EEG-III (UT-22)

EEG-III (UT-22)

Bachelors Programme
(e)

B. D. P.

Metaphysical poets with reference to Death

Term End Examination December, 2013 & June, 2014

Elective Course

Be Not Proud and The Pulley.

ENGLISH

( Third Paper : The Renaissance )

Time : Four Hours

(f)

Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance

in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.
The weightage for each question has been
indicated in the margin.

the character of Dr. Faustus in Marlowes

play ?
2.

Answer any three of the following :

(a)

Answer any two of the following :

(a)

What Renaissance elements do you find in

Full Marks : 100

( Weightage of Marks : 70% )

1.

Compare Donne and Herbert as religious

20 2 = 40

How would you analyse the Renaissance

12 3 = 36

Attempt a critical appreciation of Draytons

sonnet Since theres no help.

(b)

and the Reformation in England as related

Write a critical note on Miltons use of

imagery in Lycidas.

movements ?
(c)
(b)

Show with reference to The Good Morrow

Show how in Macbeth the supernatural

element is much more than a stage device.

how Donne combines passionate love and

witty argument.
(c)

Consider Macbeth as a tragic hero.

(d)

Discuss the mingling of dark comedy and

What role does Banquo play in Macbeth ?

(e)

To what extent does the location based plot

structure of The Merchant of Venice serve to
accommodate the actions of the play ?

romance in The Merchant of Venice.

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Are the comic scenes in Dr. Faustus integral

to

the

theme

or

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Explain the lines :

This supernatural soliciting

unnecessary

Cannot be ill, cannot be good.

interpolations ?
(g)
g)

What is the allusion of The Pilot of the

Comment on the distinctiveness of Bacons

Galilean Lake ? How does Milton relate it to

prose style with reference to the essays in

the context of Lycidas ?

(h)

your syllabus.

What are the particular benefits of a

friends counsel as mentioned in Bacons

h)

Write a note on the development of comedy

essay Of Friendship ?

in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

3.

Answer in brief any four of the following :

6 4 = 24
(a)

What was the impact of the Renaissance on

National

languages

and

Vernacular

literature ?
(b)

Write a brief note on the Europeanization of

the world.

(c)

Why is ambition compared to Choler ? Do

you agree with the authors opinion ?

(d)

Who

was

Icarus

Why

is

Faustus

compared to him ?
(e)

In what ways is Shylock an outsider ?

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