University Of Pune Question Paper
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
English Literature from 1550 to 1832
(Paper - 1.1) (Semester - I) (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
Q1) Explain any four with reference to the context in the light of some of the
following points:
a) Significance of the extract.
b) Imagery/Symbolism.
c) Allusions.
d) Diction/Style.
e) Literary Background.
i) Early, before the worlds light-giving lampe
His golden beame upon the hils doth spred,
Having disperst the nights unchearefull dampe,
Doe ye awake; and, with fresh lusty-hed,
Go to the bowre of my beloved love,
My truest turtle dove;
Bid her awake; for Hymen is awake.
ii) If thou be’est born to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return’st, wilt tell me,
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear
No where
Lives a woman true, and fair.
iii) Where, like a pillow on a bed
A pregnant bank swell’d up to rest
The violet’s reclining head,
Sat we two, one another’s best.
Our hands were firmly cemented
With a fast balm, which thence did spring;
Our eye-beams twisted, and did thread
Our eyes upon one double string
iv) Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,
For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
v) But O the heavy change now thou art gone,
Now thou art gone, and never must return!
Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and the gadding vine o’ergrown,
And all their echoes mourn:
The willows and the havel copses green
Shall now no more be seen
Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays.
vi) But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies: “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts: who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed
And post o’er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait.”
Q2) Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 400 words
each :
a) Classical Allusions in Lycidas.
b) Pictorial Imagery in Epithalmion.
c) Donne’s philosophy of love in The Extasie.
d) On His Blindness as a Miltonic Sonnet.
Q3) Attempt any one of the following in about 800 words :
a) Othello is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible of all
Shakespearean tragedies. Discuss.
b) Othello’s love for Desdemona has all the traits of a deep and noble
passion save one-insight into the soul of the woman he loves. Do you
agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Q4) Attempt any one of the following in about 800 words:
a) The Vicar of Wakefield is a story of the follies, misfortunes and joys
of the Primrose family. Explain critically.
b) The Vicar is a paragon, but a very fallible paragon. Elucidate.
Q5) a) Write short note on anyone of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Soliloquies in Othello.
ii) Iago: an unnatural monster of villainy.
b) Write short note on anyone of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Familial Relationships in The Vicar of Wakefield.
ii) The role of Mr. Thornhill in The Vicar of Wakefield.
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
English Literature from 1550 to 1832
(Paper - 1.1) (Semester - I) (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
Q1) Explain any four with reference to the context in the light of some of the
following points:
a) Significance of the extract.
b) Imagery/Symbolism.
c) Allusions.
d) Diction/Style.
e) Literary Background.
i) Early, before the worlds light-giving lampe
His golden beame upon the hils doth spred,
Having disperst the nights unchearefull dampe,
Doe ye awake; and, with fresh lusty-hed,
Go to the bowre of my beloved love,
My truest turtle dove;
Bid her awake; for Hymen is awake.
ii) If thou be’est born to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return’st, wilt tell me,
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear
No where
Lives a woman true, and fair.
iii) Where, like a pillow on a bed
A pregnant bank swell’d up to rest
The violet’s reclining head,
Sat we two, one another’s best.
Our hands were firmly cemented
With a fast balm, which thence did spring;
Our eye-beams twisted, and did thread
Our eyes upon one double string
iv) Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,
For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
v) But O the heavy change now thou art gone,
Now thou art gone, and never must return!
Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and the gadding vine o’ergrown,
And all their echoes mourn:
The willows and the havel copses green
Shall now no more be seen
Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays.
vi) But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies: “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts: who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed
And post o’er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait.”
Q2) Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 400 words
each :
a) Classical Allusions in Lycidas.
b) Pictorial Imagery in Epithalmion.
c) Donne’s philosophy of love in The Extasie.
d) On His Blindness as a Miltonic Sonnet.
Q3) Attempt any one of the following in about 800 words :
a) Othello is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible of all
Shakespearean tragedies. Discuss.
b) Othello’s love for Desdemona has all the traits of a deep and noble
passion save one-insight into the soul of the woman he loves. Do you
agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Q4) Attempt any one of the following in about 800 words:
a) The Vicar of Wakefield is a story of the follies, misfortunes and joys
of the Primrose family. Explain critically.
b) The Vicar is a paragon, but a very fallible paragon. Elucidate.
Q5) a) Write short note on anyone of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Soliloquies in Othello.
ii) Iago: an unnatural monster of villainy.
b) Write short note on anyone of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Familial Relationships in The Vicar of Wakefield.
ii) The role of Mr. Thornhill in The Vicar of Wakefield.
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