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Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams of sun !

21 Examine the theme of birth and theme of ghost in the story ‘No Name Woman’.

22 At which instances in the text below do you think the single voice in the traditional text turns

multiple ? What kinds of stereotypes are reversed here ? What is its effect ?

Her screams were heard by a passing wood chopper person. When he burst into the
cottage, he saw the melee and tried to intervene. But as he raised his axe, Red Riding
Hood and the wolf both stopped.

“And just what do you think you’re doing ?” asked Red Riding Hood.

The woodchopper-person blinked and tried to answer, but no words came to him.
“Bursting in here like a Neanderthal, trusting your weapon to do your thinking for
you !” she exclaimed. “Sexist ! Speciesist ! How dare you assume that woman and
wolves can’t solve their own problems without a man’s help !” When she heard Red
Riding Hood’s impassioned speech, Grand ma jumped out of the wolfs mouth, seized
the woodchopper-person’s axe, and cut his head off.

23 What reasons are put forward by the Adivasis for not dancing ?

(Ceiling 35 marks)

Answer any fwo out of the four questions in a short essay of 200 words. (10 marks each) :

24

25
26

27

How Lora Bohannan through her essay “Shakespeare in the Bush” illustrate that “all texts
may not be univocal”
What are the ways in which power works in the story “The Adivasi will not dance” ?

Passage below is an extract from Judy Brady’s essay “Why I want a wife.” What is the definition
of a wife or being a wife ? What is the effect of Judy Brady repeating the sentence ‘I want a-
wife’ ? What tone is used here ? What is the responsibility or traditional role of wife ? Do you
think this fact has more importance in a patriarchal society ?

I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep
my house clean. A wife who will pick after my children, a wife who will pick after me.
I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be,
and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that
I can find what I need the minute I need it. I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife
who is a good cook.

The role of women in Maxine Hong Kingston’s story ‘No Name a Woman’.

(2 x 10 = 20 marks)