I submitted this assignment in Dr. Erin Kelly's English 441 Shakespeare class. This compilation of Shakespeare passages and analyses was designed to sharpen a student's ability to read and write and think critically about Shakespeare's plays.

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In this assignment, I analyzed two of Shakespeare's plays and discussed the language of the play, the world of each play, and the historical context of Shakespeare's London. This assignment analyzes a variety of literary elements such as parallelism, the iambic pentameter form of Shakespeare's writing, the rhetorical effects of his literary devices, and the elements of the written and oral effects of his writing. At the end of this assignment I wrote a reflection that engaged my thinking as a reader. The reflection also demonstrates how Shakespeare's writing can inspire social growth in the United States. 

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Literature and Textual Analysis

• Read, study and analyze works of literature from the canon, including the literature of diversity, from a variety of literary traditions, movements and historical contexts.​​

• Know and analyze a variety of literary elements, their forms and uses. 

• Consider and articulate the ways in which literature can engage readers and cause them to reflect on their own experiences and the human condition.

• Reflect on the ways literature can inspire personal and social growth and change.

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Composition and Rhetoric

• Read and study the rhetorical features of literary and non-literary texts, both fiction and non-fiction.

• Use and analyze grammatical elements of oral and written English for a variety of rhetorical effects.