Kerala University final year B.A. Degree Examination, March 2009 Part – III Drama
Kerala University Final Year B.A. Degree Examination Question Paper March 2009 Part – III – Group – VIII (a) : ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Main Paper – III : Drama
Final Year B.A. Degree Examination, March 2009
Part – III – Group – VIII (a) : ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Main Paper – III : Drama
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
I. Annotate any five of the following choosing atleast two from each group :
GROUP – A
1) Is it but this ? a tardiness in nature
Which often leaves the history unspoke
That it intends to do ?
2) Fathers that wear rags
Do make their children blind,
But fathers that wear bags
Shall see their children kind.
3) I did not think your edicts strong enough
To overrule the unwritten unalterable laws
Of God and heaven, you being only a man.
4) Only for this do fathers pray for sons
Obedient, loyal, ready to strike down
Their fathers' foes, and love their fathers' friends.
To be the father of unprofitable sons
Is to be the father of sorrows; a laughing stock
To all one's enemies.
GROUP – B
5) ___________ when the real crisis comes, you will not find me lacking in strength
or courage. I am man enough to bear the burden for us both.
6) I must stand on my own feet if I am to find out the truth about myself and about
life.
7) She's been brave. A brave woman. A brave deed.
8) The contents of the letter are strictly private. I'll hold it over here at a little
distance so you can see the writing. (5×4=20 Marks)
II. Read the passage carefully and answer each of the questions that follow :
This is most strange,
That she, whom even but now was your best object,
The argument of your praise, balm of your age,
The best, dearest, should in this trice of time
Commit a thing so monstrous, to dismantle
So many folds of favour, Sure, her offence
Must be of such unnatural degree
That monsters it, or your fore-vouch'd affection
Fall into taint :
a) Explain the situation.
b) Who is referred to as 'balm of your age' ?
c) Explain the imagery in 'to dismantle so many folds of favour'.
d) What is 'her' real 'offence' ?
e) What does the speaker mean by 'balm of your age' ? (5×2=10 Marks) -3- 1196
III. Answer any five of the following, each in a paragraph of eighty words, choosing not less than two from each group.
GROUP – A
1) The fool as a choric moralizer.
2) Edgar.
3) The role of Teiresias in Antigone.
4) The Chorus in Antigone.
GROUP – B
5) Krogstad, a moral invalid.
6) Nora's final exit.
7) The character of Prakriti.
8) Comment on the title A Swansong. (5×4=20 Marks)
IV. Write an essay on any one of the following in about four pages :
1) Do you think that Lear is a man 'more sinned against than sinning' ? Elaborate.
2) How far has Antigone succeeded in resisting temporal power ? (1×20=20 Marks)
V. Write an essay on any one of the following in about four pages :
1) Comment on Nora's eventual decision to educate herself.
2) Do you thick that Bayen is a typical example of Mahasweta Devi's indictment of society at large ? (1×20=20 Marks)
VI. Answer any two of the following each in a paragraph :
1) The role of the Chorus in Greek tragedy.
2) The structure of the Shakespearen stage.
3) The Three Unities. (2×5=10 Marks)
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