Myth And Mythology In English Literature Shakespeare S Gender Representation And Role Reversal In Venus And Adonis
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Myth And Mythology In English Literature Shakespeare S Gender Representation And Role Reversal In Venus And Adonis
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Author : Daniel Laux
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2013-08-12
Myth And Mythology In English Literature Shakespeare S Gender Representation And Role Reversal In Venus And Adonis written by Daniel Laux and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Augsburg (Institut für Englische Sprachwissenschaft), course: Myth and Mythology in English Literature, language: English, abstract: William Shakespeare is and has always been one of the most read authors of all times. His stories, books, plays and even poems have been discussed and analysed several times and still play an important role in our society as new interpretations and adaptions surface on a daily basis. Pupils still have to read his plays in school and more and more movie and theatre productions seem to find their way into the world of Broadway and Hollywood. However, with today's impact of multimedia technology on society and applied arts a great amount of people forget to look deeper into the real meaning and the controversial issues that Shakespeare dealt with and tried to portray in his written work. Therefore, there has been the development of gender studies and queer theory that tries to have a closer look at Shakespeare and his use of sexual intentions: "So much sex is readily apparent in Shakespeare [...] [and] every play is shot with sexual puns." (Wells 1) One of Shakespeare's best known and most dealt with publications, in regard to gender studies, is his poem Venus and Adonis from 1593, which marks his first published work ever and incorporates two of the best known figures of Greek mythology that were first dealt with in Ovid's Metamorphoses (cf. Shakespeare 125). However, when it comes to their character traits and their course of action, one can notice that both of them adopt attributes from the opposite sex leading to a confusion in terms of gender roles. Both Venus and Adonis slip into the opposite sex when it comes to their physical appearance as well as to their actions and both of them make it quite clear that the poem does not deal with a story of real love, but with unrequited lust instead. In order to show this, this term paper in hand tries to analyse the main protagonists of the poem Venus and Adonis by focusing on their physical appearance as well as on their behaviour towards one another. Furthermore, the slight differences between the original myth itself by Ovid and Shakespeare's altered version will be taken into account in order to show the meaning and to highlight the functions of Shakespeare's version. Finally, this term paper will focus on two highly important symbols which would be the boar and ultimately Adonis' metamorphosis since both have an important meaning in regard to the portrayal of Venus, the Goddess of Love and her object of desire, Adonis.
Shakespeare S Goddess
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Author : J. Snodgrass
language : en
Publisher: City of Light Publishing
Release Date : 2024-04-15
Shakespeare S Goddess written by J. Snodgrass and has been published by City of Light Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
In our culture, Shakespeare's works are classics and his characters have achieved mythical status. But what did William Shakespeare consider to be the great myths and classics? And who were the empowering role models for his bold and unforgettable heroines? In plays and poems throughout his career, Shakespeare explored many facets of the divine feminine, including Greek and Roman goddesses— he nearly deified Queen Elizabeth. His characters frequently refer to classical goddesses, some plays feature literal appearances of goddesses onstage, and the goddess of love starred in his epic poem Venus and Adonis. Shakespeare's Goddess explores the poet's many representations of the divine feminine, as a pantheon of individual deities, and also as diverse manifestations of a single, multifaceted goddess. This thoroughly researched sequel to Supernatural Shakespeare: Magic and Ritual in Merry Old England will appeal to scholars, but its playful and engaging tone also makes it accessible to anyone who appreciates Shakespeare.
The Representation Of Gender In Shakespeare S Macbeth And Antony And Cleopatra
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Author : Verena Schörkhuber
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-09
The Representation Of Gender In Shakespeare S Macbeth And Antony And Cleopatra written by Verena Schörkhuber and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09 with categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A, University of Edinburgh, course: Tragedy, History and Sovereignty in Late Medieval and Early Modern Poetry and Drama, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Building on the assumption that differences between the sexes in tragedy are defined through competing representations of heroism, this paper shall take a closer look at the representation of gender in two premodern tragedies, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. The aim of this paper shall be to provide a short introduction to (Shakespeare) feminist criticism, which will be supplemented with an overview of various notable instances of the representation of gender in these two works.
Shakspere S Venus And Adonis
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Shakspere S Venus And Adonis written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with categories.
Shakespeare S Venus Adonis
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Shakespeare S Venus Adonis written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Adonis (Greek deity) categories.
Shakespeare S Venus And Adonis
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
Shakespeare S Venus And Adonis written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with English poetry categories.
Shakespeare And The Nature Of Women
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Author : Juliet Dusinberre
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1996-06-12
Shakespeare And The Nature Of Women written by Juliet Dusinberre and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Shakespeare and the Nature of Women was the first full-length feminist analysis of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, ushering in a new era in research and criticism. Its arguments for the feminism both of the drama and the early modern period caused instant controversy, which still engrosses scholars. Dusinberre argues that Puritan teaching on sexuality and spiritual equality raises questions about women which feed into the drama, where the role of women in relation to authority structures is constantly renegotiated. Using a critical language which predates Foucault and other major theorists, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women argues that Renaissance drama highlights ways in which the feminine and the masculine are socially constructed. The presence of the boy actor on stage created an awareness of gender as performance, now crucial to contemporary feminist thought. Shakespeare and the Nature of Women claimed for women a right to speak about the literary text from their own place in history and culture. The author's Preface to the second edition traces contemporary developments in feminist scholarship, which still wrestles with the book's main thesis: Renaissance feminism, feminist Shakespeare.
Feminist Criticism
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Author : Sara Ekici
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2009-11-07
Feminist Criticism written by Sara Ekici and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-07 with Feminism and literature categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Kassel (Fachbereich für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften), course: Schakespeare, language: English, abstract: Female characters play an important role for the dramatic run of events in Shakespeare's plays. Just as in reality, women of Shakespeare's dramas have been bound to rules and conventions of the patriarchal Elizabethan era. Therefore, it was very common back in Elizabethan England to compel woman into marriages in order to receive power, legacy, dowry or land in exchange. Even though the Queen herself was an unmarried woman, the roles of woman in society were extremely restricted. Single women have been the property of their fathers and handed over to their future husbands through marriage. In Elizabethan time, women were considered as the weaker sex and dangerous, because their sexuality was supposedly mystic and therefore feared by men. Women of that era were supposed to represent virtues like obedience, silence, sexual chastity, piety, humility, constancy, and patience. All these virtues, of course, have their meaning in relationship to men. The role allocation in Elizabethan society was strictly regulated; men were the breadwinners and woman had to be obedient housewives and mothers. However, within this deprived, tight and organized scope, women have been represented in most diverse ways in Shakespearean Drama. The construction of female characters in Shakespeare's plays reflects the Elizabethan image of woman in general. For all that, Shakespeare supports the English Renaissance stereotypes of genders, their roles and responsibilities in society, he also puts their representations into question, challenges, and also revises them.
The Women Of Shakespeare
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Author : Frank Harris
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-12-22
The Women Of Shakespeare written by Frank Harris and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Frank Harris argues that the way women are presented in Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets are a reflection of the real-life women in his life, namely his wife, mother, mistress and daughter. Originally published in 1911, The Women of Shakespeare also analyses the traditional criticism of the time and places his own views in this context. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature.
Venus Adonis
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Venus Adonis written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with categories.