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Articles 301 - 330 of 361
Full-Text Articles in English Language and Literature
Review Of A Brave Vessel: The True Tale Of The Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown And Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest, Michael F. Russo
Review Of A Brave Vessel: The True Tale Of The Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown And Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Rules Of Misrule, Meghan Forgione
Rules Of Misrule, Meghan Forgione
Honors Scholar Theses
The project seeks to offer an alternative interpretation of sport culture in Renaissance England with respect to theater and football. I seek to show how sport culture, although seemingly threatening to the state, actually reinforces the monarchy due to its ability to provide the people with a controlled social release. The prose explores the function of carnival in sport culture and the way in which the two are manifested in football and theater in the Renaissance.
“A Woman’S Story At A Winter’S Fire”: Gender Performativity And The Intrinsic Power Of The Feminine In Shakespeare’S Macbeth, Whitney Sperrazza
“A Woman’S Story At A Winter’S Fire”: Gender Performativity And The Intrinsic Power Of The Feminine In Shakespeare’S Macbeth, Whitney Sperrazza
English
No abstract provided.
Shakespeare And The Making Of Early Modern Science: Resituating Prospero's Art, Elizabeth Spiller
Shakespeare And The Making Of Early Modern Science: Resituating Prospero's Art, Elizabeth Spiller
Department of English: Faculty Publications
Some readers may ask what it means to use the term "science" in conjunction with Shakespeare. From a modern perspective, science may not seem to be able to tell us much about Shakespeare or Shakespeare about science. Looking backwards, it is fair to say that Aristotle would probably have agreed with such a perspective: what scholasticism came to call scientia has nothing to do with ars. In between Aristotle and Einstein, though, matters stood differently. The late sixteenth and early seventeenth century saw the historic transition from Aristotelian models of scientia to modern "science." Both classic and modern epistemologies of …
Peace-Weavers And The Soldiers Who Court Them: The Sexual Development Of Women In Shakespear's Plays, Sara Ben-David
Peace-Weavers And The Soldiers Who Court Them: The Sexual Development Of Women In Shakespear's Plays, Sara Ben-David
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
This paper moves beyond current psychoanalytic readings of the women in Shakespeare's plays as either Mother or Other to consider instead the extent to which their sexual development from girlhood into womanhood rehearses what Jacques Lacan describes as man's progression out of the Mirror Stage, through the acquisition of language and the recognition of sexual difference, and into a unified subjectivity. The author argues that Shakespeare's own understanding of sexual difference is predicated, in the case of femininity, upon the model of the feminine peace-weaver which he would have found in Greek mythology, particularly in Ovid's Heroides. It is with …
From Print To Projection: An Analysis Of Shakespearian Film Adaptation, Samantha L. Mudd
From Print To Projection: An Analysis Of Shakespearian Film Adaptation, Samantha L. Mudd
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
A close relationship between literature and film is nothing new. For over 100 years, turning mental pictures into visual images has captivated filmmakers and viewers alike, allowing for further expression, interpretation, and sometimes understanding of the original text. Even the theatrical works of William Shakespeare have been adapted onto film, relocating the action from stage to screen and bringing his art to larger audiences than ever before. With the technology of film, the conventions of Elizabethan theatre are challenged as filmmakers choose to modify or relocate the action of the plot. But is this acceptable?
