Explore rites of passage in Shakespeare’s plays, especially conflicts between children and their parents. Marjorie Garber’s Coming of Age in
Paper #2 1000-1500 words. No outside scholarly research required. MLA format if you do use in class secondary resources. Please see my handout on useful tips for writing papers on Shakespeare. pick one of the topics bellow:
Explore rites of passage in Shakespeare’s plays, especially conflicts between children and their parents. Marjorie Garber’s Coming of Age in Shakespeare (1981) is a useful book on this topic.
Develop an argument about Shakespeare’s use of language and rhetoric.
Develop an argument about conflicting views of love and marriage in Shakespeare’s works.
Explore Shakespeare’s dramatization of different views of political authority, divine right vs. Machiavellian, and perhaps others.
Explore Shakespeare’s dramatization of gender issues, including the treatment of women, the depiction of femininity or masculinity, issues of cross-dressing, and homo-eroticism.
Explore the role of the supernatural in Shakespeare’s plays. Why does Shakespeare include supernatural elements? How does he dramatize these elements? Are there complications that arise in introducing these elements?
Explore Shakespeare’s dramatization of religious issues and ideas.
Explore the role and function of the fool in Shakespeare’s plays.
Explore the idea of revenge in Shakespeare’s plays
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