MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN

Term-End Examination
December, 2OO7

MEG-2 : BRITISHDRAMA
Time : 3 hours
Note :

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Maximum Marks: 100

Answer question number 7, which is compulsory,

and any four from the remaining questions. All
questionscorry equal marks.

Annotate

any four of the following passages with

reference to the context, in not more than 150 words

each :

4x5=20

.
(i)

It is not I, Becketfrom cheapside,

It is not againstme, Becket,that you strive.
It is not Becketwho pronouncesdoom,
But the Law of Christ'sChurch, the judgementof
Rome.

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(ii)

See, see,where Christ'sblood streamsin the

firmament
One drop would save my soul, half a drop : Ah, ffiV
Christ

(iii) There are cruel steel traps lying about everywhere;

just waiting for rather mad, slightly satanic and very
timid little animals.Right ?
(iv) But you have no idea how frightfully interestingit is
to take a human being and change her into a quite
human being by creating a new speech for

'

Itj::t"",
,(u}.o,myoffenceisrank,itsmellstoheaven;
It hath the primal eldestcurseupon't,
A brother's murder ! Pray can I' not,
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Though inclinationbe as sharp as will.

2.

Discussthe main featuresof the theatreof Realism.

20

OR
ince the Mystery and
Miracle plays
3.

Hamlet risesabovethe averagerevengeplay and answers

to subtlerdemandsof a great tragedy.Discuss.(400 wordsl 20
OR
How did Shakespearealter the Romantic comedy formula
's
in A Midsummer Nighf Dream ? (400 words).

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"The Alchemistis a satireon human folliesand foibles.".

20
Comment..(400words)
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- - - t

OR
Analyze the way in which Dr. Fousf us presents a meeting
point for the movements of Renaissanceand Reformation.
(400 words)

5.

How do the socialand economicrealitiesof Britain in the

1950s find expressionin Look Backln Anger ?
20
(400 words)
OR
Examine Pegeenas the victim-heroinein The Playboyof
Ves;ternWorld. (400 words)

6.

The structure of Beckett's Waiting fo,

symmetrical.Discuss.(400 words)

Godot is
20

OR
Critically comment on the significanceo,f,Becket's silence
afterthe fourth temptation (+00 words)
7.

Write short notes on any two of the following in not more

than 200 words each :
(i)

Sir EpicureMammon

(ii)

Tramps in Waiting for Godo

(iii) Fairiesin A MidsummerNighf's Dream

e

(iv)

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