NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020

MEN32 — VICTORIAN LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (5  6 = 30 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

1. (a) How does Dover Beach express the theme of
isolation?
Or
(b) Draw a note on the setting of My Last
Duchess.
2. (a) What are Carlyle’s comments on
Shakespeare’s laughter?
Or
(b) How does Carlyle explain about the qualities
of poetry?
3. (a) Write a note on the character of Jack
Worthing.
Or
(b) Comment on the character of Algernon
Moncrieff.
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4. (a) Write a note on the depiction of childhood in
The Mill on the Floss.
Or
(b) How does Fate overrules in the novel Tess of
the D’urbervilles?
5. (a) Write a short note on character of Tommy
Traddles.
Or
(b) The role of Theodore in The Castle of
Ortanto.

SECTION B — (3 × 15 = 45 marks)

Answer any THREE questions.

6. Analyse the dramatic monologue in the poem

Tithonus.

7. Bring out Carlyle’s views on Dante.

8. The Importance of Being Earnest as a comedy of

Manners – Justify.

9. Trace out the autobiographical element in the

novel The Mill on the Floss.

10. Write an essay on the sufferings of children in

David Copperfield.

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