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Final Exam                                        Survey of Drama  213        Monday , January 13 , 2003          

 

Answer Two Questions From Questions A ,B, C.D,E,or F.

 

Question                                              A

 What characteristics keep Professor Higgins /Liza ,  and Helmer/Nora ,

from being tragic heroes or heroines ? What keeps the endings from being tragic endings ? Analyze in detail with references to the final acts .

QUESTION                                                             B 

    Compare Dr Faustus with Oedipus The King in detail in terms of:

****Playwrights, **** Heroic or antiheroic heroes, **** types of plays  , and use of chorus.

 

Question                                                         C

Define ‘soliloquy’ with examples from two plays by Shakespeare and Ibsen :

****Soliloquies  by Hamlet and Nora .

Question                                                          D

Which the more scathingly satirized –Professor Higgins in Shaw / Helmer  in Ibsen ,or the societies they live in ? Why? Explain in detail.

Question                                                  E

What purposes are served by the appearances of Antigone with Isemene in Sophocles and Freddy in Shaw ? Explain with examples from the plays to show whether Oedipus and Nora are tragic(/realistic,or comic) .

Question                                                            F

Define the following four  terms : **Setting ,  **Aside,**Unity of time ,**and climax .

Illustrate in detail with reference to two plays (and their  periods  ) for each term.

 

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