ENG 216 Final, Fall 2007

FINAL EXAM ENG 216 DRAMA DR. SYRINE C. HOUT Fall 2007-08 TIME ALLOWED: 2.5 hrs. max. Texts read: Sophocles, Oedipus rex Plautus, The Braggart Soldier 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 David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly Directions: Choose ONE of the four comparative essay questions listed below. - 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. - YOU MAY REFER TO THE MOVIES SHOWN BUT NOT AS SUBSTITUTES FOR THE TEXTS. 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 poetics and politics of sexual relations outside of marriage. 2. Discuss the dynamics of siblings (brothers and/or sisters). 3. Discuss the function/role of memory which may trigger nostalgia and /or bitterness towards specific events in the past. 4. Which 3 plays best describe physical entrapment or geographical imprisonment of some sort? What are the thematic implications of such narrowing of borders?