ENGLISH HONS.

SUGGESTIONS (SEM 4 CC8)

LONDON
1. London as a satirical poem.
Or,

London poem is written on political aspects – elaborately discuss.

2. Character of Thales.

3. Describe why Thales does not want to live in London and wants to leave the city?
Or,
Describe Johnson’s contemporary London in his poem ‘London’.

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

1. What characteristics of romanticism are found in the poem?

2. “The paths of Glory lead but to the grave”- Explain the line.
Or,
Comment on Gray’s sympathy with the poor and his sensitive treatment of nature as
expressed in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’.

3. Consider Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard as a successful elegy.

Or,
Analyze the characteristics of Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard with special
reference to the theme and style of the poem.

4. ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is a Pre-Romantic poem. Explain.

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

1. Justify ‘The Way of the World’ as a restoration comedy or comedy of manners.

2. Is title ‘The Way of the World’ appropriate?

Or,
What does the title The Way of the World mean and how the title foreshadow the action of
the play?

3. Discuss the character of Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World.

4. Elaborate the significance of the Proviso scene in The Way of the World.
5. Discuss the theme of social criticism in The Way of the World.
Or,
Discuss The Way of the World as an adultery drama.

6. The Way of the World by Congreve is a mirror of the contemporary society. Why is it called
so?

ROBINSON CRUSOE
1. Discuss Robinson Crusoe as a travel novel.
Or,
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Consider Robinson Crusoe as the 18 Century non-fiction novel.

2. Character of Robinson Crusoe

Or,
How does Daniel Defoe reveal the character of Alexander Selkirk in Robinson Crusoe?
Or,
How do loneliness, fear and isolation affect (and shape) the character of Robinson Crusoe.

3. Relationship between Crusoe and Friday.

4. Journey of Robinson Crusoe.

Or,
Do you think that Defoe meant his novel, Robinson Crusoe to be a moral tale? Justify your
answer.

5. Theme of colonialism in Robinson Crusoe.

6. What is important about the title?

SIR ROGER AT HOME AND CHURCH

1. Character of Sir Roger in ‘Sir Roger at Home’ and ‘Sir Roger at Church’.

2. Hospitality and behavior of Sir Roger to his servants in ‘Sir Roger at Home’.
Or,
Writer’s experience about Sir Roger at home in ‘Sir Roger at Home’.

3. Writer’s experience about Sir Roger when he goes on church.

4. Describe The Spectator magazine.