The Western Literary Tradition—Essay #3 Examine the depictions of women in TWO of the texts we have studied. (I would recommend longer, more studied texts like Shakespeare or Spencer or the Colonial writers.) *NOTE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD; YOUR FOCUS IS LITERARY ANALYSIS; WHAT DOES THE LITERARYRead more about We can work on The Western Literary Tradition—Essay #3 Examine the depictions of women in TWO of the texts we have studied. (I would recommend longer, more studied texts like Shakespeare or Spencer or the Colonial writers.)[…]
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We can work on Shakespeare King Lear Act 1-3
Consider acts 1-3. What do the different characters suggest about whether this is a drama about morals or if it is a play about political power struggles? Consider the leadership styles of the different characters. Does one revail prevail throughout acts 1, 2, and 3? If it does, how does it affect the action andRead more about We can work on Shakespeare King Lear Act 1-3[…]
We can work on Shakespeare “Hamlet”
Choose any one scene or soliloquy and write a clear explication of it, focusing, of course, on passages that you then can tie to the broader themes of the play. Here’s a challenging one: discuss art in Hamlet. How does Hamlet use drama to address his problems? Take one of the minor characters in theRead more about We can work on Shakespeare “Hamlet”[…]
We can work on Module: ALMOST SHAKESPEARE
Module: ALMOST SHAKESPEARE 1. ‘Shakespearean offshoots often come close to that least valued form of literary appreciation: character criticism.’ (C. Desmet) Discuss. 2. ‘It goes almost without saying that the Shakespearean texts being reworked by other writers would need to be well known, both for the interrelationships and interplay to be identifiable and forRead more about We can work on Module: ALMOST SHAKESPEARE[…]