Browsing English Honours Capstone Papers by Title
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"All Imagination Compact:" The Ambiguous Relationship between Human Nature and Nonhuman Nature in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(2020-03-03)Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream probes the mysterious Elizabethan relationship between human and nonhuman nature. The common belief at this time saw nature as an almighty force of God; yet, there were many contradicting ... -
Coercion in Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis
(Dalhousie University, 2020-03)Throughout Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy, which introduces humanity to an alien species called the Oankali, there are many imbalances of power. Between violence from toxic masculinity and alien sedatives, the ... -
Corn Lear: A Perspective on the Agricultural Decline in King Lear
(2019-02)In response to the trend of anachronistic, ecological readings of Shakespearean texts, the goal of this essay is to re-situate the ecological themes in King Lear back into their original context to gain a greater understanding ... -
The Divided Selves of Doctor Faustus
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Holding Out for a Tragic Hero
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The Impossible Urban Pastoral: Howl’s Development of Ecological Consciousness
(Dalhousie Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2018-01-25)Central to the idea of ecological consciousness is the assertion that individual wellness relies on the state of one’s environment, and that the proper functioning of a society as a whole is dependent upon the wellness of ...