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JUNE-2021
B.A. (II Semester) Examination
ENGLISH
Paper: BENG-202-E (OLD COURSE)
(Introducing English Literature)
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Notes: (i) Answer all questions.
(ii) The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
UNIT-A
1. Explain the following with reference to the context: 8x2=16
(a) But it is a common proof,
That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains upmost round
He then unto the ladder turns his back
Looks in the clouds, scoring the base degrees
By which he did ascend.
Or
…..Not that I loved Caesar less,
But that I loved Rome More
(b) This was the noblest Roman of them all:
All the conspirators save only he
Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;
He only, in a general honest thought
And common good to all, made one of them.
Or
Stoop, Romans, Stoop,
And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood
Up to the elbows, and besmear our swords.
UNIT-B
2. Discuss the major conflicts of the play Julius Caesar. 16
Or
Trace the strengths and weaknesses of Brutus as a character.
UNIT –C
3. Discuss how the theme of class consciousness is tackled in “She Stoops to Conquer” 16
Or
Discuss the structure of the play, “She Stoops to Conquer”
UNIT-D
4. Critically analyze the play, “The Hour of Truth” 16
Or
Discuss the theme of “ The Best Laid Plan”
UNIT-E
5. Define any four of the following literary forms with appropriate examples 4x4=16
Lyric; One Act Play; Dramatic Monologue; Epic; Somnet; Fiction
