Feminism in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Lysistrata”
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An eight page paper looking at the issue of feminism in these two plays by William Shakespeare and Aristophanes, respectively. The paper argues that both writers mocked women -- in “Lysistrata” because they were too unfeminine, and in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” because they were too irrational -- and shows how both plays call for a return to an ordered society at the end. No additional sources.
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Social Issues in “Othello” and “The Bluest Eye”
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A five page paper looking at these two works by William Shakespeare and Toni Morrison respectively, dealing with their treatment of social issues such as racism, both in the Elizabethan era and today. The paper shows that what the two protagonists have in common is the degree to which they have internalized their society’s racist impressions of them, and allowed it to corrode their own self-image.
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Othello & Renaissance Humanism
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A 3 page essay, -- using quotes from the original play-- which describes Shakespeare's 'Othello' as a work typical of the Renaissance's emphasis on humanism. The writer discusses the development of Othello's character and the underlying themes of outsider prejudice which run throughout the story. No Bibliography.
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Othello / In The Tradition Of The Renaissance
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A 3 page essay on the play 'Othello' and how it related both to Shakespeare himself and to the Renaissance period. Examples of themes introduced in the story are used to illustrate how Othello was both a hero and outsider... different, yet acceptable, -- and thus, an exemplary figure from Renaissance literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Shakespeare's ‘Renaissance Gentleman'
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A 4 page paper which provides the student with an imaginative reenactment of William Shakespeare's commentary on how he expressed humanism in his quintessential Renaissance man, Prince Hamlet of Denmark. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Renshake.wps