4

Register Number :

IV. Answer TWO of the following questions :

(2 20 =40)
7.

(a)

Name of the Candidate :

5051

Compare and contrast John of Gaunt

and Duke of York.

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2010

( ENGLISH )

(OR)

( THIRD YEAR )

(b) Attempt a character sketch of Duke

of Richard - II.
8.

(a)

(b) Attempt
Romeo.
(a)

( PAPER - VII )

Compare and contrast Tybalt and

Mercutio.

character

720. SHAKESPEARE
( Common to B.A. English & Communication )

(OR)

9.

( PART - III )

( Including Lateral Entry )

sketch of

December ]

Consider Twelfth Night as a

comedy.
(OR)

(b) Attempt a character sketch of Olivia.

[ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

I.

Annotate FIVE of the following passages,

choosing at least TWO from each section:
(5 4 = 20)
SECTIION - A

1. If she be false, O then hevan mocks itself.

Turn Over

2. I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but

this,
Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.
3. Hand kerchief-confession-hand kerchief !-to
Confess, and be hanged for his labour -first to
Be hanged, then to confess !
4. Virtue! a fig! tis in ourselves that we thus or
thus.

8.

Virgin-knot before
All sanctimonious ceremonies may
With full and holy rite be ministered

II. Answer ONE of the following questions :

(1 20 =20)
1.

Consider Othello as a domestic tragedy.

2.

Attempt a character sketch of Iago.

3.

Othello is probably the most neatly, the

most
formally
constructed
of
Shakespeares plays.- Discuss.

SECTION - B
.5.

Be collected
No more amusement. Tell your piteous heart
Theres no harm done.

6. A thing divine, for nothing natural

I ever saw so noble.
7.

Not a soul
But felt a fever of the mad, and played

III. Answer ONE of the following questions :

(1 20 =20)
4.

Attempt a character sketch of Ferdinand.

5.

Consider Prospero as Shakespeares

mouthpiece.

6.

Comment on the role of the supernatural

elements in The Tempest.

Some trick of desperation.

Turn Over