Articles by Ellen T. Goodson

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"And I of Ladies Most Deject and Wretched": Diagnosing Shakespeare's Ophelia with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

July 28, 2010 - 3370 words | English » Shakespeare

If William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is “the most famous play in English literature,” his Ophelia is arguably the field’s most tragic female figure (Meyer 1588). Torn from her lover and bereft of her father, the young woman falls into grief-stricken... Read Article »

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Psychology PTSD Shakespeare Ophelia Mental Illness Madness Hamlet Shakespeare Shakespeare Essays

Mysticism and Christianity in Early English Literature: Comparing "Beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

July 12, 2010 - 1827 words | English » Early English Literature

The introduction of Christianity to England in 597 established a structured, uniform faith among a people accustomed to different branches and pockets of polytheistic paganism. Over the next seventy-five years, the burgeoning country quickly grew unified under the... Read Article »

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Beowulf Sir Gawain And the Green Knight Christianity Mysticism Magic Paganism English Literature Early English Literature

Aphra Behn's The Rover: Evaluating Women's Social and Sexual Options

July 8, 2010 - 2284 words | English » Aphra Behn

Following the collapse of the Puritan Protectorate in 1660, the halls of court seemed to buzz with a festive attitude: “Out with the old and in with the… older.” Cavalier revelries under Charles II regained the notoriety of their pre-Cromwellian... Read Article »

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Aphra Behn The Rover Gender Women Double Standard Libertinism Puritanism

Ellen T. Goodson graduated in 2011 with a concentration in English And Theatre from Davidson College in Davidson, NC.