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1. Anb-werfWrite short notes on the following. Etich question should be ｡ｮｾ about 150 words ｾ＠

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How do poR-t-coloni al critics view Prospera's use of magic and exploitation of Caliban?

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Adam as a Christian hero in Pcm:ulise Losl, B ook. IX

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Sat:iric:al writing in the Augustan Age, w2th special :reference to The Rope of the Lock

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.. Ot.lr birth is bui :a sleep and a forgetting."" Explain this line from WordsworthJ:s Ode on intimations ofImmonality, and oornmc:n t on ｩ ｴｾ＠ significance in the poem.

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The imagery of light and da.rkne$S ifi Tennyson's In Memoriam

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Show how WoTdsworth

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and Independence•.

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AnalyZe th,e thematic opposition between the natural and the unnaturol in 20 Kfng Lear. Answer with reference- to the text.

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and dialogues in 1bsen's A Doll·'s House are ｲｳ＠ "The incidents, ｣｢｡ｲＮｴｾ 15 contrived in s uch a way that they conceal as much as they r c:vea.J."' Discuss.

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Considering the :rep:reson'bltion of Satan in Paradise Lost, B-ooks I, ｉ ｾ＠ IV and !XJ Qf the would you agree 'With Blake that uln writing Paradise Lost, Milton ｷ｡ｾ＠ 15

Dcvil's party withou.L knowing it"?' (b)

Discu ss tlle salient features. o,f metaphysicaJ conceits used by Donne and 2{) elu cidate you r answeT citing exllnlpJcs from the ;poems preseribed ror study.

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What pictu rc:: of dghtcen th cen tury arist ocratic London life do you gain from. 15 Pope's The Rape ofthe Lock.. in terms both of its material and moraJ aspects?

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Jn his "Preface' to Lyrical Baflads, Wordsworth describes poetry both as 'a .1;1ponta11eou.s overflew of poweTfUI feelings' and a·s ··e motion recoUec:ted in t.ra.nqulnity•. Show ho·w he resolves ttUs apparent contradiction in 'Tintern 15

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.. In In ･ｭｯｲｩｾ＠ｍ Tennyson mourns the passing of many other aspecbi of life over and abo\'e the death of Arthur Hcrny Hallam... Elucid ate t his comment

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'Between my fmge;r and my thumb The squat pen r ests; snug as a gun . Under m y ｷ ｩ ｮ､ｯｷｾ＠ a clean raspmng 2:10\llnd When the spade .sinks into gravelly g,round : My f'ather. digging. . ..

By God. tho o ld man could handle a spade. J ust like h is old man. My grandfather cut mor,e turf in a day Than any other man on To n er"'"s bog. . ..

The:: cold smell of poltato mould, th e squ elch and. s lap Of so&_t!J' ｰｾｴＮ＠ the curt cuts of 8.11 edge Th rough living roots awaken ill my head. But I've no spad<e to follow men like rhe:rn. Belweert m y finger and my thum b

Th e s.qu at pen ;rests. J'll dig with it. {a)

What is the theme of this poem?

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What kin d of person is the s.peaker ?

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What i s t:h.e speaker's purpose in celebrating •men like them'?

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Comtnent on the language of the pDam and the use of figure-s of speech. What effect is gained by the use of thls kind of language?

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What is the meani ng of the fin a l line---"111 dig with it"?

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Assess the role of the:: narrator in Tom Jones.

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Show how D •ck.ens reprcscntB the tmpad of tbe Industrial Revolutio n in Ho.td. Times, not only from the material, but aJso from the moraJ and

philosoph ical perapt='otives.

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is a .striking metaphor fo.r Huck Finn's journ ey, his gn::a1 and quest for freedom. Do you think the river is the main s tru.crnraJ ･ｳ｣｡ｾ＠ principle of the novd?

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The: Mississip pi.

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1. Answer all of lhc foHow1ng : ln Pn'de and Prejudice, J:at11e Austen combines the essence o,f

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Would you agree that Tess of the D'Urberui lles portrays lhe decadenc e of 1ate 20 Substanti ate you r anawer with reference: to the novd. Ｌｬ ＮＺｩｮ､＿＠ Victorian ｅｮｾ

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"Maggie Tulliver's h:n :elligence, scholarly competen ce and wide-rang ing imaginati on be: come:: liabilities. ror a woman ," Discuss. this statemen t with 15 reference to social determini sm.

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f-tardy uses seve:raJ symbols skillfully in Tess ofthe DVrbervil les and they a.re 15 too deep to be missed at f:rrst reading. Discuss.

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The apparentl y superficia l concern ｷｾ ｴ ｨ＠ maniage in Pride czrtd ｐｲ･ｪｴｾ､ｩ｣＠ t o the:: novel. ｲ ･ ｮｾ＠ ra deeper social critique. Discuss '0\rith ｲ･ｦ

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What arc the objects of Swift's

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in Oullivees j ourney to Laputa. in Part 111 ｳｾＺｴｩｲ･＠

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Travels?

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