LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
EL 4501 – SHAKESPEARE
Date : 24-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART – A
Explain the following passages with reference to the context: (10×2=20)
- I, as Aeneas, our great ancestor,
Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder
The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber
Did I the tired Caesar.
- Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,
To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,
- Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
Rome more
- The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it
- I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano;
A stage where every man must play a part,
And mine a sad one.
- When Laban and himself were compromised
That all the eanlings which were streak’d and pied
Should fall as Jacob’s hire,
- All that glitters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
- There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper,
That steals the colour from Bassanio’s cheek:
Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world
Could turn so much the constitution
Of any constant man
- The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
PART – B
Write paragraph answers for any FIVE of the following: (5×8=40)
- Analyse the character of Cassius.
- Discuss how the trial scene reveals a conflict between justice and mercy.
- Compare the passivity of Desdemona with the other female characters of Shakespeare.
- How does Richard II compare with Henry Bolingbroke?
- Tragic heroes of Shakespeare.
- Role of Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Write a note of the wedding scenes in Merchant of Venice and Midsummer Night’s
Dream.
- What is the significance of Caesar’s dying words – Et tu Brute?
PART – C
Write essays on the following questions in about 300 words each: (2×20=40)
- Discuss the heroines of Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night on comparison with the
heroes of the play.
(OR)
Consider Richard II as a historical play.
- Who is the true statesman in the play Julius Caesar – Caesar, Antony or Brutus? Argue.
(OR)
Make a Post-colonial analysis of the play Othello.
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