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ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE

(AUTONOMOUS)

6th SEMESTER EXAMINATION

B.A./B.Sc.
APRIL – JUNE 2010

ENGLISH - VIII ENGA3608

(HONOURS)

Monday, April 12, 2010 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Time allowed: 4 hours

Full Marks: 80

Instructions:

 Use fountain pen or ball-point pen of blue or black ink.

 Answer in own words as far as practicable.
 Do not write anything on the Question paper other than Roll No.

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 1. Answer any one of the following: [16x1 = 16]
(a) Would you agree with the view that the simple language of Frost’s ‘The Road not
Taken’ belies the profundity of thought in the poem?
(b) Dream and reality come together in Frost’s ‘After Apple Picking’. Discuss the view.
(c) Analyse Sylvia Plath’s use of imagery in ‘The Moon and the Yew Tree’.
(d) Critically analyse Langston Hughes’ ‘Harlem’.

2. Answer any two of the following: [ 16x2 = 32]

(a) Critically analyse the style of The Old Man and the Sea.
OR
(b) Analyse the narrative structure of The Old Man and the Sea.
(c) Discuss the role of Nick as narrator in The Great Gatsby.
OR
(d) Discuss Scott Fitzgerald’s critique of the American dream in The Great Gatsby.
(e) Interpret the possible meanings inherent in the conclusion of The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.
OR
(f) Analyse the Huck-Jim relationship in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

3. Answer any one of the following: [16x1 = 16]

(a) Discuss the Usher - narrator relationship in The Fall of the House of Usher.
(b) Discuss Steinbeck’s use of imagery and symbols in The Chrysanthemums.
(c) The veil is a central symbol in Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil. Do you
agree?

4. Answer any one of the following: [16x1 = 16]

(a) Does Blanche Dubois retain our sympathy in A Streetcar Named Desire?
(b) Discuss Tennessee Williams’ use of symbols in A Streetcar Named Desire.

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