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X Rated Shakespeare?

Friday, June 11th, 2010

My final research paper for my ENG203 class was a look at the Elizabethan sexual references made by Shakespeare.   Today’s audiences miss some of these juicy, sexy and downright bawdy jokes.   Censorship was rampant during Shakespeare’s times but he still had to entertain his groundling and penny stinkards at the Globe Theater.  This paper only [...]

Shakespeare’s Sources for The Tempest Research Paper

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

I have two more research papers to post from my Shakespeare English Studies classes.   The play this paper was written about was The Tempest.   I have gotten A+ grades on all of these papers.   Being a History Major, I have taken my study of the works of Shakespeare and looked at them from a historical [...]

Reflections on Early Shakespeare “The Bard through New Eyes”

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Today, I continue to add one of my older Shakespeare research papers from my first term in Mr. Jensen’s class.  By the end of the term, I was feeling quite good about my success in the course.   This paper was a little indulgent on my part, but it still received another A+.  This paper was [...]

Shakespeare’s Botanical References – Love In Idleness Flowers

Monday, May 31st, 2010

As an effort to catch up with posting all of my research papers for my Shakespeare English Literature class, here is one more for you today.   While studying Mid Summer Nights Dream, I noticed the use of botanical references to flowers and their medicinal properties.   This led to a wonderful research journey into Shakespeare’s early [...]

Shakespeare’s Richard III and the Two Princes in the Tower

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

As a Non Traditional Student and a History Major, I have been enjoying my assignments for research papers in my Shakespeare series of classes.  I have been posting my papers on the Reaching Lifelong Goals blog as a archive online of my Non Trad journey.   I have created a special category on my blog to [...]

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