ENG 213 Final, Fall 2003

\ . Pernt RENeRRTR ESET Vv MER GS ONTWERSIT . LIBRARY So FINAL EXAM-ENGL 213 > Neoclassical and Romantic Age & DR. SYRINE C. HOUT Jan. 30, 2004 TIME ALLOWED: 2.5 brs. max. Directions: Choose ONE of the following five comparative essay questions. You need 2 texts (already specified) for whichever question you choose. Make sure to have a thesis in a complete, original, and informed essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Please proofread carefully! GOOD LUCK! 1. Compare and contrast the pessimistic mood prevailing in Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much with Us” and Byron’s “They Say that Hope is Happiness.” 2. What do Shelley’s west wind and Blake’s tiger have in common? Discuss their symbolic qualities. 3. Blake and Wordsworth agree that human reason and traditional education are not sufficient for being a full human being. This scems evident in “There is No Natural Religion” and “The Tables Turned”, respectively. Wherein, more precisely, lie their similarities but also their differences? 4. Discuss ‘vanity’ in its different guises in “Ozymandias” and “Ode to the West Wind”. 5. Discuss the vulnerability and limitations of beauty in one of the following pairs: A. Natural (organic/dynamic) Beauty in “She Walks in Beauty” and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” OR B. Artistic (inorganic/static) Beauty in “On a Grecian Um” and “Ozymandias”