Adv. L English Literature 2020 Aloysius College Anuradhapura

The students are required to answer all the questions given bellow. Keep the answer scripts in your files for correction. You are informed to convert all your answers to voice messages and send them so that others also can share them. You can have time and do them. Don’t do them hurriedly. Before doing these activities, you should visit the relevant websites and listen to related videos. If you have problems, you can send them so that we can discuss them as a group. You need not complete them in a hurry.

Comment on the following extracts.

Part-1

1.   “I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man. My fat keeps me hot in zero weather. I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing”

2.  “But, she did not go to the milking. They would see her agitation; and the dairyman, thinking the cause to be love alone…”

3.  “For sure our souls were near allied, and thine
Cast in the same poetic mold with mine.
One common note on either lyre did strike,
And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike.”

4.  “Indeed she is a most fresh and delicate creature”

Part-2

1.  From her childhood, Dee reveals her weaknesses and later her education completely spoils her. Discuss with relevant extracts.

2.  How does John Dryden lament Oldham’s untimely death?

3.  Investigate Rukmani’s great qualities with reference to the novel, Nectar in a Sieve.

4.  Angel is a fascinating character. Discuss.

5.  The Glass Menagerie is by Tennessee Williams has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Laura. Discuss.