ENG 216 Final, Fall 2002

[To manera manemmnneem JAMERICSS ONIVERSEIT LIBRARY Oy CRUT FINAL EXAM-ENG 216 DRAMA DR. SYRINE C. HOUT Jan. 28, 2003 TIME ALLOWED: 2.5 hrs. max. 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 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, M. Butterfly Directions: Choose two of the following four comparative essay questions. YOU NEED TO SELECT TWO PLAYS FOR EACH QUESTION. YOU MAY NOT USE THE SAME PLAY TWICE! YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE PLAY, IF YOU WISH, FROM THE FIRST PART OF THE SYLLABUS FOR THE ENTIRE EXAM. Make sure to have a thesis in a complete and original 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. 2. Discuss boredom as a theme and narrative ploy. 3. Discuss physical disguise as a major element of deception. 4. Discuss suicide.