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IGNOU BEGC-105 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
Section A
Answer with reference to the context:
(i) Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread.
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
(ii) Far or forget to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanquished Gods to me appear;
and one to me are shame and fame.
(iii) A thought went up my mind today
That I have had before
But did not finish some way back
I could not fix the year.
(iv) But O heart ! heart ! heart !
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead
Section B
Answer the following in about 300 words each:
1. Write an extended note on the poetic devices used in “O Captain ! My Captain !”.
2. Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Because I could not stop for death”.
3. Critically evaluate the poem ‘‘Death Sets a Thing Significant’’.
4. Discuss major themes as explored in Hemingway’s short stories.
Section C
Answer the following questions in about 600 words each:
1. Give a critical justification with respect to the title of the play All My Sons.
2. Write a critical comment on the genre of The Scarlet Letter.
3. Discuss the poetic achievements of Walt Whitman with suitable examples from the poems prescribed in the course.
4. Write a detailed note on the rise and development of American Drama
IGNOU BEGC-105 (July 2023 – January 2024) Assignment Questions
Section A
Answer with reference to the context:
(i) Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread.
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
(ii) The Crow God as depicted
in all of the reliable Crow bibles
looks exactly like a Crow.
(iii) They added ridge to valley, brook to pond
And signed for all that bounded their domain;
We must have clay, lime, gravel, granite-ledge,
(iv) We slowly drove-he knew no haste
and I had put away
My labour and leisure too,
for his civility.
Section B
Answer the following in about 300 words each:
1. Interpret the “Brahma” in terms of Indian thought.
2. Write a critical note on ‘Passage to India’.
3. What is the source of Emily Dickinson’s biographical details?
4. Write a critical appreciation of the poem.
Section C
Answer the following questions in about 600 words each:
1. What were the prominent themes that captured the imagination of writers of short fiction? Discuss.
2. How did Henrik Ibsen contribute to the growth of modern American drama?
3. Does Hawthorne accept the moral ideas of Puritans, especially regarding adultery? Discuss it with reference to the texts prescribed for you.
4. What are the special features of The Scarlet Letter as a fictional work? Elaborate on it.