৩৬তম BCS — Shakespeare প্রশ্নসমাধান
এই পরীক্ষায় ২টি Shakespeare প্রশ্ন এসেছে।
প্রশ্ন ৪০: Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' is a successful-
Options: (a) Tragedy • (b) Comedy • (c) tragi-comedy ✓ • (d) melodrama
'Measure for Measure' (c. 1604) — Problem Play
- Mixes serious moral conflict (corrupt deputy, threatened execution) with comic resolution (marriages, mercy)
- Classified as Shakespeare's 'problem play' or tragi-comedy
- Title from Bible: 'With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.'
Shakespeare's Plays — Genre Classification
| Genre |
Examples |
| Tragedies |
Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar |
| Comedies |
A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing |
| Histories |
Henry IV/V/VI, Richard II/III |
| Tragi-comedies/Problem Plays |
Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, Troilus and Cressida |
| Romances |
The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, Pericles |
Why 'tragi-comedy' for Measure for Measure?
- Threats of execution (tragic)
- Disguise plot, mistaken identity (comic)
- Ends in marriages (comic)
- But contains darker themes (tragic undertone)
প্রশ্ন ৪৯: 'The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about-
Options: (a) a jew ✓ • (b) a Moor • (c) a Roman • (d) a Turk
Shylock — The central character
- Shylock — Jewish moneylender in Venice
- Demands his 'pound of flesh' from Antonio (the merchant) for unpaid loan
- Portia (disguised as lawyer) saves Antonio
Shakespeare's Plays by Central Character/Theme
| Play |
About |
| The Merchant of Venice |
A Jew (Shylock) |
| Othello |
A Moor (African Muslim) |
| Julius Caesar |
A Roman |
| Antony and Cleopatra |
Romans/Egyptians |
| Macbeth |
A Scottish thane |
| Hamlet |
A Danish prince |
Famous quotes from Merchant of Venice
- 'The quality of mercy is not strained.' (Portia)
- 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?' (Shylock)
- 'All that glitters is not gold.' (Prince of Morocco)
Tragedy or Comedy?
The Merchant of Venice is officially classified as a comedy (ends in marriages) but contains tragic elements — often called a 'problem comedy' in modern criticism.
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Shakespeare — মূল লেকচার শিট — Shakespeare's 37 plays organized by genre, the four great tragedies, famous soliloquies, sonnets (154 total), Globe Theatre, BCS-tested character-play matching।