PAST PAPER 2015 - CLASSICAL POETRY

Attempt any FOUR questions including question No. 1 which is COMPULSORY. All
questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following.
(i) And yet he was but esy of dispence;
He kepte that he was in pestilence.
For gold in phisik is a cordial;
Therefore he lovede gold in special
(ii) He spoke; the spirits from the sails descend;
Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend;
Some third the mazy ringlets of her hair,
With beating hearts the dire events they wait,
Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.
(iii) In Battles feign'd; the better fortitude
Of Pafience and Heroic Martydom
Unsung; or to describe Races and Games
(iv) More subtle than then the parent is
Love must note be, but take a body too,
And therefore what thou wert, and who,
I bid Love aske, and now
(v) But she that taught me love and suffer pain
My doubtful hop and eke my hot desire
With shamfast look to shadow and refrain
2. In the "Prologue to the Canterbury Tales", Chaucer exhibits an unusual tolerance of human
weakness. Discuss.
3. Discuss Eve's character in the light of Temptation Scene in Book IX.
4. Why is Pope considered a representative poet of the 18th century England? Elaborate your
answer with reference to his poem "The Rape of the Lock".
5. Write a detailed note on the theme of love in Wyatt.
6. "Images can be used in two ways, as simile or as metaphor: simile compares, but metaphor
feigns the identity of the objects". Is this definition application to Donne's poems in your course?
7. Write a critical note on the following;
(i) So Cruel Prison
(ii) Imagery in Donne

PAST PAPER 2015 - DRAMA

Attempt any FOUR questions including question No. 1 which is COMPULSORY. All
questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following passages:
(i) I will wear my heart upon sleeve for daws to peck at; I am
not what I am.
(ii) Man of agony .....
That is the only name I have for you,
That, no other ..... ever, ever, ever!
(iii) Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd in one self place;
But where we are in hell, And where hell is, they must we
Ever be.
(iv) But jealous souls will not be answered so;
They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealous for they're jealous. It is monster
Begot upon itself, born on itself.
(v) A sad tale's best for winter: I have on
Of Spirits and goblins
(vi) "I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either
everything or nothing."
2. Comment on the theme of "ungodly pollution" with reference to Sophocles' play "Oedipus
Rex".
3. Discuss Dr. Faustus as a man of Renaissance in Christopher Marlowe's play "Dr. Faustus".
4. Can you justify Shakespeare's play "Othello" as a tragedy?
5. Discuss and analyze the feminist strains in Shakespeare's play "The Winter's Tale".
6. Who is your favourite character in Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Ernest"?
Justify your answer.
7. Iago is the real hero of Shakespeare's play "Othello". Discuss.

PAST PAPER NOVEL (PU) - 2015

Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. "Jane Austen described life as a matrimonial game". How far do you agree with this statement
based on "Pride and Prejudice"?
2. To what extent is Eustacia Vye responsible for the tragedy in Hardy's "The Return of the
Native"?
3. Describe George Eliot's art of characterization with special reference to Adam Bede.
4. "Power and ambition are the key-notes in the novel "Barchester Towers". How far do you
agree with this point of view?
5. Discuss "A Tale of Two Cities" as a historical novel.
6. What role do superstitions, pagan culture and fantasy play in Hardy's "The Return of the
Native?
7. Write critical notes on any TWO of the following:
(i) The Role of Nature in Hardy's "The Return of the Native"
(ii) The Role of Women in "Barchester Towers"
(iii) George Eliot's Morality
(iv) Theme of Social Justice in "A Tale of Two Cities"
PAST PAPER PROSE (PU) - 2015
Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. After reading Bacon's essays, do you think that you could trace a philosophy of life. Discuss
with reference to Bacon.
2. A satirist is a perfectionist. Discuss with reference to Swift.
3. Elaborate the ideas that according to Russel have harmed mankind.
4. How can we resist cultural imperialism in the modern times. Take Said's theoretical position
and develop your own narrative of resistance.
5. Is it the function of the poet to redress through poetry? What are your views?
6. Which part of the voyage in "Gulliver's Travels" is interesting to you and why?
7. Discuss Russell's prose style.

PAST PAPER AMERICAN LITERATURE (PU) - 2015

Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Write a detailed critical appreciation of the poem "Still Citizen Sparrow" by Richard Wilbur.
2. What is the main theme of the poem "Aunt Jenifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich?
3. Write a critical appraisal of Sylvia Plath's poem "Bee Meeting".
4. "Jazz" is about race and slavery. Comment.
5. "The Crucible" is a play about moral conscience, free will and fate. Discuss.
6. "Mourning Becomes Electra" can be called a modern tragedy. Elucidate.
7. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is about man's struggle to find meanings in a world dominated by
chaos and disorder.