16th & 17th Century English Drama — DU B. A. (Prog) English Previous Year Question Papers

English DSC 3. Candidates have to answer ALL the questions in Part A and ANY THREE questions in Part B. 4. Questions in Part A carry 10 marks each and questions in Part B carry 20 marks each. PART A 6. (a) To what extent does the Carnival in The Rover function as a space where visibility and disguise 1. (a) "Why this is hell, nor am I out of it: complicate gendered agency? Analyse with Think'st thou that I who saw the face of God, reference to the construction of identity through And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, performance. Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, OR It being deprived of everlasting bliss?" (b) Analyse Helena's resistance to commodification in The Rover and evaluate the extent to which the (i) Who is the speaker of these lines? (2) play offers a critique of this system. (ii) Explain the context of the lines above. 7. (a) How do themes of power, authority, and legitimacy your syllabus? PART B (b) Write a short note on the Chorus in Doctor 4. (a) Discuss the representation of sin, repentance, and 2. (a) "That is a step redemption in Doctor Faustus. On which I must fall down or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires, (b) How does Doctor Faustus explore the limits of Let not light see my black and deep desires; human knowledge and the dangers of intellectual The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be hubris? Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see." 5. (a) Analyse the play Macbeth as a portrayal of the (i) Identify the speaker. (2) destructive nature of unchecked ambition. (i) Which 'step' is being referred to? Explain OR its significance. (3) (b) How does the play Macbeth articulate the rupture (iii) Critically comment about the 'desires' of the speaker. (5) of the natural order? OR HELENA: And if you do not lose, what shall I get? A Cradle full of Noise and Mischief, with a (b) Write a short note on the sleep-walking scene of Pack of Repentance at my Back? Can you teach Lady Macbeth and its significance. (10) me to weave Incle to pass my time with? 'Tis upse Gipsy that too. 3. (a) WILLMORE: Hold, hold, no Bugg Words, Child, (i) Identify and contextualise the above Priest and Hymen: prithee add Hangman to 'em passage. (2) to make up the Consort—No, no, we'll have no Vows but Love, Child, nor Witness but the Lover; (i) What is the speaker's attitude to love and the kind Diety injoins naught but love and enjoy. marriage? (4) Hymen and Priest wait still upon Portion, and Joynture; Love and Beauty have their own (iii) Why does Helena insist on marriage? Ceremonies. Marriage is as certain a Bane to Love, (4) as lending Money is to Friendship: I'll neither ask OR nor give a Vow, tho I could be content to turn Gipsy, and become a Left-hand Bridegroom, to (b) Write a note on the difference and similarities have the Pleasure of working that great Miracle between women of quality like Florinda and of making a Maid a Mother, if you durst venture; Hellena and a prostitute like Angellica Bianca in