Subjective / Written Questions (25)
1. Analyze Tennyson's treatment of loss and transience in “Break, Break, Break”.
2. Discuss the significance of the voyage and self-realization in “Ulysses”.
3. Examine the dramatic monologue technique in Browning's “My Last Duchess”.
4. Discuss the theme of courage and perseverance in “Prospice”.
5. Analyze the crisis of faith in Matthew Arnold's “Dover Beach”.
6. Discuss Arnold's treatment of memory and poetic inheritance in “Memorial Verses”.
7. Examine the urban imagery and social consciousness of “Sea Breeze, Bombay”.
8. Discuss identity and self-expression in Kamala Das's “An Introduction”.
9. Analyze nature and social imagery in “Ghaghra in Spate”.
10. Compare the treatment of nature in any two prescribed poems.
11. Discuss imagery and symbolism as poetic techniques in the prescribed syllabus.
12. Explain the significance of dramatic monologue as a poetic form with reference to Browning.
13. Discuss Victorian poetic concerns represented in the prescribed poems.
14. Discuss the distinctive features of contemporary Indian English poetry represented in the syllabus.
15. Analyze the relationship between form and meaning in any prescribed poem.
16. Discuss Macbeth as a tragedy of ambition.
17. Analyze Macbeth's character development from warrior to tyrant.
18. Examine Lady Macbeth's role in Macbeth's rise and moral collapse.
19. Discuss the supernatural elements and their dramatic function in Macbeth.
20. Analyze the theme of guilt in Macbeth.
21. Discuss imagery of blood and darkness in Macbeth.
22. Examine the conflict between fate and free will in Macbeth.
23. Discuss Shakespeare's use of soliloquy in Macbeth.
24. Analyze the political and ethical dimensions of kingship in Macbeth.
25. Discuss how dramatic structure contributes to the tragic effect of Macbeth.