than

each :

150

words
4x5=20

It is noble humour. But this form

Was not intended to so dark a use !
They know and do not know,
what it is to act or suffer
They know and do not know,
that action is suffering
And suffering is action.
(c) Christ cannot save thy soul, for he is just ;
There's none but I have interest in the same.
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P.T.O.

The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad

manners or good manners of any other
particular sort of manners, but having the
same manners for all human souls.
0, horrible ! 0, horrible ! Most horrible !
If thou hast nature in thee bear it not,
Let not the royal bed of Denmark bell.
Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me.
Examine the growth of English tragedy since the 20
Mystery and Miracle plays. (400 words).
OR

Comment on the role of the clowns in Eliot's play

Murder in the Cathedral. (400 words).

Analyse the use and significance of rhetorical 20

devices in Hamlet (400 words).
OR

Discuss the gender issues in the play

A Midsummer Night's Dream. (400 words).

4.

"The irony of Faustus' career lies in his tragic 20

dilemma". Discuss the statement with reference
to Doctor Faustus. (400 words).
OR
Do you think The Alchemist points to a lowering

of the standard of judgement ? Give a reasoned

answer. (400 words).
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Discuss Christy's role as a master story - teller in 20

The Playboy of the Western World. (400 Words).

OR

Analyse the concept of the 'angry young man'

in the context of the play Look Back In Anger
(400 words).

Discuss Shaw's use of myth in Pygmalion. 20

(400 words).
OR

"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes,

it's awful !" Anylyze the sense of metaphysical
anguish expressed in Waiting for Godot.
(400 words).

7.

Write short notes on any two of the following in

not more than 200 words each :
2x10=20
Pozzo
Hermia's dream
Dupes in The Alchemist
Widow Quin
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