Browsing English Honours Capstone Papers by Submit Date
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Isolation and Interconnectedness in Walt Whitman's New York
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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 Pain of Change: The Montage Framework of "The Collected Works of Billy The Kid"
(Dalhousie University, 2019-03-08)In 1975, Michael Ondaatje said that in The Collected Works of Billy the Kid he was “trying to make the film [he] couldn’t afford to shoot, in the form of a book” (Solecki 20). How literally can we take this claim? If ... -
"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 ...