ENG 216 Final, Fall 2003

seepeieaiemetens tials nara dil MENIC ON UNTWERSIE LIBARY OF EIRUT FINAL EXAM-ENG 216 = DRAMA DR. SYRINE C. HOUT Jan. 22, 2004 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 Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead Marguerite Duras, Hiroshima Mon Amour David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly Directions: Choose ONE of the following three comparative essay questions. YOU NEED TO SELECT THREE PLAYS FOR WHICHEVER QUESTION YOU CHOOSE. YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE PLAY, IF YOU WISH, FROM THE FIRST PART OF THE SYLLABUS. 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! I. Discuss the relationship between the poetics (aesthetics) and the politics of sexual relations. 2, Discuss boredom as a theme and narrative ploy. 3. Discuss suicide.