Asides As Discourse: The Pendulum Of Power Between The Sexes In Shakespeare's Richard Iii And Titus Andronicus, Rosalinda Simone
Asides As Discourse: The Pendulum Of Power Between The Sexes In Shakespeare's Richard Iii And Titus Andronicus, Rosalinda Simone
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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Within Midsummer Nights: Dichotomies In The Collective Dream, Cheryl New
Within Midsummer Nights: Dichotomies In The Collective Dream, Cheryl New
The Corinthian
Generations of readers have recognized William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a light-hearted comedy that delights and engages. Its subject appears straight-forward and winningly superficial: love—love that conquers all—and how it affects the lives of four Athenian youths. But if we are to look to the title to receive some direction, we would notice a succession of nouns: summer, night, and dream. What do these things mean? Each of them has an opposite, an archetypical antithesis that rules one aspect of the play. These pairs, as well as the pairs of lovers themselves, enforce an extended series of dichotomies …
The Play's The Thing: Investigating The Potential Of Performance Pedagogy, Tamara Lynn Scoville
The Play's The Thing: Investigating The Potential Of Performance Pedagogy, Tamara Lynn Scoville
Theses and Dissertations
In the last ten years there has been a resurgence of interest in teaching Shakespeare through performance. However, most literature on the topic continues to focus on the pragmatic selling points of how performance makes Shakespeare fun and understandable while remaining surprisingly silent on issues of theory and ethics. By investigating the ethical implications of performance pedagogy as it affects our students' construction of identity, empathy, and pluralistic tolerance we can better understand and discuss the potential of performance pedagogy in relation to the ethical goals of the Humanities. Performance Pedagogy has particular ethical potential due to the structure of …
Carefully Constructed Pictures Of Nobodies: Shakespeare's And Cesaire's Ariels, Nadirah Shabazz
Carefully Constructed Pictures Of Nobodies: Shakespeare's And Cesaire's Ariels, Nadirah Shabazz
All Theses
Critical scholarship of William Shakespeare's The Tempest and AimŽ CŽsaire's adaptation Une Tempte frequently neglects to examine Ariel's place within colonialist discourse. Ariel's ambiguity in both texts undoubtedly contributes to this unjust marginalization. An understanding of the function of Ariel within the texts is critical in understanding the placement of both plays in colonialist discourse. This thesis proposes a reading of the Ariels that reestablishes their place within the dialogue.
Shakespeare's Ariel problematizes views of the colonized as content to live under the domination of the colonizer. Using subversive tactics--principally his invisibility--Ariel disguises himself as unimportant and attains his freedom. …
Everything Stems From Nothing, Daniel Theis
Everything Stems From Nothing, Daniel Theis
All Theses
In sixteenth century Europe, mathematics was undergoing a transformation. Prominently among these changes were the switch from roman numerals to arabic numerals and the implementation of the number zero. The number zero has two main functions: to stand on its own as a symbol of nothing and to function as a placeholder. Thus, zero can be a symbol of nothing as well as a number that dramatically increases the value of the others. The dual roles of zero led to much confusion in early modern people. Shakespeare uses the different roles of zero in his plays Richard III, Hamlet, and …
Racial Impersonation On The Elizabethan Stage: The Case Of Shakespeare Playing Aaron, Imtiaz Habib
Racial Impersonation On The Elizabethan Stage: The Case Of Shakespeare Playing Aaron, Imtiaz Habib
English Faculty Publications
The article focuses on the implications of playwright William Shakespeare performing racial roles himself, such as Aaron in "Titus Andronicus." Several plays are discussed, including "Titus Andronicus," "The Merchant of Venice," and "Othello." The SHAXICON database, which compiles the text of Shakespeare's plays, is the primary source of evidence to suggest Shakespeare acted in his plays. Information about race relations in Great Britain's society during Shakespeare's time is also given.
Apple And The Tree: Shakespeare’S Use Of Father-Child Relationships In Character Construction, Elizabeth Finn
Apple And The Tree: Shakespeare’S Use Of Father-Child Relationships In Character Construction, Elizabeth Finn
Honors Theses
Before he stood the test of time, William Shakespeare had to survive the fire of the early modern marketplace. The surviving records indicate that Shakespeare was quite successful, not only artistically but also financially. In his home of Stratford-upon-Avon, he owned an impressive house, New Place, as well as significant amounts of arable land (Greenblatt 330). Meanwhile, he also became a part-owner in the Globe and Blackfriars theaters (Greenblatt 368). To accumulate such funds, Shakespeare had to write plays that would sell tickets; plays that would intrigue audiences and keep them coming back for more. Thus, he must have had …
“Nothing That Is So, Is So”: Indeterminate Language In Shakespeare, Matthew K. Crane
“Nothing That Is So, Is So”: Indeterminate Language In Shakespeare, Matthew K. Crane
Honors Theses
The Shakespearean canon is characterized by indeterminacy. His world is one where nothing is as it seems; men pose as women, nobles as commoners, and sisters as brothers. The resulting confusion challenges conventional norms, questioning gender, cultural, and other social boundaries. The surface uncertainty extends beneath the costumes and performers to the very foundation of theatre—language—as spaces emerge between words and meaning, and what is said and what is meant. Shakespeare’s use of ambiguous language opens his plays to multiple interpretations, creating a constant but fluctuating separation between the reader and text, the literal and figurative, and the expressed and …
M. Roston, Tradition And Subversion In Renaissance Literature: Studies In Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, And Donne, Christopher P. Baker
M. Roston, Tradition And Subversion In Renaissance Literature: Studies In Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, And Donne, Christopher P. Baker
Literature: Faculty Publications
This book review was published in Renaissance Quarterly.
