IGNOU MEG-02 Assignment 2026-27
British Drama
Last updated by IGNOU: 09 Oct 2026. Guide written from the official PDF on 19 Oct 2026, 01:07 pm.
| Course code | MEG-02 |
|---|---|
| Course title | British Drama |
| Programme |
About the MEG-02 assignment
The MEG-02 assignment covers Blocks 1–9 of British Drama. It tests critical understanding of dramatic texts through passage analysis and discussions of ambition, identity, class, authority, theatrical form and the human condition. Answers should develop independent arguments supported by relevant textual references.
This single Tutor Marked Assignment carries 100 marks. Compulsory Section A has four passage commentaries worth 5 marks each, with a maximum of 150 words per passage. Section B requires any four questions, worth 20 marks each. Its short-note option requires two notes of about 200 words each; no specific word limit is printed for the other Section B questions.
What the assignment asks
| Question | Marks | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Section A — Q1 | 4 × 5 = 20 | Write critical commentaries on all four supplied passages, considering their context, significance and dramatic implications within 150 words each. |
| Section B — Q1 | 20 | Explore how Doctor Faustus presents Renaissance aspirations for knowledge and achievement in tension with medieval Christian morality. |
| Section B — Q2 | 20 | Examine how dreams, supernatural forces and the fairy world reshape human experiences in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. |
| Section B — Q3 | 20 | Assess the tension between thinking and acting in Hamlet through the protagonist’s character, soliloquies and reaction to his father’s murder. |
| Section B — Q4 | 20 | Analyse how deception and comic plotting in The Alchemist satirise greed, gullibility and the desire for social advancement. |
| Section B — Q5 | 20 | Discuss how speech, storytelling and public reputation shape Christy Mahon’s changing identity in The Playboy of the Western World. |
| Section B — Q6 | 20 | Consider how Eliza Doolittle’s transformation in Pygmalion challenges class divisions through questions of language, education, identity and mobility. |
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