Paper V

The Rape of the Lock

1. Comment on Pope's presentation of Belinda in The Rape of the Lock+ wrt Toilette scene.
2. What is the function of supernatural imagery in The Rape of the Lock?+how it enhances the appeal of the poem+
heightens satire and poetry.
3. Why does Pope call The Rape of the Lock a heroicomical poem? Discuss./as mock-epic poem.
4. Does Pope's The Rape of the Lock have a permanent appeal? Give reasons for your answer. +a typical poem or have a
more lasting approach?
5. Show that Pope's use of the (machinery) of the sylphs in The Rape of the Lock heightens both the satire and the poetry.
6. Comment on Pope's attitude to Belinda in The Rape of the Lock. Is it solemnly dismissive?
7. Would you say that The Rape of the Lock is a satire on feminine follies? Give reason for your answer.
8. Analyse two episodes of The Rape of the Lock to illustrate Pope's use of mock-heroic conventions.
9. (Add with 4) Do you think introduction of Ariel and the sylph heightens the artistic effect of The Rape of the Lock?
Justify.
10. The Rape of the Lock is a critique of 18th century society―justify if you agree./ Discuss Rape of the Lock as a social
satire.
11. Belinda's trifle mirrors the position and folly of 18th century society―Discuss.

The School for Scandal

1. Examine the plot-construction in The School for Scandal.
2. Write a critical commentary on the Screen Scene [IV.iii] in The School for Scandal.
3. Is the title for The School for Scandal appropriate? Give reasons.
4. Write a critical commentary on the Auction Scene [IV.i] in The School for Scandal.
5. Comment on the role played by any two of the women characters in The School for Scandal.
6. Comment on the structural devices used by structural devices used by Sheridan in The School for Scandal.
7. Sheridan's main target is gossip/scandal. Does he aim at any other targets? Justify.
8. Would you regard The School for Scandal as a belated specimen of Comedy of Manners? Justify.

Restoration and 18th Century literature

1. Account for the growth of satire in the first half of the 18 th century and discuss some outstanding examples.
2. Give a short account of the essayists of the 18th century with special reference to the contribution of Addison, Steele
and Johnson./ With references account for the popularity of 18th c periodical essays.
3. Give a critical account of the Restoration Heroic play and indicate why it declined towards the end of the seventeenth
century./Write an essay on heroic tragedy of Restoration period./RHP features with suitable examples.
4. Indicate the main lines of development on 18th century English fiction.
5. Discuss with illustrative reference the characteristics of Restoration poetry.
6. Trace the growth of Romantic sensibilities on the poetry of the 18th century.
7. Give an account of the development of the periodical essay in the 18th century.
8. Why has Restoration comedy has been described as the Comedy of Manners? Answer with reference to some of the
plays./Discuss the main features of Restoration Comedy with reference to the works of two/three major
dramatists+with a comment for its decline in towards the end of 17th century.
9. Trace the development of verse-satire in the Restoration period and account for its popularity.
10. Account for the rise of the novel in the 18th century from Richardson to Sterne and assess the contribution of any one
novelist in the period.+Main features of Restoration novel with at least two novelists+Richardson and Fielding+Defoe
and Fielding.
11. What features in the poetry of Gray, Cowper, Goldsmith, Collins and Burns may be called pre-Romantic?/Assess the
importance of the precursors of Romanticism in English poetry of the 18th century.
12. What were Alexander Pope’s major contributions to the field of verse satire?
13. Discuss Dryden’s major achievements in the field of verse satire and compare it with Pope’s./Discuss their contribution
in the field of verse satire./Augustan satire wrt any two writers
14. Discuss the main features of Restoration poetry with special reference to the works of one major writer.
15. Write short notes on (i) Absalom and Acitophel; (ii) Alexander Pope; (iii) Hudibras; (iv) Laurence Sterne; (v) The Dunciad;
(vi) Robinson Crusoe; (vii) William Congreave; (viii) Samuel Richardson; (ix) Gulliver’s Travels; (x) Milton

