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"Why Do You Keep Alone?:" Isolated Women In The Plays Of Shakespeare, Alexus Litchfield
"Why Do You Keep Alone?:" Isolated Women In The Plays Of Shakespeare, Alexus Litchfield
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The works of William Shakespeare have been well explored, but there is a lack of criticism that examines how the depiction of women is shaped by the genre of the play. Linda Bamber is one of the few critics who have explored this connection between gender and genre. However, while she focuses on the plays’ psychological dynamics, I examine the social dynamics between characters in my study of gender and genre. I suggest that, in both tragedy and comedy, isolation is a strong marker of unhappiness for Shakespeare’s female characters. Examining three tragedies, I find that Lady Macbeth, Goneril, Regan, …
Images Of Ancient Egypt And The Gender Politics Of The Faerie Queene, Genavieve Alt
Images Of Ancient Egypt And The Gender Politics Of The Faerie Queene, Genavieve Alt
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My thesis argues that Edmund Spenser uses radically different representations of Ancient Egypt to explore complex ideas about gender roles in the Faerie Queene. Book III emphasizes the negative view of Egypt perpetuated through the Book of Exodus and Greek understanding of the mythological king Busiris. Book V emphasizes the positive view of Egypt through the many benevolent myths surrounding the goddess Isis. Spenser uses images of good and evil Egypt to discuss the abolition of normative gender roles.
The introductory section will introduce the mythology surrounding Isis followed by a discussion of the literature referenced throughout. The first …