S.G.T.B.

Khalsa College
Department of English

Core Paper Title: British Poetry and Drama: 17th and 18th Centuries

Assignment for Internal Assessment - 20 marks

Students may answer a question on any one unit in the paper British Poetry and
Drama: 17th and 18th Centuries.

Please remember that there is no second chance available for Internal

Assessment marks after this semester for any paper. All students should submit
an assignment in order to get IA marks.

Draft assignment and Final assignment are to be submitted to your tutor for this
paper.

Answer any one question in approximately 1,200 words:

Q1. Through a close reading of specific instances in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, explore

how the play represents the incredible transformation of Macbeth from a loyal
kinsman and brave Thane to a murderer and a tyrant.

Q2. “The ambivalence with which Satan is portrayed by Milton in Book One of
Paradise Lost, far from making it easy for the reader to denounce him, adds a depth
and grandeur to the devil that reveals him to be the true protagonist of the poem. Do
you agree with this statement? Elaborate, based on your reading of Book I.”

Q 3. Discuss Aphra Behn's 'The Rover' as a Restoration play that focuses on political
issues through sexual politics.

Q 4. Critically examine Pope's portrayal of and attitude to Belinda and her world in
The Rape of the Lock.

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Assignment guidelines:

The assignment will have two components - a draft to be written in the tutorial class
in college for 5 marks, and a final assignment written at home for 15 marks.

In each paper, students can choose a question on any text but their tutor will give
feedback on the draft and give the final marks.





 Draft - The draft will be written in the tutorial class in college. It will be graded out of
5. Marks for the draft will not be given right away, but tutors will give feedback on
each draft.

Final assignment - The final assignment will be written at home and submitted in
whichever way the tutor chooses — offline or online. It will be out of 15 marks.

The final marks will be given to the students only after the teachers complete
moderation.

Tutors will fix their own schedules for the whole process.

Note -
Write your answer in your own words. Tutors will help you improve your writing
skills. Avoid plagiarising or copying words/lines from any source, the internet or
otherwise.

Names of characters, authors and titles should be checked from the text and it is
inexcusable to misspell them.

You must save a copy of your Final assignment for yourself before submission to the
tutor.

There is no second or alternative assignment to be done. This is the only chance to

submit an assignment for this paper.

MZ
2022