MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

M.A. DEGREE END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – APRIL 2021

Br. (VII) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
THE AGE OF MILTON (082EG1M01)
SEMESTER I
Time : 1½ Hours Max. Marks :50
23 / 04 AN

SECTION – A
I. Annotate any FOUR out of SIX questions each not exceeding 200 words (4X5 = 20)
1. We can die by it, if not live by love,
And if unfit for tombs and hearse
Our legend be, it will be fit for verse;
2. My mirth and edge was lost, a blunted knife
Was of more use than I.
Thus thin and lean without a fence or friend,
I was blown through with ev'ry storm and wind.
3. Churches and altars fed him; perjuries
Were gnats and flies;
Itrain’d about him blood and tears, but he
Drank them as free.
4. 'Stay,' quoth Reputation,
'Do not forsake me; for it is my nature,
If once I part from any man I meet,
I am never found again.'
5. Thou art a superstitious fool:
Prepare us instantly for our departure.
Past sorrows, let us moderately lament them,
For those to come, seek wisely to prevent them.
6. In all our quest of greatness,
Like wanton boys whose pastime is their care,
We follow after bubbles blown in th' air.

SECTION – B

II.Answer any TWO out of FOUR questions each not exceeding 500 words (2X15 = 30)
1. Consider John Donne as a Metaphysical poet with reference to the prescribed poems.
2. Analyse critically the portrayal of Satan in Paradise Lost Book IX.
3. Discuss Webster's treatment of women and their status in society as presented in The
Duchess of Malfi.
4. Consider Dryden’s Preface to the Fables as a pioneering masterpiece in Comparative
Criticism.
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