College : Karnataka State Open University
Degree : M.A
Department : English
Year : I
Subject :MAEN12 Shakespeare
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KSOU Shakespeare Model Question Paper
(I YEAR) (M.A_ENGLISH)
MAEN12
TIME: 03 HOURS MAX.MARKS: 90
Note:
1) Answer five questions choosing not less than two from each Section
2)All questions carry equal marks.
3)Do not omit any Section.
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NOTE :
1. Answer any Two questions on each of the course/ paper for 20 marks
2. Assignment shall be in one’s own hand writing and be written on one side of A4 size sheet
3. Assignment shall be submitted before the term end examination.
4. Assignment on each course/ paper shall be submitted separately.
5. On the facing sheet of the assignment write your name, Reg. No., Contact. No. and address.
6. Using of plastic sheets/ spiral wire to bind the assignment is strictly prohibited
7. All the assignment shall be put in a single cover.
8. Assignment can be submitted either by post or personally to –
The Chairperson
Department of Studies in Law and Research
Karnataka State Open University
Mukthagangothri , Mysore-570
GROUP A
1. Consider Shakespeare’s sonnets as an exploration into the theme of love and friendship.
2. a) Comment on the role of the supernatural in Macbeth.
OR
b) Explain the view that Macbeth was caught between the ‘irrational and the rational’.
3. a) Examine Hamlet as a study of the theme of indecision.
OR
b) Write a critical note on the significance of soliloquies in Hamlet.
4. a) Attempt a comparative study of Richard and Bolingbroke in Richard II.
OR
b) “Richard’s faults are not positive vices, but spring entirely from defect of character.” Elucidate.
5. a) Comment on the role of the mob in Julius Caesar.
OR
b) Critically comment on the funeral speeches in Julius Caesar.
GROUP B
6. a) Write a critical note on the significance of the court scene in The Merchant of Venice.
OR
b) “The Merchant of Venice is about judgments, redemption and mercy. It begins with usury and corrupt love; it ends with harmony and perfect love.” Substantiate.
7. a) Bring out the significance of the forest of Arden in As You Like It.
OR
b) Discuss the character of Rosalind in As You Like It.
8. a) What view of man and nature does emerge from your study of The Tempest?
OR
b) Comment critically on the earth-air or Caliban-Ariel antithesis in The Tempest.
9. a) What is the problem in Measure for Measure and how is it solved?
OR
b) Comment on the title of the play, Measure for Measure.
10. a) What according to Bradley, are the distinctive features of Shakespearean Tragedy?
OR
b) What is the influence of Wilson Knight on Shakespeare Criticism in recent times?
MEN12: Shakespeare
BLOCK 1: Background
Unit 1: Background to Shakespeare
** Objectives
** Introduction
** The renaissance
** Check your progress .questions with answers clues
** Shakespeare & the English renaissance
** The mediaeval notion of the universal vs. the renaissance
** Man: the microcosm
** The great chain of being
** Reason & nature, science & magic
** The absolutism of kingship
** Anglicanism, Catholicism & Puritanism
** Check your progress (questions with answers clues)
** The life of Shakespeare
** Check your progress
** English drama before Shakespeare
** The liturgical plays: tropes, mystery, miracle & morality plays
** Early Elizabethan comedy
** Early Elizabethan tragedy
** The history plays
** Check your progress (questions with answers clues)
** The evolution of the Elizabethan theatres & playhouses
** The inn yards
** The first theatres of playhouses
** The closing of the theatres
** Check your progress (questions with answers clues)
** Let us sum up
** Suggested reading
Unit 2: The comedies & the history plays
** Objectives
** Introduction
** Comedy
** Types of comedy
** Romantic comedy
** Satiric comedy
** Comedy to manners
** Farce
** High comedy
** Comedy of humors
** Check your progress (a)
** Some characteristics of Shakespeare
** A look at some of the romantic comedies & the problem plays
** Check your progress (b)
** The history plays
** Check your progress, (questions with answers clues)
** Let us sum up
** Glossary
** Answers to check your progress (a)
** Answers to check your progress (b)
** Suggested reading
Unit 3: The tragedies & the last plays
** Objectives
** Introduction to tragedy
** Classical tragedy
** Mediaeval tragedy
** Elizabethan tragedy
** Check your progress (questions with answers clues)
** Shakespearean tragedy
** The scope of Shakespearean tragedy
** The substance of Shakespearean tragedy
** The nature of evil in Shakespearean tragedy
** Check your progress (questions with answers clues)
** Other critical opinions
** Let us sum up
** The last plays
** Check your progress (questions with answers clues)
** Let us sum up
** Glossary
** Suggested reading