PAPER NO. 6
(YEAR 2006 - GROUP II)
1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) I came down the steps with my picture
And must wait, must stand and wait,
For there he was at the trough before me.
(ii) Then practice losing farther, losing faster;
Places and names and where it was you went.
(iii) Will lie O' nights
In the bony arms
Of Reality and be comforted.
(iv) If you're satisfied with Primrose, that is the way to treat me ______ as a meddling busybody.
(v) Tell him the password, Redchester. He is done his best. We don't want to ruin his Christmas.
2. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Discuss Ustad Mangu in "The New Constitution" as a representative of Common Indians.
(ii) Is Rosen, in "Take Pity", secretly in love with Eva but does not have the courage to express his feelings.
(iii) Feudalism has fallen on evil days. Discuss with reference to "Duchess and the Jeweller".
(iv) How does the swallow in Oscar Wild's "The Happy Prince" fare as a friend.
(v) Discuss Chekhov's "The Bear" as a farce.
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Discuss Winter as a general who has been beaten and retreating. ("Whistling of Birds")
(ii) Gloria Emerson's "Take the Plunge" is a candid account of writer's hopes and fears. Discuss.
(iii) What has the tailor in "My Tailor" to hide?
(iv) How does human body compare with a China Jar? ("Beauty Industry")
(v) How did the writer feel and behave when he discovered while in the bus that he had no money on him? ("On Saying Please")
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Is the woman of "Woman Work" fed up with her work? What does she really want?
(ii) Death is a very courteous host in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death". Explain.
(iii) Bring out pathos in "Say This City has Ten Million Souls".
(iv) How does education overcome instinct in "Snake"?
(v) Elaborate the first three stages of life in "All the World's a Stage".
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) What is DiMaggio's importance in the novel?
(ii) Why didn't Santiago mind when other fishermen made fun of him?
(iii) Discuss old man a 'a strange old man'.
(iv) Write a brief note on Hemingway's style.
(v) How does Santiago prove the truth of his remark: "Man is not made for defeat"?
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