Classics in Translation Suggestion Exam 2022

Classics in Translation Suggestion Exam 2022

 Part – C

The Iliad

1. The subject of The Iliad is the wrath of Achilles”-Discuss. ✪ ✪ ✪
2. How does Homer delineate Olympian gods and goddesses in The Iliad? /Discuss how the action in The Iliad is influenced by the immortals/ How does Homer humanize gods and goddesses?  ✪ ✪ ✪
3. What epic elements do you find in ‘The Illiad’? ✪ ✪ ✪
4. Contrast the characters of Achilles and Hector in the epic poem ‘The Illiad’? Among them, whom do you consider the main hero in the poem?

Agamemnon

5. Sketch the character of Clytemnestra. How would you justify Clytemnestra’s murder of her husband, Agamemnon? Give your reasons for your answer.  ✪ ✪ ✪
6. Discuss the function of the Chorus in the play Agamemnon. 
7. How does Aeschylus treat the theme of hereditary guilt in Agamemnon?  ✪ ✪ ✪

Medea

8. Discuss the dramatic significance of the death scene of Glauce.  ✪ ✪ ✪
9. Consider “Medea” as a revenge tragedy.  ✪ ✪ ✪
10. Why does Jason turn from Medea to Glauce? What is its outcome? / Is Jason fully responsible for the tragedy of Medea?
11. Evaluate Medea as a tragic heroine. (Qu. no. 10 and 11 can be written combinedly if we can perform perfectly.)  ✪ ✪ ✪

আরো পড়ুনঃ Classics in Translation Brief Question

The Frogs

12. Analyze the salient features of “The Frogs” in light of the definition of old comedy.
13. Do you think ‘The Frogs’ is satire? If do-elaborate. / In “The Frogs,” Aristophanes criticizes the intellectuals of his own period. Discuss. /How does Aristophanes blend satire and phantasy in The Frogs?  ✪ ✪ ✪
14. Narrate the literary debate between Aeschylus and Euripides in ‘The Frogs’. or, Discuss the significance of the literary debate in ‘The Frogs’.  ✪ ✪ ✪

Phaedra

15. Write a note on the role of the Chorus in Phaedra by Seneca. / How does the chorus contribute to the plot development in “Phaedra”?
16. Do you agree that Seneca’s “Phaedra” is full of moral discourse? Give the reason. / Is Seneca’s Phaedra a tragedy of passions? If so, why? / Consider Phaedra as a tragedy of unrequited love. / Sketch the character of Phaedra as a woman of high passion. ✪ ✪ ✪
17. Do you think Phaedra is a tragic character? ✪ ✪ ✪
18. Discuss the role of the nurse in ‘Phaedra’. ✪ ✪ ✪

Part – B

The Iliad

1. Compare the characters of Achilles and Hector. ✪ ✪ ✪
2. Critically comment on the duel between Paris and Menelaus.
3. Describe the funeral ceremony of Patroclus. ✪ ✪ ✪
4. Why did Achilles withdraw himself from the war? and What led Achilles to come back to Trojan War?
5. Write what you know about Zeus.
6. What was Hector’s last request to Achilles? ✪ ✪ ✪

Agamemnon

7. Evaluate the illicit relationship between Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. ✪ ✪ ✪
8. Bring out the dramatic significance of the “Red Carpet Episode in Agamemnon.
9. Briefly discuss the dramatic irony in Aeschylus’ play “The Agamemnon’. ✪ ✪ ✪
10. What is it about Agamemnon’s guilt that brings misery into his life?

Medea

11. Why did Jason marry Glauce in “Medea”? ✪ ✪ ✪
12. What is the importance of the entry of the Chorus in “Medea”?
13. Describe the death scene of Glauce. ✪ ✪ ✪
14. Why did Medea kill her own children?

আরো পড়ুনঃ Is Jason Fully Responsible for the Tragedy of Medea? (বাংলায়)

The Frogs

15. What role does Pluto play in ‘The Frogs”? ✪ ✪ ✪
16. What role does Dionysus play in The Frogs? ✪ ✪ ✪
17. Justify the title of the play, ‘The Frogs’.
18. Why did Aeschylus and Euripides attack each other? What was the result? How did Dionysus resolve the dispute between Aeschylus and Euripides? ✪ ✪ ✪
19. Who are the intellectuals in The Frogs?

Phaedra

20.  Narrate the circumstances leading to the death of Hippolytus. ✪ ✪ ✪
21. What drives Phaedra to welcome death? ✪ ✪ ✪
22. Why does Hippolytus feel a strong dislike for women?
23. What happened when Phaedra tried to embrace Hippolytus? ✪ ✪ ✪