4

Register Number :

15. Consider Shaws Arms and the Man as a

comedy of reversals.

Name of the Candidate :

16. How does Shaw expose the foolish ideas

about love and war in Arms and the Man.

B . A . D E G R E E EXAMINATION,

5 0 5 6
2013

( ENGLISH )

IV. Answer any TWO of the following :

(2 20 = 40)

( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )

17. (a) Consider The Way of the World as a satire

on the contemporary society.

( PAPER - VI )

710. DRAMA

(OR)
(b) Sketch the character of Mirabel.
18. (a) Discuss The Rivals as an anti sentimental
comedy.
(OR)

(b) How does Sheridan expose the foibles of the

society in The Rivals?

19. (a) Consider Galsworthy as a modern dramatist

with reference to his play Strife.
(OR)
(b) Comment on the appropriateness of the title
of the play Strife.

( Common with B.A., English and Communication )

May ]

[ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

I.

Annotate any FIVE of the following passages

choosing at least TWO from each group.
( 5 4 = 20)
GROUP A

1. I think of myself as great.

As Caeser riding in the Roman street,
With captive kings at his triumphant car.
Turn Over

2
2. In vain I look for love at Edwards hand
Whose eyes are fixed on none but Galveston:
Yet once more Ill importune him with prayers.

3
7. You could have annexed Serbia and made Prince
Alexander emperor of the Balkans. Thats what I
would have done.

Your headless trunks, your bodies will I trail,

8. I made a beautiful ornament this morning for the

ice pudding, and that stupid Nicola has just put
down a pile of plates on it and spoilt it.

That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood

9. Im a professional soldier: If I fight when I have to

3. If I be Englands king, in lakes of gore

And stain my royal standard with the same.

and am very glad to get out of it when I havent to

4. And yet she bears a face of love for sooth:

10. I quite agree with your account of yourself. You

are a romantic idot.

Fie on that love that hatchet dead and hate.

5. And tell him that I labor all in vain
To ease his grief, and work his liberty
And bear him this, as witness of my love.
GROUP B
6. And there was Don Quixote flourishing like a
drum Major, thinking hed done the cleverest
thing ever known whereas he ought to be Court
martialled for it.

II. Answer any ONE of the following:

(20)

11. Consider Edward-II as a tragedy.

12. Comment on Marlows use of divine right
theory in Edward-II.
13. Sketch the character of Queen Isabella.
III. Answer any ONE of the following:

(2)

14. Discuss Shaws anti-romanticism in Arms

and the Man.

Turn Over