ENGLISH GENERAL PAPER II

Essay
1: What are the pit-falls that a good essayist should avoid? How does the essayist differ from the poet and
the Romancer? P98 Q14, P93 Q9, P96 Q11
2: Comment on Orwells reflection about the fate of a white sahib in the eastern colonies. P133 Q9
3: Discuss Sea-side as reflective essay. P39
4: Show how Lynd combines description with reflection in Sea-side. P51 Q7
5: Comment on Orwells depiction of the Burmans and the English in Shooting an Elephant. P128 Q3
6: What are the essential features of the essay according to Benson? What are the instances he cites to
substantiate the range of the essay in English literature? P89
7: Comment on Lynds observation on the various activities at the sea-side, in his essay. P48 Q3
18: Examine how Orwell brings out the evil of imperialism in his account of the shooting of an elephant.
P130 Q6
9: Show how Lambs personality is revealed in his essay , The Superannuated Man.
10: Examine Orwells attitude to imperialism in the episode of the shooting of an elephant. P130 Q3
11: Describe The Superannuated Man as a personal essay.
12: What are the typical activist at the seaside that Lynd describes in his essay, Seaside? P50 Q6
13:Why did Orwell not want to shoot the elephant? What compelled him to do otherwise? P132 Q8, P134
Q10
14: In his essay The Art of The Essayist, A.C. Benson concludes that the essayistis an interpreter of life.
What reason does he give to support his claim? P97
15: Consider Charles Lamb as an essayist with reference to The Superannuated Man.
16: How does Benson show that the charm of an essay derives from the charm of the personality of the
writer? P94 Q10
17: How does Lynd present the gay and colourful picture of the seaside in the essay the Seaside? P53
Q10
Short-stories
1: Discuss Araby as Short story about the joys and pangs of growing up. P59 Q1
2: How appropriate is the title of the story the OX? P10 Q2

3: Discuss the importance of the fly episode in the story The Fly. P40 Q9
4: Joyces Araby is a story of disillusionment and frustration. Discuss. P60 Q2
5: Examine Batess use of symbolism in The Ox. P13 Q6
6: Elucidate H.E. Batess portrayal of Mrs. Thurlows frustrations in The Ox. P12 Q5
7: Examine Katherine mansfields presentation of the theme of struggle against destiny in The Fly. P39
Q13
8: Explain Joyces use of symbolism in Araby. P62 Q4
9: Compare and contrast the characters of Woodifield and the Boss in the The Fly. P38 Q5, P39 Q6
10: Discuss the role of Woodifield in the The Fly. P39 Q6
11: From your reading of Joyces Araby describe the boy-narrators adolescent experience. P69 Q15
12: Comment on the significance of the title of Batess short story, The Ox. P10 Q2
13: Show how Joyce portrays the contrast between ideal and real in Araby. P66 Q11
14: Write a note on use of symbolism in The Fly. P36 Q3
15: Discuss Bates Obsession with pain in The Ox. P13 Q3
Novel
1: Discuss the reason why Donald Farfare in Hardys The Mayor of Casterbridge succeeds where Michael
Henchard fails. P45 Q10
2: Write a note on the minor characters in The Mayor of Casterbridge. P53
3: Show how Michael Henchard and Donald Farfare are a foil to each other in the Mayor of Casterbridge.
P45 Q10
4: Discuss Hardys tragic vision of life in The Mayor of Casterbridge. P54 Q1
5: Comment on the significance of chance and coincidence in The Mayor of casterbridge. P66 Q7
6: Critically examine Farfares role in Henchards downfall and ruin in The Mayor of Casterbridge. P43
Q16
7: Write a note on the character of Michael Henchard in The Mayor of Casterbridge. P41 Q11
8: What function do the rustics serve in The Mayor of Casterbridge? Write your answer with reference to
the text. P82 Q23
9: Comment on Hardys treatment of nature in The Mayor of Casterbridge. P58 Q3

10: Comment on Hardys treatment of any two major women characters in The Mayor of Casterbridge.
P84 Q24