4

15. Consider Arms and the Man as a drama

of satire.

Register Number :
Name of the Candidate :

5 0 5 6

16. Compare and contrast the characters of

Sergins and Bluntschli.

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2012

( ENGLISH )

IV. Answer any TWO of the following questions:

(2 20 = 40)

( THIRD YEAR )

17. (a) Consider the play Strife as a realistic

play.

( PART - III )
( PAPER - VI )

(OR)
(b) Compare and contrast the character of
Anthony and Roberts in Strife.
18. (a) The Rivals portrays the life of the English
people in the Eighteenth Century
Discuss.
(OR)
(b) Compare and contrast the characters of
Captain Absolute and Faulkland.
19. (a) Sketch the character of Mirabell.
(OR)
(b) Estimate The way of the World as a
comedy of contemporary manners.

710. DRAMA
( Common with B.A. English and Communication )
May ]

[ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

I.

Annotate any FIVE of the following

passages, choosing at least TWO from each
group :
(5 4 = 20)
GROUP-A
1. For now the wrathful nobles threaten
wars,
And therefore,brother,banish him for ever.
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2. My Lords, of love to this our native land,

I come to join with you and leave the king.
3. Thou proud disturber of thy countrys
peace,
Corrupter of thy king; cause of these
broils,
Base flatterer, yield;
4. If I be Englands king, in lakes of gore
Your headless trunks, your bodies will
I trail
5. To be avenged on you for all your
braves,
And for the murder of my dearest friend.
GROUP-B
6. I won the battle the wrong way when our
worthies Russian Generals were losing it
the right way. That upset their plans and
wounded their self-esteem.
7. What will he care for my poor little
worship after the acclamations of a whole
army of heroes ? But no matter: I am so
happy-so proud.

8. I wondered whether all his heroic qualities

and his soldiership might not prove mere
imagination when he went into real battle.
9. You havent been under fire for three days
as I have. I can stand two days without
shewing it much; but no man can stand
three days. Im as nervous as a mouse.
10. You are a barbarian at heart still, Paul. I
hope you behaved yourself before all
those Russian Officers.
II. A n s w e r

any

ONE

of

the

following:
(1 20 =20)

11. Consider the play `Edward - II as a

tragedy.
12. Analyse various causes for the fall of
Edward-II.
13. Compare and contrast the characters of
Sergins and Bluntschli.
III. A n s w e r

any

ONE

of

the

following:
(1 20 =20)

14. How does Shaw treat the themes of war

and love in Arms and the Man?
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