Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. The most forceful theme can be conveyed through the imagery of a poem. Discuss with close reference to at least two poems from your course.
2. By referring closely to Plath's poems prescribed in the syllabus, discuss which two poems are typical of her poetic attitude?
3. Write a detailed note on the dominant thematic concern in Adrienne Rich's poem Final Notation.
4. Discuss the character and role of Violet in the novel Jazz (Morrison). By what particular devices and effects is she conveyed? How much sympathy do you have for her?
5. The freedom which the technique of Expressionism allowed Miller to express some of his thematic concerns artistically is clearly evident in the play The Crucible. Discuss.
6. "O'Neil's Placing a Greek theme in the middle of the last century has written the most modern of all his plays." Discuss the play Mourning Becomes Electra in the light of this statement.
7. The book begins and ends with the same image of Robert Jordan lying on the forest floor. Critics attribute this to the underlying circular nature of the book. Discuss why Hemingway adopted his technique in For Whom the Bell Tolls.
2. By referring closely to Plath's poems prescribed in the syllabus, discuss which two poems are typical of her poetic attitude?
3. Write a detailed note on the dominant thematic concern in Adrienne Rich's poem Final Notation.
4. Discuss the character and role of Violet in the novel Jazz (Morrison). By what particular devices and effects is she conveyed? How much sympathy do you have for her?
5. The freedom which the technique of Expressionism allowed Miller to express some of his thematic concerns artistically is clearly evident in the play The Crucible. Discuss.
6. "O'Neil's Placing a Greek theme in the middle of the last century has written the most modern of all his plays." Discuss the play Mourning Becomes Electra in the light of this statement.
7. The book begins and ends with the same image of Robert Jordan lying on the forest floor. Critics attribute this to the underlying circular nature of the book. Discuss why Hemingway adopted his technique in For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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