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Life In Water, Peter Carey
Passage From Nong Gua, Praichon Intanujit
Passage From Nong Gua, Praichon Intanujit
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
I was a sophomore from a small village when Pira Sudham, the author of Monsoon Country and People of Esarn, came to speak at my university about poverty and the forgotten beauty of his people, my people, the poor people of Esarn, the Northeastern region of Thailand. Listening to his sad yet courageous stories, I was reminded over again that I, too, had stories to tell, though it would be some years before I finally sat down to puzzle them out. The result is a memoir of my childhood years in rural Surin, where the mother tongue is Khmer, where …
Lady Macbeth And Gertrude: A Study In Gender, Lisa Ferguson
Lady Macbeth And Gertrude: A Study In Gender, Lisa Ferguson
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The detailed examination of two of Shakespeare's female leads, Lady Macbeth and Gertrude, is designed to determine whether or not these particular characters were free from the confines of their society, or if they were content within its oppressive grasp. A combination of Feminist Criticism and New Historicism reveals that Lady Macbeth and Gertrude did not overstep the bounds of their gender, but in fact were suppressed within them. The limited rights and freedoms of a woman during the Renaissance is heavily discussed, and aids in giving the reader a vivid impression of Lady Macbeth's and Gertrude's subjugation. As Renaissance …
Zephyrus, Western Kentucky University