Essays about: "Romeo and Juliet"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Romeo and Juliet.

  1. 1. Blinded by Angels, Monsters, Mad Women, or Mothers : The Struggling Break from Patriarchy in Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Satvinder Sue Munde; [2021]
    Keywords : Patriarchy; Hegemony; Misogynistic; Feminism; Gynocritics;

    Abstract : This study attempts to shed light on the psychological mindsets of two minor femalecharacters in two fictional stories, Lady Capulet, the mother in Romeo and Juliet (1597), and Mrs Bennet, the mother in Pride and Prejudice (1813). The stories are set centuries apart by two different English authors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Creating Character: Romeo, Juliet and didactic challenges with improvised modern scenes

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för de humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik

    Author : Clara Hultgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Character work; drama; didactic challenges; Shakespeare; English as second additional language;

    Abstract : This essay describes an action research project conducted twice in the same high school with second year students within the subject English. Students are often unwilling or unable to relate to Shakespeare and his language. It is boring, they say. It is difficult, inaccessible and has nothing to do with us, they say. READ MORE

  4. 3. Shall I Compare Thee To Textbooks? : The Selection and Tasks Associated with Shakespeare in Upper Secondary Textbooks

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Linn Emanuelsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Textbooks; Shakespeare; teaching Shakespeare; selection; material; tasks; activities; exercises; Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet.;

    Abstract : This essay has investigated the use of Shakespearean texts as well as tasks associated with those texts in upper secondary textbooks. The investigation looked at both which texts of Shakespeare’s are most frequent and how students are supposed to work with the texts. READ MORE

  5. 4. “O, she is rich in beauty; only poor that when she dies, with beauty dies her store” : Rosaline in Shakespeare’s sixteenth-century play Romeo and Juliet and Rebecca Serle’s young adult novel When You Were Mine

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Lisa Ryen; [2016]
    Keywords : Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet; Rebecca Serle; When You Were Mine; Rosaline Capulet; Zeffirelli; Shakespeare; Romeo och Julia; Rebecca Serle; When You Were Mine; Rosaline Capulet; Zeffirelli;

    Abstract : This essay conducts a comparative analysis of the importance of the character Rosaline and the differences in her portrayal in two works: William Shakespeare’s 1590s play Romeo and Juliet and Rebecca Serle’s young adult novel When You Were Mine (2012). The essay especially looks into Rosaline’s importance for Romeo and Juliet’s relationship in the play and the novel. READ MORE

  6. 5. Teaching Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julietin L2 adult education : A qualitative study on teachers’ and students’ opinions on Shakespeare and his language as a topic in the EFL classroom in formal and non-formal adult education

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Judit Korcsolan; [2011]
    Keywords : literature in foreign language teaching; Shakespeare; Shakespearean language; adult learners in EFL; lifelong learning; formal and non-formal learning; Romeo and Juliet;

    Abstract : This essay presents a literary study for adult students of English at English A level at Komvux (municipal adult education) and Vuxenskola (a study association for adult non-formal learning). It has its basis in the question whether reading Shakespeare in the original version is suitable for language learners as form, and is beneficial as content. READ MORE