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    EIILM UNIVERSITY‚ SIKKIM TERM END EXAMINATION‚ SEPTEMBER -2012 B.A GENERAL- (3year) ENGLISH- English for Practical Purpose Time: 3 hours M.Marks:60 Note: - Attempt any 5 questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. Use the following words in sentences: Empty‚ Vacant‚ Environment ‚ Neighbourhood‚ Employment‚ Job‚ Clean‚ Pure‚ Innocent‚ Criminal. 2. Use the correct form of the verb given

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    The University Wits

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    The University Wits The University Wits were a group of late 16th century English playwrights and secular writers who were educated at the Oxford and Cambridge. Prominent members of this group were Christopher Marlowe‚ Robert Greene and Thomas Nashe from Cambridge‚ and John Lily‚ Thomas Lodge and George Peele from Oxford. Thomas Kyd is sometimes considered as one of the University Wits but he did not read in any university. Nevertheless‚ Kyd’s plays show close resemblance to those of others members

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    A Woman of No Importance

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    Make notes on linguistic techniques and look our for comedic elements. Make note on theme and character. A Woman Of No Importance Themes: The author Wilde criticises the victorian upper class in a variety of different ways. They are usually throughout the first two acts in the abundance of witty dialogue the protagonists engage in. Lady Caroline displays her own ignorance when she dismisses ‘new woman’ Hester Worsley a somewhat pious woman who is independent and financially secure. She

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    Wit. Character Purpose

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    In “Wit” all of the main characters serve very specific purposes to the story. Dr. Kelekian‚ Dr. Jason Poser‚ Susie‚ and even Vivian herself all have distinct purposes in the play. Each character has a scene that seems dedicated to reveal their purpose in Vivian’s ordeal. Vivian’s key scene comes when she speaks with her old mentor and realizes what she’s been lacking in her life. First‚ is Dr. Harvey Kelekian‚ his purpose is shown in the very first scene‚ while giving Vivian her diagnosis.

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    Wit: an Analysis

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    Wit: An Analysis Abstract Wit is a movie about a woman dying of cancer. It is a powerful drama that chronicles the last few months of her life. The recurring theme throughout the movie is the nurses’ role as the compassionate‚ caring individual who humanizes the main character. The nurse seems to be everywhere and able to do just about everything that is needed. The nurses’ sole purpose in this film is to promote healing‚ preserve dignity and respect the patient as a whole person. The nursing

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    I UNIT - WIT AND HUMOUR PRINCE P.RAJA RAO M.A.(Eng)‚ M.Phil‚ M.B.A.(M.Sc Psy‚Ph.D.) 1 About the Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala‚ (7 May 1927 – 3 April 2013) was aGerman-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist‚ short story writer and two-time AcademyAward-winning screenwriter. Jhabvala wrote a dozen novels‚23 screenplays and eight collections of short stories. She isthe only person to have won both a Booker Prize and anOscar. Jhabvala lived in India for 24 years from 1951

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    Wit Play Analysis

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    Edson’s play Wit‚ occupies more than the adaptation of ideas and form‚ it represents the relationship between text and context. Wit reshapes Donne’s experiences of agency and self evaluation‚ thereby rejuvenating the humanistic paradigms

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    University Wits

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    University wits The University Wits were a group of late 16th century English playwrights who were educated at the universities (Oxford or Cambridge) and who became playwrights and popular secular writers. Prominent members of this group were Christopher Marlowe‚ Robert Greene‚ and Thomas Nashe from Cambridge‚ and John Lyly‚ Thomas Lodge‚ George Peele from Oxford. Thomas Kyd is also considered sometimes as one of the University Wits but Kyd did not read in any university. Nevertheless‚ the plays

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    Wit in the Odyssey

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    The Importance of Wit in The Odyssey Ancient Greeks use their Gods and Goddesses to explain the world around them and also to emphasize their values of honor‚ wit‚ and courage. The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer that portrays these qualities. In The Odyssey‚ a Trojan War hero‚ Odysseus‚ displays the values the Greeks honor through a twenty-year adventure to arrive home. He faces danger when battling the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus‚ and even after arriving home he had to contend with hundreds

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    Wit” was written in 1955 by playwright Margaret EdsonWit is also a one - act play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Drama. Edson engages readers of the play and audience members in many ways throughout the life of Dr.Vivian that include‚ Dr.Vivian’s experiences‚ from being a professor of the seventeenth-century poetry‚ to a victim of terminal ovarian cancer‚ and death. Wit begins with Dr. Vivian talking to the audience this is the first way Edson has the characters from the play engage

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