"Th' Offense Pardons Itself": Sex And The Church In Othello And Measure For Measure, Jeffrey Wayne Windsor
"Th' Offense Pardons Itself": Sex And The Church In Othello And Measure For Measure, Jeffrey Wayne Windsor
Theses and Dissertations
In 1604, James had newly ascended to the throne and England was now part of Great Britain. The Puritans-largely silenced during Elizabeth's reign-began again to assert political influence and call for reformation to both the state and the church. This is the context in which Shakespeare wrote Othello and Measure for Measure. In both plays, the role of the government in Cyprus or Vienna hinges upon the passions of a single authority figure. Both Angelo and Othello cause political unrest because they mismanage sexuality. In the case of Othello, his unfounded sexual jealousy leads to the death of Desdemona, Emilia, …
Such A Deal Of Wonder: Structures Of Feeling And Performances Of The Winter's Tale From 1981 To 2002, Elizabeth Marie Burt
Such A Deal Of Wonder: Structures Of Feeling And Performances Of The Winter's Tale From 1981 To 2002, Elizabeth Marie Burt
Theses and Dissertations
Structures of feeling represent the interaction between personal lived experience and fixed social values and meanings, which are found in interpretations of works of art. Studying various interpretations of any play in performance can provide a point of access into a culture because the choices made in the production can be compared to each other and to the written text and then reveal how the theatrical company views particular issues within their own time period. This study looks at productions of The Winter's Tale between 1981 and 2002 at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Using numerous versions …
D. Taylor And D. Beauregard, Shakespeare And The Culture Of Christianity In Early Modern England, Christopher P. Baker
D. Taylor And D. Beauregard, Shakespeare And The Culture Of Christianity In Early Modern England, Christopher P. Baker
Literature: Faculty Publications
This book review was published in Renaissance Quarterly.
Castle To Condo, Country To Corporation: What Becomes Of Hamlet In Almereyda's Modern World, Melissa Trosclair Daigle
Castle To Condo, Country To Corporation: What Becomes Of Hamlet In Almereyda's Modern World, Melissa Trosclair Daigle
LSU Master's Theses
This paper looks into the inner workings of Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (2000). Even though Almereyda updates the setting and cuts many of the lines, sometimes entire scenes, from the source text, he is able to convey the some of the themes through his use of technology and media. While some themes do transfer into the postmodern setting, the places of discord are most interesting. Of particular interest is his use of modern technologies to display the corruption found in Shakespeare's play. These technologies, including speakerphone, surveillance equipment, wiring devices, handheld camcorders, and still photography, create an atmosphere of both continual …
In The Tout Court Of Shakespeare: Interdisciplinary Pedagogy In Law, Desmond Manderson
In The Tout Court Of Shakespeare: Interdisciplinary Pedagogy In Law, Desmond Manderson
Journal of Legal Education
No abstract provided.
