SAMPLE BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY QUESTION PAPER | ENGLISH LITERATURE | SHAKESPEARE | 16ACCEN9| 2021 | PHOENIX OF LITERATURE

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SAMPLE BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY QUESTION PAPER–ENGLISH LITERATURE

S.No. 5743                                                                         16 ACCEN 9

(For candidates admitted from 2016–2017 onwards)

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2021.

Part III — English — Major

SHAKESPEARE

 Time : 3 hours          Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION — A (10 x 2 = 20)

Answer ALL the questions.

1. What are the four main plots of ―A Midsummer Night's Dream?

2. Who is the most important character in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

3. Why did Brutus kill Caesar?

4. How are Octavius and Caesar related?

5. What is king Lear’s tragic flaw?

6. Who is the tragic hero in king Lear?

7. Why Twelfth Night is considered as a comedy?

8. What is the moral of Twelfth Night?

9. Who are the enterprising fools of Shakespeare?

10. What is the role of an audience in theater?

SECTION — B (5x 5 = 25)

Answer ALL the questions. Choosing either (a) or (b)

11. (a) What are the supernatural elements found in Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?

Or

(b) Explain the puns which is used in Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's

Dream"

12. (a) Why does Caesar decide to go to the sevate despite his wife’s warnings?

Or

(b) Why does Cassius hate Caesar?

13. (a) What is the dramatic significance of the subplot in king Lear?

Or

(b) Why does Lear banish Cordelia?

14. (a) Discuss the dramatic irony in "Twelfth Night‖ Provide at least two examples.

Or

(b) What is the significance of Shakespeare's title Twelfth Night?

15. (a) Explain Shakespeare’s fools and clowns.

Or

(b) Give the summary of Shakespeare’s Women.

SECTION — C (3 × 10 = 30)

Answer any THREE questions.

16. Explain the Gender issues in ―A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare?

17. Explain the importance of Brutus Soliloquy.

18. Explain King Lear as a typical Shakespearean Tragedy.

19. Discuss the role of clown in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

20. Explain the supernatural elements in Shakespeare’s Plays.

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