Browsing OU - Theses by Author "Garofalo, Daniela"
Now showing items 1-6 of 6
-
"But Break My Heart For I Must Hold My Tongue:" Silence in Shakespeare's Hamlet
Humphrey, Lamanda (2017-05-12)This paper will explore the topic of conscience in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, using sixteenth-century casuistry and diplomacy as lenses through which to explain the strand of advice concerning silence by various characters in ... -
Decadent Ekphrasis in The Picture of Dorian Gray
West, Warner (2022-12-16)Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, as a novel about aesthetes and decadent artists, has several acts of ekphrasis, the process by which visual art is detailed using a verbal description. Unlike the traditional use ... -
"Half Savage and Hardy, and Free": The Failure of Feminine Identity in Wuthering Heights
Crider, Emily (2022)Over the last half-century, much of the scholarly discourse concerning Wuthering Heights has considered Catherine Earnshaw’s struggle for belonging in the social order, using a transgressive mode of gender criticism to ... -
"MY HUSBAND? A WOMAN, A WOMAN, A WOMAN": CROSS-DRESSING AS SOCIOECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Craig, Callie (2018-05-11)During the evolutionary period that is the eighteenth century, constructing and differentiating between genders was contentious, as was establishing tenants of masculinity and femininity. Because of the era’s interlocking ... -
Popular Faulkner: The Development of “The National Voice” Across The Bayard and Ringo Stories
January, William (2018-05-11)This thesis seeks to demonstrate the development of a 'popular' Faulkner that emerges through the composition history of his 1938 novel 'The Unvanquished.' Using Michael Warner's concept of "publics," Faulkner's Bayard-Ringo ... -
Transgressive Gender and the Empowerment of Masculine Women in The Monk
Zipay, Christiana (2017-05-12)In my paper, titled “Transgressive Gender and the Empowerment of Masculine Women in The Monk,” I discuss how Matthew Lewis revolutionizes Gothic literature by crafting powerful women characters who deviate from traditional ...