MEG-2 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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MEG-02: BRITISH DRAMA
Course Code: MEG-02
Assignment Code: MEG-02/TMA/2025-26

• Answer any five questions.
• All questions carry equal marks.
• Answer each question in about 350 to 400 words.

1. Write a critical essay on the evolution and transformation of British Drama from the Elizabethan era to the twentieth century. (20)
2. Analyse the theme of illusion and reality in A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the device of the “play within the play.” (20)
3. Discuss Hamlet as a revenge tragedy and examine how it conforms to and deviates from Aristotelian principles of tragedy. (20)
4. How does Ben Jonson use satire in The Alchemist to expose social pretensions and human follies? Illustrate with examples. (20)
5. Critically examine the transformation of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion and discuss whether the play supports feminist perspectives. (20)
6. Discuss the portrayal of Irish identity and myth-making through the characters in The Playboy of the Western World. (20)
7. What features make Murder in the Cathedral a poetic drama? Explore T. S. Eliot’s use of verse and religious symbolism. (20)
8. How does Look Back in Anger reflect the socio-political disillusionment of post-war Britain? Comment on its significance in modern British theatre. (20)
9. Discuss Waiting for Godot as an embodiment of existential angst and the absurd condition of modern man. (20)