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Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew: A Structural and Theatrical Analysis
… dissertation is to show that The Taming of the Shrew is a richer, more complex, more finely crafted, and more meaningful play than has ordinarily been thought, even by those who profess admiration for it. My critical approach is to look at the play with "performance," both real and ideal, …
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An Analysis Of Phenetic Variation In The Least Shrew Cryptotis Parva (Say)
No study of the taxonomy of Cryptotis parva has been undertaken since 1942. The purpose of this study was to observe and describe the patterns of phenetic variation in C. parva in the United States and to use the patterns to assess the status of currently recognized subspecies. To accomplish this …
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Ecological and Genetic Connectivity of Shrews (Sorex spp.) across Interstate-90 in the Washington Cascade Range
… project. The goal of my study was to investigate shrews – very small mammals with presumably low mobility and dispersal capacity – at sites on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range where wildlife crossing structures will be built in the future. My main objectives were to verify shrew species …
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Factors affecting distribution and habitat selection of water shrews Neomys fodiens
The water shrew Neomys fodiens is one of Britain’s least known mammals and its habitat requirements are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine occurrence and associated habitat preferences of water shrews, a species of conservation concern, by comparing populations in central …
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To Kill a Wife with Kindness: Early modern marriage in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
… of marital issues in his play, The Taming of the Shrew, particularly in light of the significant changes in attitudes towards marriage brought about by the Reformation. Old and brutal methods of wifedisciplining began to be frowned upon and replaced by new ideas presumably more suited to a …
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Aspects of the energy and water metabolism in the rock hyrax Procavia Capensis and the elephant shrew Elephantulus Edwardi
In three digestion trials the energy intake and assimilation of the hyrax Procavia capensis was evaluated. Energy intake was low but the efficiency of energy assimilation was within the range found for other herbivores.
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Molecular characterization of rodent- and-shrew-borne viruses and the prevalence and intensity of infestation of small mammal fleas, in Namibia
Small mammals host diverse communities of both ectoparasites (e.g. fleas and ticks) and endoparasites (e.g. bacteria and viruses). Some parasites are vectors of diseases that infect both humans and wildlife. The main objective of the study was to discover and molecularly characterize novel …
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Phylogeographic and morphometric studies on the Eurasian pygmy shrew Sorex minutus: insights into its evolutionary history and postglacial colonisation in Europe
… and morphology of the Eurasian pygmy shrew Sorex minutus, searching for significantly differentiated lineages, colonisation routes and demographic parameters that would explain the effects of the Quaternary glaciations on the current distribution of the species. I also explore the …
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Morphometric and genetic variation among populations of the southern short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis, located along the Coastal Plain of Virginia
<p>The distribution of short-tailed shrews, Blarina carolinensis and B. brevicauda, demonstrates contiguous allopatry in peninsular situations in the Coastal Plain of Virginia, and in other areas. The distribution of these two species is unusual in that they do not exhibit syntopy except within a …
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The Making of the Shrew: Comedy, Adaptation, and the Construction of Shakespeare's Cultural Authority on the Restoration and Eighteenth -Century Stage
John Lacy's Sauny the Scot (1668) engages in dialogue with the poetic satire of the Restoration and calls for the reassertion of male hegemony in marriage in order to criticize Charles II and imagine for the theater a moral authority that counters the king's power to license the stage. Charles …
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A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park
Understanding the extent and cause of small mammal diversity and movement in an area is one of the major challenges in modern ecology. Rodents are a very successful group forming the largest Order of mammals, but monitoring trends in populations remains complicated, especially when populations are …
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"Taming" Feminism: Tracing Women and Culture Through Adaptation
… is film adaptations of <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i> and the messages that these adaptations send about cultural responses to feminism. The staging of the play--and the nature of Kate and Petruchio's relationship--acts as a barometer of sorts, measuring cultural attitudes about women's …
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"Performing Marriage in Early Modern England: Wooing and Wedding in ""The Shoemaker's Holiday"", ""The Taming of the Shrew"", ""The Spanish Tragedy"", and ""Titus Andronicus"
… Chapter Three argues that The Taming of the Shrew challenges the notion that early modern marriage merely indoctrinated couples into dominant/submissive gender roles, suggesting that Kate deftly works from within marriage to incorporate her wit and sexuality even into her performances of …
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The reproductive biology of two small southern African mammals, the spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus (Rodentia: Muridae) and the Eastern rock elephant-shrew, Elephantulus myurus (Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae)
… spinosissimus) and the Eastern rock elephant-shrew (Elephantulus myurus) from South Africa. Furthermore, it compared hypothalamic kisspeptin expression in males and females of both species between the breeding and non-breeding seasons to ascertain if kisspeptin had any potential role in …
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The Ultrastructure of the Olfactory System in Two Species of Short-Tailed Shrews, <i>Blarina brevicauda</i> and <i>Blarina carolinensis</i>
… olfactory systems of the northern short-tailed shrew, <em>Blarina brevicauda</em>, and the southern short-tailed shrew, <em>Blarina carolinensis</em>, were examined by light and electron microscopy. These shrews were live trapped in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia throughout all months of the …
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Performing dreams in England and Spain, 1570-1670
… namely William Shakespeare’s 'The Taming of the Shrew' and 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream', Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 'Life Is a Dream' and 'Sometimes Dreams Come True' and Aphra Behn’s 'The Young King'. Chapter 1 introduces the cultural milieus in which my case studies operate and validate my …
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