CSS 2022 English Literature Paper

Explain how both Bertrand Russell's 'The Conquest of Happiness' and Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self-Reliance' focus on how the individual must develop and rely on his or her own moral judgement in order to be a respected member of society.

An ode is a poem of praise. How do John Keats's 'Ode to a Nightingale' and 'Ode to Autumn' reflect this classical concept?

What major tragic aspects of humanity are incorporated into Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd' and D. H. Lawrence's 'Sons and Lovers'?

Describe and analyze the way in which William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' depicts familial betrayal and disappointment.

Explain how the theories of Karl Marx are still relevant to literature today.

Contrast the concept of self-love in Somerset Maugham's 'The Lotus Eaters' with the concept of love for others as reflected in Iris Murdoch's 'Under the Net'.

How much of a literary debt does Tennyson's 'Ulysses' owe to classical Greek and Roman tradition? Comment in detail.