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Shakespeare and King Henry V: Historical Research Informing Artistic Decisions
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) remains simultaneously the most produced and most studied playwright in the English-speaking world. With so many Shakespeare festivals spread across Canada and the United States, it seems that there would be ample opportunity for the artistic and academic communities …
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Something rich and strange: a psycho-geographic unconcealing of the genius loci of Shoreditch, London, exploring affinities between generative artificial intelligence and Shakespearean text
… models to the words of William Shakespeare (1564 –1616). Text, themes, and lyrics written or performed in the years 1597-99 (when the poet was living and working in the London district of Shoreditch), are used as prompts in a ‘Creative Cybernetic’, psycho-geographic process of procedural …
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The development of Shaksperean form through the period of the plays
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Alchemy In Selected Plays Of Shakespeare
Alchemy, as a philosophical system incorporating elements of religion, psychology, and myth, provided a rich matrix of imagery and associations. The mean of certain allusions and processes in Shakespeare's plays are clarified and extended by reference to alchemical concepts. Research includes …
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The use of prose in Shakspeare's comedies
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Proverb lore in Shakespeare's comedies.
Shakespeare's use of proverbs in his comedies follows rather closely conventional Elizabethan artistic devices. In his more mature comedies and in his later romances proverbs are woven into the organic structure. The proverbs have some rather definite patterns of usage: moralization, ornamentation, …
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Wisdom and Law: Political Thought in Shakespeare's Comedies
In this study of A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, and Measure for Measure I argue that the surface plots of these comedies point us to a philosophic understanding seldom discussed in either contemporary public discourse or in Shakespearean scholarship. The comedies usually involve …
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A study of the characters in Richard III.
It has long been acknowledged that this era (1452-1485) comprehends one of the darkest, the most complex, and the least authenticated portion of English history. Preceding this time historians have been guided by a series of trustworthy chroniclers who have made research comparatively easy. But as …
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Henry Fuseli's contributions to the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery : their place in the history of Shakespeare illustration
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Art,
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Scoring for the Specter: Dualities in the Music of the Ghost Scene in Four Film Adaptations of Hamlet
This document's purpose is to analyze dualities found in different films of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Each version brings different ideas to it. By analyzing each version and focusing on the Ghost Scene, comparisons of the scene's symbolism are made between the musical scores. The beginning chapters …
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Shakespeare's Henry V and the Alexandrian Allusion
<p>The character of Henry V (in Shakespeare's play of the same name) has been a matter of debate among critics, some of whom accept the historical view of Henry as an extraordinarily able and heroic king, while others view him as an extremely unattractive personality, a spiritual hypocrite, and a …
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A mixed methods study of the relationship between dialogic inquiry and engagement in active learning Shakespeare education
This study evaluated the relationship between dialogic inquiry and student engagement within the context of active learning Shakespeare education. Active learning is a pedagogical framework that challenges students to experience Shakespeare’s literature by embodying the text through voice and …
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Acting in Shakespeare: Singular sensations in Shakespeare and song
The purpose of this project was to determine if it was possible to take Shakespeare's text and, preserving the language, present it in a way which would make it more accessible to a modern audience. It was also important to maintain the appropriate acting style and technique that distinguishes …
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A comparison between the misers in Moliere's L'Avare and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice with a study of their sources
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Producing early modern space and the mind in public and closet drama
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