Add to ORKGThe purpose of this paper is twofold: to explore the connections between the fictional queens Hippolyta and Titania and Queen Elizabeth I, and to build upon these connections to understand the effect that these characters have on Shakespeare’s modern female audience. I build upon the idea of Hippolyta’s “process of domestication” put forward by Kathryn Schwarz in “Tragical Mirth: Framing Shakespeare’s Hippolyta” and the eternal nature of the legacy of queens as told by Susan Frye in “Spectres of Female Sovereignty in Shakespeare’s Plays” in order to give new meaning to the life of Elizabeth I as told by Alison Weir. Queen Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream acts as a symbol of the masculine drive to conquer and diminish powerful women th...
Women across historical, social and religious boundaries have been pitted against the asphyxia...
In his British history plays, Shakespeare crafted portrayals of powerful female figures; his depicti...
Graduation date: 2012Sixteenth century Elizabeth I of England has long been a figure of interest to\...
Queen Elizabeth I\u27s writing is contextually significant; it represents not only Elizabeth\u27s th...
This paper is an exploration of William Shakespeare’s play-texts featuring magical women— A Midsumme...
Throughout history, women have been suppressed into the gender norms of a male dominated society. Wi...
This thesis focuses on Shakespeare’s representations of female leaders, studying his queen character...
Since her death in 1603, Queen Elizabeth I has been remembered in ways that increasingly depart from...
This project concerns the ways in which Shakespearean literature becomes translated into political t...
Female rule was anomalous in the sixteenth century, therefore, Elizabeth I developed a complex set o...
1Putting together concepts such as gender, emotions and sexuality to look back to a king is not jus...
The paper looks at the way in which the notion of queenship - in connection or in contrast with that...
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a nuanced play that illustrates revenge, madness, and complex relationships....
My discussion of maternity focuses initially on the ways in which Renaissance writers call on mother...
This dissertation is about the representation of queens in early modern English drama through the tr...
Women across historical, social and religious boundaries have been pitted against the asphyxia...
In his British history plays, Shakespeare crafted portrayals of powerful female figures; his depicti...
Graduation date: 2012Sixteenth century Elizabeth I of England has long been a figure of interest to\...
Queen Elizabeth I\u27s writing is contextually significant; it represents not only Elizabeth\u27s th...
This paper is an exploration of William Shakespeare’s play-texts featuring magical women— A Midsumme...
Throughout history, women have been suppressed into the gender norms of a male dominated society. Wi...
This thesis focuses on Shakespeare’s representations of female leaders, studying his queen character...
Since her death in 1603, Queen Elizabeth I has been remembered in ways that increasingly depart from...
This project concerns the ways in which Shakespearean literature becomes translated into political t...
Female rule was anomalous in the sixteenth century, therefore, Elizabeth I developed a complex set o...
1Putting together concepts such as gender, emotions and sexuality to look back to a king is not jus...
The paper looks at the way in which the notion of queenship - in connection or in contrast with that...
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a nuanced play that illustrates revenge, madness, and complex relationships....
My discussion of maternity focuses initially on the ways in which Renaissance writers call on mother...
This dissertation is about the representation of queens in early modern English drama through the tr...
Women across historical, social and religious boundaries have been pitted against the asphyxia...
In his British history plays, Shakespeare crafted portrayals of powerful female figures; his depicti...
Graduation date: 2012Sixteenth century Elizabeth I of England has long been a figure of interest to\...