Topic: Shakespeare

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This is the conclusion that I would like you to do now. After discussing with my tutor, we have decided that the best way to structure the conclusion is thematically. So in 1100 words the whole dissertation must be summed up in which the final result is that there is an equal balance- Shakespeare did not say all women were submissive or all were empowered, he presents an equal balance in his plays.
To do this my tutor said in themes talk about how one women is submissive and one is empowered. The themes can be anything from fathers-suitors/husbands-language etc but it must overall say whether they are submissive or empowered through their speech.

An example of how I would like it done thematically is in one paragraph I might talk about how women were to the suitors and to their husbands after. Now I’ve got my theme, looking at the two chapters you have previously done I will say that this relates to Bianca and Katherine- how Bianca is submissive to the suitors before marriage but once she has got what she wanted, a husband, she changes to an independent woman and takes control. Katherine, on the other hand, finds it hard to get married as suitors don’t want to marry her but after marriage she is still independent. That is one example of how to do it- please note that it must have been talked about in the two chapters before as the conclusion is about summing everything up.
Remember everything you say must be analysed in depth and the ideas/themes should come from the two chapters (my tutor said this is the best way to bring the two chapters together)

You must also do the same for Beatrice and Hero and Hippolyta, Hermia and Helena. Remember the theme must relate to both characters in the play and remind readers that you are showing that there is an equal balance- there is not all that are empowered or all that are submissive.
Hermia and Hippolyta are the ones that are empowered and Helena is submissive.

Finally, to end with my tutor said you should find critics that say that women are submissive, and then find critics that say they are empowered and then end with my stance saying that there is an equal balance of women empowerment and submissiveness

There are three plays written by William Shakespeare that scholars have been able to classify because they do not clearly adhere to a specific genre: Measure for Measure, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida. Pick one of these plays to read and, once you have completed reading the play, you will be asked to write an analysis in which you place the play in a genre. You must justify why you have chosen this genre citing not only what we have discussed but by using support from the text. I am not interested in what others have said about this play, only what you think, so do not cite other scholars, historians, authors, etc.

The paper should be 2-3 pages in length, 12 point times new roman font, double spaced. Grammar will count in your final grade. Your paper should address all of the following elements The paper is worth 25 points.