NU 4th Year 19th Century Novel Premium Suggestion (2017-18)

NU 4th Year 19th Century Novel Premium Suggestion (2017-18)

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Part- C (Broad Questions)

Pride and Prejudice

1. ***Love and Marriage are the dominant issues focused on in Pride and Prejudice. Or, Discuss the theme of love and marriage in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”.
2. Discuss how Jane Austen reflects her period’s social and economic reality in Pride and Prejudice. Or, Evaluate the contemporary life depicted in Pride and Prejudice. Or, discuss how Jane Austen satires her contemporary period.
3. Discuss how the Wickham-Lydia affair affects Darcy-Elizabeth’s relationship. Or, Describe the incidents that unite Elizabeth and Darcy.
4. Sketch the character of Elizabeth Bennet.

A Tale of Two Cities

1. ***Would you call Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” a historical Novel? Give reasons for your answer.
2. ***Bring out the underlying themes of A Tale of Two Cities. Or, Examine the theme of resurrection as depicted in “A Tale of Two Cities”. Or, How does Dickens glorify selfless love in A Tale of Two Cities? 
3. How does Dickens co-relate love and war in his A Tale of Two Cities? 

Jane Eyre

1. Jane Eyre as an anti-romantic novel Or, Jane Eyre as an unconventional Novel. Or, Discuss the theme of Passion and love.
2.  ***Sketch the character of Jane Eyre./Ups and downs of Jane Eyre’s life.
3. What Conditions of women as reflected in the novel Jane Eyre?/ Charlotte’s Treatment of Childhood in “Jane Eyre”.

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

1. ***Write a note on Hardy’s treatment of nature in his Tess of the D’urbervilles.
2.  ***Hardy’s pessimistic view is evident in Tess of the D’urbervilles.
3.  Write an essay on the role of Fate and Chance in Tess of the D’urbervilles.

Part – B (Short Questions)

Pride and Prejudice

1. Describe Elizabeth’s prejudice against Darcy.
2. Why was Mrs. Bennet so desperate to see her daughters married? / What is Mrs. Bennet’s ambition for her daughters?
3. How did Darcy declare his love for Elizabeth?
4. Describe Charlotte’s views on marriage.
5. Comment on the importance of Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth.

A Tale of Two Cities

1. Sketch the character of Charles Darnay.
2. What is the significance of the lion and jackal in “A Tale of Two Cities?
3. Why did Dickens Consider the year 1775 as “the best of times and the worst of times”.
4. Critically comment on the trial scene in A Tale of Two Cities.

Jane Eyre

1.  What happened to Jane in the Red Room?
2. Why does Jane come back to Mr. Rochester and marry him at last?
3.  How was Jane Treated in the Reed family?

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

1.  Narrate the circumstances that led Tess to go to the D’urbervilles at Trantridge.
2.  On What grounds does Tess decline/reject Angel’s Proposal of marriage?