Shakespeare Under Arrest: The Construction And Idea Of The Constable In Loves Labour's Lost, Much Ado About Nothing And Measure For Measure, Robert T. Mcgovern
Shakespeare Under Arrest: The Construction And Idea Of The Constable In Loves Labour's Lost, Much Ado About Nothing And Measure For Measure, Robert T. Mcgovern
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
"Shakespeare Under Arrest: The Construction and Idea of the Constable in Love Labour's Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, and Measure for Measure"' examines the comedic constables, Dull, Dogberry and Elbow respectively. The constables are constructed from the historical frame work that formed and informed their office. In order to properly construct the comedic constables that appear in these comedies. William Shakespeare had to have a historical frame in order to place them in the proper historical framework before his Elizabethan audiences. This work uses such sources as T.A. Critchley's, A History of Police in England and Wales and Joan R. …
Wrestling With Father Shakespeare: Contemporary Revisions Of King Lear And The Tempest., Erin Melinda Denise Presley
Wrestling With Father Shakespeare: Contemporary Revisions Of King Lear And The Tempest., Erin Melinda Denise Presley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In Shakespeare’s The Tempest and King Lear, the relationship between the father and his children affects the progression and outcome of events. Goneril and Regan oppose Lear after Cordelia’s untimely rebellion and disownment. In The Tempest, Caliban desires to overthrow Prospero for freedom. Similarly, the appropriative offspring also exhibit rebellious “children” challenging authority. In Jane Smiley’s revision of King Lear and Aimé Césaire’s rewriting of The Tempest, defiance renders the children fatherless. In Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Ariel initially disregards her father but ultimately accepts his rule. In Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day, the text itself becomes an orphan as the …
Public Justice And Private Mercy In Measure For Measure, Stacy Magedanz
Public Justice And Private Mercy In Measure For Measure, Stacy Magedanz
Library Faculty Publications & Presentations
As the only one of Shakespeare’s plays to carry a biblical title, Measure for Measure draws on an explicitly Christian body of thought about law, mercy, justice, and the right exercise of authority. The pervasive influence of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7) over Measure for Measure’s action has led many critics to interpret the play as a straightforward Christian allegory where Mercy pleads before God in a grand Last Judgment.1 Another group, perhaps in reaction, has found in the play a subversion of the expected outcomes of justice, or even a radical subversion of all authority.2 During the …
Dramatic Relocation: The Time And Place For Shakespeare On Film, Lydia Lunning
Dramatic Relocation: The Time And Place For Shakespeare On Film, Lydia Lunning
Honors Papers
"Doing Shakespeare is simply harder than anything else," Colm Feore says to his interviewer, while apparently on break from rehearsing his role as Marcus Andronicus before principal photography begins for Julie Taymor's film, Titus (1999). "It's harder than Chekov, it's harder than Moliere, it's harder than Racine, it's harder than .. . anything!" ("The Making of Titus," DVD Special Features). The team involved in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (2000) as well as that of Richard Loncraine's Richard III (1995) didn't have it any easier. By all accounts of each filmmaking process, none of the films to be discussed here had the …
Mythcon 33 - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare And Fantasy, The Mythopoeic Society
Mythcon 33 - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare And Fantasy, The Mythopoeic Society
Mythcon Programs
Mythcon 33's primary conference theme focuses on William Shakespeare both as an influence on modern fantasy literature and as a fantasist himself. A secondary theme for this thirty-third conference is "Coming of Age."
To Be Or Not To Be: A Portrayal Of William Shakespeare In Children's Literature, Kathy S. Grout
To Be Or Not To Be: A Portrayal Of William Shakespeare In Children's Literature, Kathy S. Grout
Graduate Research Papers
This study analyzed how accurately authors of historical fiction portray William Shakespeare, the man and events of his life. An attempt was made to locate 25 books that contained Shakespeare as a character or dealt with events from his life. Twenty-two books were chosen that were written for children, young adults and adults with recommendations for young adults. Each book was read, summarized, reread and examined by completing a content analysis checklist designed to evaluate the portrayal of William Shakespeare and events of his life. Four hypotheses relating to known facts about Shakespeare's life, the fictionalization of his character, the …
Shut Up Or Drown: Silence And Containment Of The Garrulous Woman In Medieval And Shakespearean Drama, Melissa Margaret Filosa
Shut Up Or Drown: Silence And Containment Of The Garrulous Woman In Medieval And Shakespearean Drama, Melissa Margaret Filosa
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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The Pathology Of Rhetoric In Coriolanus, Yvonne Bruce
The Pathology Of Rhetoric In Coriolanus, Yvonne Bruce
English Faculty Publications
Coriolanus seems to be a play of action, a dramatized world of mutinous citizens, plotting tribunes, famine, war, and banishment. Yet what really happens in this world? The citizens never realize their mutiny. Brutus and Sicinius never realize their illdefined plot, Coriolanus' consulship is rescinded, the mutual banishment of Coriolanus is undone by his resolve not to make "true wars" against Rome. and the defeat of Aufidius in act one becomes a meaningless victory when Coriolanus is in turn defeated in the final scene of the play. Perhaps it is more accurate to call Coriolanus a play of action, a …
Prince Hal: Reformation Or Calculated Education?, Jennifer Drouin
Prince Hal: Reformation Or Calculated Education?, Jennifer Drouin
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Codependents Medieval Style, Angie Russell Hunt
Codependents Medieval Style, Angie Russell Hunt
The Corinthian
When we repeat the truism "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely," it is usually obvious who is being corrupted. However, in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the reader is left to wonder who has been corrupted by the temptation of absolute powerMacbeth or Lady Macbeth?, Whose motives are at play and what are they?