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“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 ...
“Betrothed Both to a Maid and Man”: Bisexuality in William Shakespeare’s Crossdressing Plays
(2018-04-16)
This thesis examines the existence of bisexuality in William Shakespeare’s three major crossdressing plays: The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night. The past few decades have seen several homoerotic ...
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 ...
Ordinary People: The Reader’s Changing Relationship to Kazuo Ishiguro’s Narrators
(2018-02-20)
This study explores the role of the narrator in Kazuo Ishiguro’s work, concentrating on the middle three of his seven novels (The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, and When We Were Orphans). Critics note the fragmented ...
Still Mad: The Legacy of Madwoman in the Attic in Two Contemporary Novels.
(2018-04-10)
The basic purpose of this thesis project is to explore the ways in which the figure of the “madwoman” and the claims of Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s Madwoman in the Attic appear in contemporary fiction by women. A ...
Master of Death: Love and Spirituality in the Harry Potter Series
(2017-08-10)
J. K. Rowling creates a world in which there is no religion and no god, but in which there is still a great sense of morality and love. In her seven-book Harry Potter series, Rowling shows that life is not about avoiding ...
Construction Amid Deconstruction: Survival of the Kindest and the Ethos of Caring in the Hunger Games
(2017-11-16)
Katniss Everdeen - the girl who was on fire, the Mockingjay, the iconic heroine of Suzanne Collins’ young adult series The Hunger Games - has captivated audiences worldwide since 2008, when she burst from the page as a ...