Impassioned Love and Marriage in Shakespeare’s Comedies

Hallett Smith Prize;Hallett Smith Prize for Essay Devoted to Shakespeare;Hixon Writing Center

Hollaway, Brendan J.

University:California Institute of Technology

Department:Humanities and Social Sciences

关键词: Hallett Smith Prize;    Hallett Smith Prize for Essay Devoted to Shakespeare;    Hixon Writing Center;   

Others  :  https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/11706/1/Brendan%20Hollaway%20-%20Smith.pdf

美国|英语

来源: Caltech THESIS

【 摘 要 】

Impassioned Love and Marriage in Shakespeare’s ComediesThroughout the history of theater, marriage and love have been depicted in several different manners, from a function of duty to country or duty to family, to a choice that can only be determined by the desires of the heart. In several of his comedies, Shakespeare raises doubts about archetypal notions of love and marriage, while still maintaining a thin facade that all would end with a “happily ever after”.