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M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

LE 1015 / LE 1020 – SHAKESPEARE

 

 

 

Date : 02-05-08           Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

 

SECTION – A

Answer any FOUR of the following in about 499 words each.    (4×20=80 marks)

 

1. Justify the title Much Ado About Nothing.
2. Examine aspects of domestic tragedy in
3. Do you think the tragedy of Othello would not have happened if he had been a white man?
4. Discuss the theme of love in Antony and Cleopatra.
5. Do you agree that Cleopatra is one of the strongest women Shakespeare has created?
6. Discuss the relation between Miranda and Ferdinand in The Tempest.
7. Comment on the character of Prospero in The Tempest

 

SECTION – B

Answer the following in about 400 words                                      (1×20=20 marks)

8. Account for the continuing popularity of Shakespeare.

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