MA Part II

Questions

Paper IV
Questions 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Q1. Vanity Fair
VF as a social Satire/ satiric elements/ criticism of society and bourgeoisie/ • • • • • •
Comparison of Becky and Amelia
Becky’s character •
No hero in the novel •

Q2. Emma Emma’s character sketch (but will be designed around question
requirement)
Emma’s character (superiority, egotism and charm) • • • •
Jane Austen referred to her fiction as “the little bit of Ivory on which I work with so •
fine a Brush, as produces little effect after much labour”. Discuss the statement
keeping her novel Emma in mind. This is writer’s technique and style, leave it
Mr. Knightley character sketch. Realistic or not? •
Social classes/themes of marriage wrt Jane, Harriet, Mrs Talor and Mrs Bates • •

Q3. Wuthering Heights

Relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine •
Character of Heathcliff/ as a victim or a villain/ anti-hero is a subset of ‘romantic • • •
elements’
Themes of WH both this one and the one below are pretty easy and can have many •
sub headings – there will be overlap too
Romant elements •
Nelly’s role as narrator and important character •
Narrative technique same as above but add on the other narrator too •
Q4. Tess
Role of Fate • •
Novel as a criticism of Victorian Society same as below/Justice • • •
Use of Tragic fate, chance and coincidence in the novel •
Tess as simple and passive or shrewd and calculating? Character sketch like below • •

Joseph Andrews (backup)

Parody of Pamela •
JA as picaresque novel •
Social hypocrisy in the novel JA/ satire in the novel/ portrayal of hypocrisy • • •
Parson Adams as hero instead of Joseph Andrews •
Theme of purity, chastity and hypocrisy •
Class distinctions: high and low birth •