ENG 213 Final, Fall 1999

FINAL EXAM-ENG 213 WORLD DRAMA IN ENGLISH DR. SYRINE C. HOUT Feb. 5, 2000 TIME ALLOWED: 3 hrs. Texts read: Aeschylus, The Oresteia (“Agamemnon,” “The Libation Bearers,” “The Eumenides”) Plautus, The Braggart Soldier Hrotsvit von Ganderscheim, The Martyrdoms of the Holy Virgins Fides, Spes, and Karitas William Shakespeare, The Tempest Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author Arthur Miller, The Death of a Salesman Harold Pinter, The Black and White Marguerite Duras, Hiroshima Mon Amour Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead David Henry Hwang, MM. Butterfly Directions: Choose two of the following four comparative essay questions. YOU NEED TO SELECT THREE PLAYS FOR EACH QUESTION. YOU MAY NOT USE THE SAME PLAY TWICE! Select the 6 plays you wish to focus on and have an outline before you start writing! Make sure to have a thesis in a complete essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Please proofread carefully! GOOD LUCK! 1. Discuss the relationship between the poetics (aesthetics) and the politics of sexual relations in three plays. 2. Discuss boredom as a theme and narrative ploy in three plays. 3. Discuss physical disguise as a major element of deception in three plays. 4. Discuss suicide in three plays.