Paper VI
Romantic and Victorian Period
1. ‘The Romantic movement was by no means exhausted by the year 1830’. Write a short essay on the continuation of
Romanticism in Victorian literature.
2. Write an essay on the 20th century novel, with special reference to the new themes and new techniques introduced
by its major exponents.
3. Estimate the historical significance of the work of the following authors: Walter Scott; G M Hopkins; Walter Pater; E
M Forester; Jane Austen; William Blake; William Cowper; The Essays of Elia; Charles Lamb; The Lyrical Ballads; Life of
Dr. Johnson; William Hazlitt; Promethus Unbound; Oliver Twist; Robert Browning
4. Assess the literary contribution of the major women writers of the Victorian period. /Estimate the contribution of any
two women writers in the Victorian novel.
5. Trace the growth of Romantic sensibilities in the poetry of 18 th century.
6. Write an essay on the achievements of the Romantic age in the sphere of prose fiction.
7. In what ways English Romantic poetry can be described as the celebration of liberty, quality and fraternity?
8. Indicate the importance of following authors in the history of English literature― William Blake, Sir Walter Scott, D G
Rosetti, Alfred Tennyson, Charles Dickens
9. Assess the importance of Pre-Raphelite poetry in the literature of the age.
10. Write an essay on the range and variety of Victorian non-fictional prose + with reference to any two writers.
11. Write a note on the English Essay in the Romantic Age with special reference to any two essayists.
12. Comment on the work of any two representative Victorian poets.
13. Write a note on the English essay on the Victorian age with reference to any two essayists of your choice.
14. Bring out the important features of Poetry in the Romantic period.
15. Assess the contribution of Walter Scott to the English novel.
16. In what sense was the English Romantic movement ‘Return to Nature’? Discuss with reference to the major Romantic
poets of the 19th century.
17. Assess the contribution of either Tennyson or Robert Browning to English poetry. What Victorian qualities are found
in the works of the poet being discussed?
18. What are the distinctive features of the English essay of the Romantic age? Answer with reference to any two essayists
of the period.
19. Assess the contribution of any two major Romantic poets.
20. Bring out the salient features of English Romantic movement. Answer with illustration.
21. Discuss the works of any two representative Victorian poets.

‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’

1. Explain the meaning of Blake’s poem ‘The Tyger’.
2. Explain the use of symbolism in ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’.
3. How does Blake blend childlike innocence with adult wisdom in ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’?
4. “Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” Bring out the significance of this line from your reading of ‘The Lamb’ and
‘The Tyger’.
5. Show how ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger’ represent contrary states of the human soul. / Contrary states of existence.
6. Analyse the themes and images of Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ and show how the poem produces “an immediate overwhelming
impression of an awful power linking in the darkness of being”.
7. In ‘The Tyger’ Blake describes what is both fierce and attractive. Do you agree? Explain.
8. Comment on Blake’s language and imagery in ‘The Lamb’.
9. Discuss Blake’s ‘The Lamb’ as a symbol of innocence.
10. Analyse Blake’s symbolism in ‘The Tyger’.
11. Locate and annotate:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb
He is meek and he is mild;
He became a little child
I a child, and thou a lamb
We are called by his name.

‘Tintern Abbey’
1. Show how Wordsworth invests familiar objects and experiences with rich symbolic associations in the poems you have
read.
2. The appeal of the poem lies more in its poetic quality that in its philosophical content. Discuss the above statement
with reference to ‘Tintern Abbey’.
3. “...for such loss, I would believe/Abundant recompense...”―What is the nature of this loss? How is it compensated?
Answer with reference to ‘Tintern Abbey’.
4. Show how ‘Tintern Abbey’ traces Wordsworth’s spiritual growth as a poet.
5. ‘Tintern Abbey’ records different stages in Wordsworth’s appreciation to nature. Discuss. / Analyse the stages through
which Wordsworth’s glad animal movements were changed into a spiritual response to Nature.
6. Point out the distinctive features of Wordsworth’s poetry as found in ‘Tintern Abbey’.
7. Attempt a critical appreciation of ‘Tintern Abbey’.
8. Analyse Wordsworth’s handling of the theme of memory and recollection as depicted in ‘Tintern Abbey’.
9.