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1. What Walpole did to Shakespeare's Women : A Comparison between Female Characters in Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto and William Shakespeare’s Othello
Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Sammanfattning : In this essay I will compare the views on women in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, looking mainly at the gendered structures of patriarchal caregivers, freedom of marriage as well as domestic violence. I am doing this in order to point out the possibility of Walpole’s influence on Shakespeare by a literary comparison. LÄS MER
2. Racial Prejudices as Societal Norms: Utilizing Genre Pedagogy to Help Students Work with William Shakespeare’s 'Othello'
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : This essay examines racial attitudes in Elizabethan England to re-read Shakespeare’s Othello with an emphasis on the characters Roderigo, Iago, Brabantio, the Duke of Venice, and Emilia. It also looks at the historical background of blackface and how it contributed to racism. LÄS MER
3. Shakespeare's Language : Styles and meanings in King Lear relating to power
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleSammanfattning : This is a linguistic study that will apply theories as a way of understanding the contexts of aspects of the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, as they relate to the possession, and exercise of power. It focuses on targeting and exploring the language of the play and how it impacts characters’ behaviour to gain or sustain power. LÄS MER
4. Beyond Shakespeare: A close reading of the epigraphs in Justin Cronin's The Passage.
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : One common phenomenon in literature is the use of epigraphs both at the beginning of a work and before the start of a chapter. Although the use of epigraphs is common in literary works, the purpose and function might differ; not only due to different intentions by authors but as claimed by French literary scholar Gerard Genette, the effect also relies on the interpretation of the reader. LÄS MER
5. Blinded by Angels, Monsters, Mad Women, or Mothers : The Struggling Break from Patriarchy in Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : This study attempts to shed light on the psychological mindsets of two minor femalecharacters in two fictional stories, Lady Capulet, the mother in Romeo and Juliet (1597), and Mrs Bennet, the mother in Pride and Prejudice (1813). The stories are set centuries apart by two different English authors. LÄS MER
