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Papers On Selected Comparisons
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The Postmodern Shakespeare
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A 10 page analysis of the validity of the opinions of philosopher Stanley Cavell regarding Shakespeare's five greatest tragedies -- Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. The paper concludes that Cavell's insights, contained in his book Discovering Knowledge in Six Plays of Shakespeare, can be appropriately applied to Shakespeare, because Shakespeare's mindset was very similar to that experienced by many people in the late twentieth century -- as well as aberrant for the early seventeenth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Postshak.wps
The Price Of Love In Shakespeare's Comedies
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A 10 page analysis of 4 of Shakespeare's comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, and All's well that ends well. The writer discusses these plays from the standpoint of the obstacles which the lover's had to overcome in order to reach a happy ending. The writer argues that these obstacles, as well as making a good story, also served to illustrate the purity and high spiritual level of the lovers' devotion. No secondary sources cited.
Filename: Lovecom.wps
The Search For Meaning In King Lear & Macbeth
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A 6 page paper looking at these two Shakespearean plays in terms of twentieth-century psychologist Viktor Frankl's theories on the relationship of suffering and meaning in life. The paper concludes that both Shakespeare and Frankl show that without a sense of meaning whose ground is in the self, life has no meaning at all. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: Learmac.wps
The Tempest and All's Well That Ends Well / Liberation & Coercion
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A 6 page paper comparing pairs of characters in these two Shakespearean plays. Specifically, the paper compares the way Prospero restricts Miranda's freedom versus the way Helena entraps Bertram, and contrasts the two plays' very different resolutions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Liberco.wps
The Three Levels of Love in Shakespearean Works
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This 10 page paper suggests that Shakespeare had intended to create three levels of love as related to the three sayings as contained in the caskets of the Merchant of Venice. Three levels of love are explored in the Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, As You Like It and The Twelfth Night.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA343Shk.rtf
THE USE OF TEMPTATION BY SHAKESPEARE
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This 4 page paper shows Shakespeare's use of temptation by giving examples and explanations from three of his plays: Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth. Quotes cited directly from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBtemp.rtf
Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies
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This 3 page paper discusses Richard Levin’s dark perspective on the comedies, and compares it to C.L. Barber’s “festive” approach. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HV2crshk.rtf
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