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Defending Desdemona, Reclaiming Cordelia: A Woman-Centric Defense of Shakespeare's Heroines in Othello and King Lear
(2017-02-07)
Since the debut of Othello and King Lear more than 400 years ago, the characters of Desdemona and Cordelia have largely served to highlight the despair and fall of their male counterparts. The rise of women’s power in the ...
On Not Knowing Death: The Figure of the Soldier in the Novels of Virginia Woolf
(2017-02-14)
I find that of all the things that drive Virginia Woolf’s work, war is most important. To understand war in her writing, I study the three soldier characters appearing in her novels: Jacob Flanders, Jacob’s Room (1922); ...
Extricating Sycorax From the Tempest's Baseless Fabric
(2017-03-30)
Sycorax, although dead in The Tempest, continues to be disinterred like a centuries-old cold case. The intrigue that one dead witch generates has transcended time and scrutiny. This thesis examines the mental power struggle ...
Building the Bildungsroman: How Jonathan Swift’s Early Satire Helped James Joyce Find His Voice
(2017-04-04)
This study investigates the stylistic affinities between Jonathan Swift and James Joyce, in particular those resemblances which are present in their earlier works—A Tale of a Tub, The Battel of the Books, and A Portrait ...
Enjambment as a Test of Style in Old English Poetry
(2017-03-28)
This study investigates whether enjambment can be used as a test of style in Old English poetry. Enjambment has been mentioned in previous scholarship but has never been the focus of a lengthy study. Data derived from a ...
“I Must Be Circumstanced:” Bianca’s Effect on Othello
(2017-04-25)
This study examines the inclusion of Bianca in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice. What purpose did the character serve, if any? How does the play benefit from her creation? Previous scholarly ...
The Dilemma of Shakespearean Sonship: An Analysis of Paternal Models of Authority and Filial Duty in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
(2017-04-18)
The aim of the proposed thesis will be to examine the complex and compelling relationship between fathers and sons in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. This study will investigate the difficult and challenging process of forming one’s ...
The Use of Nothing: the Abiding Disappearance of Lear's Fool
(2017-04-13)
This study investigates the disappearance of the Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear and how that disappearance affects our conception of the character and experience of the play. The investigation begins with the question ...
The Freedom to Enslave: The Tension Between Humanism and Hegemony in Shakespeare’s "The Tempest"
(2017-10-12)
This study examines the tension between humanism and hegemony in "The Tempest" and how that tension situates Prospero’s island as a microcosm for Elizabethan England. The central paradox of the play is the humanist sorcerer’s ...
Idylls of the Hearth: Enoch Arden and the Creation of Paradise
(2017-08-22)
This thesis examines a theme of natural theology exhibited in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Enoch Arden.” It surveys the text’s thematic experiments with scenery and spirituality, as well as the strategies governing its narrative ...