3 Describe Sir Roger de Coverley.
4 Tell, briefly, Shylock's story.
(Autumn, 1906)
1 The function of tragedy is said to be, "to touch the heart with a sense of beauty and pathos, to open the springs of love and tears." Compare the characters of Brutus and Shylock with this definition in mind, stating which makes the stronger appeal to your sympathies and why.
2 Describe the old Pyncheon house in the House of the Seven Gables.
3 Tell the story of The Ancient Mariner.
(Spring, 1907)
Composition (1) should contain not less than sixty lines of the examination book, composition (2) not less than thirty lines, and both compositions should be correct in spelling, punctuation, grammar, paragraphing and general arrangement.