Setting in Beowulf & Twelfth Night
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A 6 page research paper that discusses how setting affects the narrative in Beowulf and also in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The writer includes the social conventions of a particular era as an aspect of "setting," and therefore discusses the importance of the mead-hall in Beowulf and cross-dressing in regards to gender roles in Twelfth Night. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khbeo12.rtf

Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": Disguises
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7 pages in length. No one is without a social face; in fact, people often maintain many social faces depending upon the situation or the ultimate objective. When assessing Viola's emotional and mental disguise in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the student will want to address such elements as social dictate, gender oppression and the aspect of patriarchal control as they relate to the inherent association to social façade. Transcending this concept to contemporary times, the student will want to discuss the need for social acceptance to the point of donning a politically correct front in order to achieve success in certain social circles. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLC12th.rtf

Shakespeare, Women & Gender Expectations
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A 6 page essay that discusses women and gender within two of plays, As You Like It and Twelfth Night, focusing on the roles of Rosalind and Viola. The writer explores what these roles tell modern audiences about Elizabethan gender expectations and the writer argues that Shakespeare sidestepped such societal conventions through the device of cross-dressing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khshwoge.rtf