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Articles by Ellen T. Goodson

Found 3 articles
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 »
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 »
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 »

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