Justice in William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” and “King Lear”
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A 5 page paper which considers the fairness of systems of punishment administered by fallible magistrates, discusses how these plays engaged contradictions between justice as an ideal and justice as a set of procedures for enforcement of a legal code, how Shakespeare’s treatment of the theme shapes both plays, and whether or not the nature of the critique is different in a comedy than in a tragedy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGmmlear.rtf

Measure For Measure/A Feminist View
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A 7 page essay that discusses this Shakespearean work from a feminist perspective. Shakespeare's Elizabethan era was characterized by an "oppressive patriarchal culture," yet within this society, there are existed contradictions, "pressure point," so to speak, where there were "opportunities for resistance" (Findlay 7). This is the theoretical position taken by Alison Findlay in her text A Feminist Perspective on Renaissance Drama (1999). Using Findlay's feminist position, it possible to interpret Shakespeare's manipulation of the trope of virginity in Measure For Measure as offering a feminist perspective. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmfmsh.rtf

Minor Characters in “Measure for Measure”
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A six page paper looking at Shakespeare’s play in terms of the way its minor characters -- both those in the main plot and those in the subplot -- support and develop the theme of the play. The paper concludes that in “Measure for Measure,” the ensemble structure allows the audience to discern the real protagonist of this play -- the morally-bankrupt society of Vienna itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KBmeasur.rtf