QUESTION A

Compare the final –last-act of Pygmalion and the final –last-act of Dr Faustus in terms of the Following:

· The Dramatists ( in detail )

· The titles of these plays to show the origin of the titles .How are they –titles -related to these two acts?

· How many acts does each play have ? How many scenes do the final acts of these two plays have ?

· What type of drama ( farce , comedy ,etc.) do these two final acts present ? Explain Why (in detail) .

· In what languages were these two originally written ? Explain in detail.

· Who are the protagonists in these two final acts ? Compare them as characters in conflict with the norms of the society . How are they similar or different ? Which is presented by the playwright with greater sympathy ? Why ? Explain with examples from the two acts .

QUESTION B

Identify the following three quotations in terms of :

* The playwrights ( just their names ) and* titles of the plays –*acts and scenes -,

· the speaker and to whom ,

· the conflict each character represents,

· and the dramatic importance of each quotation to show the *type of ending of each play. Explain with examples.

1. --------.I’ll talk as I Like .Youre not my teacher now .

-----------.I don’t suppose that Pickering would , though .

He’s as confirmed an old bachelor as I am .

2.----------.Settle thy studies Faustus , and begin ….

Physics farewell !Where is Justinian ? ….

A sound magician is a demi –god !

Here tire my brains to get a deity!

3.----------.Mrs Helmer ,obviously you haven’t the vaguest

idea of what you’ve involved yourself in . But I

can tell you this :it was nothing more and nothing

worse that I once did—and it wrecked my whole

reputation.