Honors 2nd Year Exam 2024 held 2025
Department: Department :
English (Introduction to Drama: 221101)
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Part-B

  1. What is the role of fate in Oedipus the king? 100%
    Or, What did fate do in Oedipus? What does it signify?
  2. Briefly sketch the character of Louka as drawn in Arms and the Man. 100%
  3. What is higher love? Discuss shaw’s conception of higher love. 100%
  4. Who are the ‘Riders to the Sea’ and why are they called so? 100%
  5. What is ‘the fearfulest thing’ seen by Maurya? 100%
    Or, Who are the riders to the sea in Synge’s play ‘Rider’s to the Sea’?
  6. “What a man! Is he a man!” 99%
  7. Write a short note: The Coat Episode, Sphinx Riddle, Oracle at Delphi, bride price. 100%
  8. Why does Bluntschli compare Sergius to Don Quixote? 99%
  9. What was the prophecy of Teiresias about Oedipus? 99%
  10. In what situation did Oedipus kill his father? 99%
  11. Describe Duke senior’s views on life in the ‘Forest of Arden’. 99%
  12. Comment on the title of the play ‘As You Like It’. 99%
  13. How does Orlando save Oliver’s life? 99%
  14. How do Nora and Cathleen become sure
    about the clothes of Michael? 99%
  15. Comment on the significance of Maurya’s vision in Riders to the Sea. 99%
  16. Consider ‘Riders to the Sea’ as a universal play. 99%
    Or, How is ‘Riders to the sea’ a universal drama?
  17. How are both Oedipus and Jocasta guilty of pride? 98%
  18. Analyze Sidi’s attitude towards bride-price. 98%
  19. How does Baroka seduce Sidi in The Lion and the Jewel? 98%
  20. Why, according to Sidi, does Baroka want to marry her? 96%
  21. “Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” 98%
  22. Provide a brief account of the encounter between Oedipus and Tiresias. 97%
  23. What was the Oracle’s advice to get rid of the terrible plague? 97%
  24. Describe the fight in which Charles was defeated by Orlando? 97%
  25. Why does Orlando write verses? 97%

Part-C

  1. Comment on Sophocles’ use of dramatic irony in ‘Oedipus Rex’. 100%
    Or, What is dramatic irony? Discuss with reference to ‘King Oedipus’.
    Or, Examine Sophocle’s use of dramatic irony in ‘King Oedipus’.
  2. Discuss King Oedipus as tragic hero. 100%
    Or, Consider the protagonist of ‘Oedipus
    Rex’ as a tragic hero on Sophoclean concept.
  3. Depict the character of Celia on the basis of your reading of the drama ‘As You Like It’? 100%
  4. Comment on Shakespeare’s use of wit. and humour in ‘As You Like It’. 100%
  5. Consider that George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’ as an anti-romantic comedy. 100%
    Or, Evaluate ‘Arms and the Man’ as an anti-romantic comedy.
    Or, Why is ‘Arms and the Man’ called an anti-romantic comedy?
  6. Draw a comparison between Raina and
    Louka. 100% Shaw treat the theme of love, marriage, and war in his play ‘Arms and the Man”? 100%
    Or, Discuss Arms and the Man as a satire on foolish ideals about love and war.
    Or, Remark on G. B. Shaw’s approach towards love and marriage in his famous play ‘Arms and the Man’.
  7. What is the role of the Sea in ‘Riders to the Sea’? 100%
    Or, Analyse the use of nature in J. M. Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’.
  8. How does destiny work in Riders to the Sea? 100%
  9. Consider the correctness of the title of the drama ‘The Lion and the Jewel’ by W.
    Soyinka. 100%
  10. Discuss the themes of Wole Soyinka’s play ‘The Lion and the Jewel’. 100%
  11. Would you consider ‘Oedipus Rex’ as a tragedy of fate or a tragedy of character?
    Give reason for your answer. 99%
    13 How does Oedipus finally find out the real identity of the killer of Laius? 99%
  12. Discuss the character of Rosalind on the basis of ‘As You like It’. 99%
    Or, “Rosalind is a brilliant woman character”
    -Do you agree? Give reason.
  13. Discuss Shakespeare’s treatment of love in ‘As You Like It’. 99%
  14. Compare and contrast the characters of Bluntschli and Major Sergius. 99%
  15. Evaluate ‘Arms and the Man’ as a problem play. 99%
  16. Evaluate Maurya as a tragic character. 99%
  17. Discuss ‘Riders to the Sea’ as a modern drama in classical form. 99%
    Or, Evaluate ‘Riders to the Sea’ as a modern tragedy with a classical setting.
  18. Sketch the character of Maurya in Riders to the Sea. 99%