Posted: September 14th, 2017

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1.
Bec
kett
Discuss the role of Lucky in
Waiting for Godot
and
the role of Clov in
Endgame
.
2.
Byrne
“
Spanning the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s,
The Slab Boys Trilogy
dramatises the spirit of
rebellion of the post-war generation
.”
How ef
fectively, in your view, does Byrne dramatise this “
spirit of rebellion
”?
3.
Chekho
v
“
In Chekhov’s plays, potentially dramatic, even tragic, climaxes are undercut by poignant
or comic anti-climaxes.
”
Discuss this aspect of
Chekhov’s dramatic approach in
both
Uncle Vanya
and
The
Cherry Orchard
.
4.
F
riel
Discuss Friel’s treatment of conflict—between cultures or between generations—in
Translations
and
in
Dancing at Lughnasa
.
5.
Lindsa
y
“
Throughout
Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis
, Lindsay employs a variety of
dramatic forms and styles from morality play to ceremonial pageant to coarsely realistic
comedy.
”
Discuss some of
the effects achieved by the different dramatic forms and styles that
Lindsay employs in
Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis
.
6.
Loc
hhead
“
In Lochhead’s presentation of female characters the undercurrents of rivalry and
friendship create tensions that are both recognisable and symbolic.
”
Discuss with reference to
both
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
and
Dracula
.

Pinter
“Langua
ge . . . is a highly ambiguous business. So often, below the word spoken, is the thing
known and unspoken.”
(Harold Pinter, 1962)
Discuss with reference to any
two
or to all
three
of the specified texts.
8.
Shak
espeare
EITHER
(
a
)
Othello
and
Antony and
Cleopatra
“
In
Othello
and
Antony and Cleopatra
the tragic outcomes arise from the conflict
between the public and private identities of the protagonists.
”
How f
ar do you agree?
OR
(
b
)
T
he Winter’s Tale
and
The Tempest
EITHER
How impor
tant are the pastoral and comic elements in Shakespeare’s treatment of the
thematic concerns of
The Winter’s Tale
?
OR
Discuss the role of
Caliban in Shakespeare’s treatment of the thematic concerns of
The
Tempest
.
9.
Stoppar
d
How important is time as a thematic concern in
Arcadia
?
10.
W
ilde
“
Throughout Wilde’s plays runs a deep vein of moral seriousness.
”
How far do you agree?
You should support your answer with reference to any
two
or to all
three
of the
specified texts.
11.
W
illiams
“
Williams insisted that props, music, sound and visual effects must combine to enhance his
presentation of universal truths.
”
How effectively does Williams combine “
props, music, sound and visual effects
” to
explore the central concerns of
both
A Streetcar Named Desire
and
Sweet Bird of
Youth
?

Burns
“
It is when Burns explores the tender emotions—of love, loss, loyalty, joy—that he most
powerfully touches the heart.
”
Discuss the effectiveness of Burns’s exploration of such “
tender emotions
” in
a range
of poems
and/or
songs.
13.
Chaucer
“
Greedy and hypocritical himself, the Pardoner tells a tale that focuses on these vices.
”
Discuss Chaucer’s treatment of the vices of greed and hypocrisy in the portrayal of
the Pardoner in
The General Prologue
and
in
The Pardoner’s Introduction,
Prologue and
Tale
.
14.
Donne
Read the f
ollowing poem and then answer the questions that follow it.
XIV.
Batter my heart, three-person’d God; for you
As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurp’d town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captived, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am betroth’d unto your enemy;
Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
(
a
)
In a detailed stud
y of this
Holy Sonnet
, discuss the means by which Donne
explores the speaker’s relationship with God.
(
b
)
Go on to show how Donne explor
es the speaker’s relationship with God in any
two
other
Holy Sonnets
.
15.
Duf
fy
Make a detailed study of Duffy’s treatment of close personal relationships in
Recognition
,
Dream of a Lost Friend
and
Mean Time

.
Heane
y
“
Heaney is able to see deeply into the countryside, into the mysterious life of the land, and
to give significance to what he sees.
”
Show how Heaney gives “
significance to what he sees
” in
Bogland
,
Anahorish
and
Broagh
.
17.
Henryson
Discuss Henr
yson’s treatment of human frailty and weakness in
The Testament of
Cresseid
and
in
one
or
two
of the
Morall Fabillis
.
18.
K
eats
“
and aching Pleasure nigh,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:
Ay in the very temple of Delight
Veil’d Melancholy has her Sovran shrine.
”
Ode on Melancholy II 23–26.
Discuss Keats’s treatment of the relationship between pleasure and pain in
Ode on
Melancholy
and
in
one
or
two
other poems.
19.
MacDiar
mid
“
A dominant note in the poetic voice created in his lyrics is one of haunting tenderness.
”
Discuss the means by which MacDiarmid creates a “
note . . . of haunting tenderness
” in
three
or
four
of the specified lyrics.
20.
Muir
Discuss the impor
tance of landscape in
three
or
four
of the specified poems.
21.
Pla
th
“
Many of Plath’s poems are preoccupied with the inevitability of loss.
”
Discuss Plath’s treatment of “
the inevitability of loss
” in
three
or
four
of the specified
poems.

Yeats
Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.
The Wild Swans at Coole
The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty swans.
The nineteenth autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Upon their clamorous wings.
I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.
Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake’s edge or pool
Delight men’s eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?
(
a
)
Make
a detailed study of Yeats’s use of the swans to convey the central concerns
of this poem.
(
b
)
Go on to show how Y
eats uses aspects of the natural world to convey the central
concerns of
The Cold Heaven
and
The Cat and the Moon
.

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