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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"William Shakespeare"”.
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William Shakespeare and Chinua Achebe: A Study of Character and the Supernatural
<p>This study examines how Shakespeare and Achebe use supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, beliefs, divinations and others to create complex characters. Even though these features are indicative of the preponderance of the belief in the supernatural by some people of the Elizabethan, …
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The woman in the moon : the moon as a dramatic character in the works of John Lyly and William Shakespeare
… a dramatic character in the works of John Lyly, William Shakespeare, and Shakespeare in collaboration. The thesis contextualizes these playwrights’ moon-characters within a broader trajectory of the moon as a dramatic character over the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Using early …
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GAMIFICANDO A SHAKESPEARE: La Gamificación en el aula de inglés trabajando la motivación, las habilidades socioemocionales y la implicación de los alumnos
… en gamificar la lectura de Romeo y Julieta de William Shakespeare
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Bells in tower at evening toll : a performer's guide to the songs of David P. Rossow on the texts of William Shakespeare and A. E. Housman for baritone voice and piano
… for baritone/low male voice and piano, Three Shakespeare Sonnets and Three A.E. Housman Songs. Chapter 1 is comprised of relevant biographical information about the composer from early childhood to present (2014). Chapters 2 and 3 are performance guides to Three Shakespeare Sonnets and Three …
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“A Door Left Open”: Tracing Shakespeare’s Influence in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen
… and effort reading and studying the works of William Shakespeare, as evidenced by his wife’s journals, the contents of his library at Bayreuth, and his personal accounts. In this thesis, I explore resonances between the dramatic works of William Shakespeare (specifically <em>Hamlet</em>, …
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El lenguaje de "Henry IV, PART I" y problemas que plantea su traducción al español
… las traducciones españolas de 1 Henry IV, de William Shakespeare, a través de un análisis comparativo de los pasajes más significativos de la obra, prestando especial atención a las ambigüedades y el juego verbal en general, pues ahí se halla la principal fuente de dificultad que tienen que …
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Charles William Wallace Shakespearean Scholar
… as many facts as possible of the life of William Shakespeare. Some have given years; others have spent their whole lives gathering bits of information about this writer who has often been acclaimed the greatest poet in English Literature.
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Shakespeare and superstition: A study of how shakespeare uses superstition and vision in Macbeth and Julius Caesar.
… use of superstition in some selected plays by William Shakespeare. The main purpose of the study was to analyse how Shakespeare uses superstition and visions in the two selected plays, Macbeth and Julius Caesar to structure his plays. The study investigated the consequences that befell the main …
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An analytical study of the character of Sir John Falstaff
… The Fourth, and The Merry Wives of Windor, by William Shakespeare, its purpose being to assist in an accurate portrayal of the character upon the stage. It is, then, an acting thesis in three parts: a study of the historical element of the character, analysis of the masterpieces as created by …
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The Comedy of Errors: A Romantic Comedy
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare is mostly performed as a knockabout farce. Despite undeniable farcical moments the play possesses a strong romantic strain, and the directors challenge is to reconcile these two aspects. For my thesis production of The Comedy of Errors in High Park this …
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Looking for Richard e Shakespeare in love : Shakespeare pela ótica do cinema hollywoodiano pós-modernista
… interdisciplinar que os filmes cinematográficos Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) e Looking for Richard (Al Pacino,1996) estabelecem em relação ao conjunto da obra de William Shakespeare. A análise dos filmes demonstra que, tanto pela estruturação de suas narrativas quanto por suas posturas …
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Shakespeare’s Historical Tetralogies: Compared and Contrasted
… and memorably." These words were spoken of William Shakespeare, literature’s greatest dramatist. These words can be verified easily enough by anyone who has read the many plays produced by this magnificent artist. It is not necessary, however, to read every-thing Shakespeare wrote in order …
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"The alien within": Residual Catholicism and the emerging national identity of post-Reformation England
… Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare.</p>
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Education Provision for the Mentally Retarded Children of the Omaha Public School System
No less dramatist than William Shakespeare employed the buffoon, the idiot to add zest or ribaldry for a certain group of his audience, or for the advancement of other technical schemes in his masterpieces. Throughout literature, the idiot, the feeble-minded has been characterized usually as an …
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Lucy Negro, Redux
… is a collection of poetry that uses the lens of Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" sonnets to explore the way questions about and desire for the black female body have evolved over time, from Elizabethan England to the Jim Crow South to the present day. Research for the collection began with the discovery …
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The Imagery of Sir John Falstaff
… of hie ten-act chronicle play, Henry IV, William Shakespeare wrote for hie audience's enjoyment a character, held to be by many scholars the greatest comic figure in literature—Sir John Falstaff. This man, the fat, ribald companion of Prince Hal, has enticed the critical minds of writers …
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The will of the people: Comedy and the comic persona in Shakespeare's sonnets
… critical observations to date, comedy exists in William Shakespeare's sonnet sequence. To substantiate this claim, the study explicates five sonnets, numbers 104, 91, 138, 143, and 130. For social and literary context, the study relies on two seminal works, a sociological treatise examining the …
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A Study of the Theme of Cruelty in Four Renaissance Dramas
… dramas.1 Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and John Webster represent the beginning, middle, and close of the age. This study examines both mental suffering and physical torture, and it has been fascinating to learn that Marlowe and Shakespeare concentrated more on …
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Elemental Anxieties in Jacobean Drama
… elemental language comes to the fore in William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's plays produced in the mid-portion of King James's reign. In this thesis, I argue that Shakespeare and Fletcher to use the language of air, water, and fire, in Pericles, Two Noble Kinsmen, and Bonduca, to …
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"For Such is a Friend Now": Reflection and Revision in Shakespeare's Comic Friendships
… historical and literary sense. During that time, William Shakespeare crafted remarkable and resonating depictions of friendship which have endured the through the ages. The distinction between Shakespeare's work and the work of other early modem writers lies in the fact that Shakespeare, more than …
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