(1906)
A
Write about two hundred words on each of three topics selected by yourself from the following lists (of a pair of subjects enclosed in brackets, choose but one):
{The Banquet Scene in Macbeth.
{The Character of Antonio.
The Jessamy Bride.
Gurth.
{The Contrast between Gareth and Geraint.
{Tennyson's Use of Natural Scenery in The Passing of Arthur.
A comparison of the Moral of The Ancient Mariner with that of The Vision of Sir Launfal.
The finding of Eppie.
B
- I
- Narrate the events in Julius Cæsar that occur on the Ides of March, before the murder.
- In what book did Shakespeare find the material for Julius Cæsar? How does his conception of the character of Cæsar resemble or differ from that which you have formed in your study of Cæsar's Gallic Wars or of Roman history?
- II
- Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy
In sceptred pall come sweeping by,
Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line,
Or the tale of Troy divine,
Or what (though rare) of later age 5
Ennobled hath the buskined stage. - (1) To what is Milton referring in line 3? (2) Comment on lines 5 and 6. (3) What is meant by "sceptred pall"? by "buskined stage"? (4) What similar pleasures were enjoyed by L'Allegro?
- Milton's remarks on the clergy in Lycidas.
- Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy
- III
- Into what great divisions does Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America fall? What digression from the main subject is made, and for what reasons?
- What plan had been proposed by the "Noble Lord in the Blue Ribbon"? On what grounds did Burke criticize it?
- IV
- Macaulay's remarks on the nature and influence of Addison's Spectator.