Discoveries Thus Far!

Hi All,

I hope that all of your research for the upcoming paper is going well! In beginning to sort through my material, I came across an unintentional blessing which has serviced me well. Phyllis Rackin's "Shakespeare and Women" was reviewed in an issue of Shakespeare Quarterly in which Rebecca Laroche in the author. She makes quite a few interesting comments which focus less about the actual content of the text and more about thes tyle in which Rackin chose to expose women during Shakespeare's time. Partway through her criticism, she says "Phyliss Rackin had provided us with a deftly defined casebook for the reconsdieration of feminist criticism in the twenty-first century that looks to the future through a clear articulation of the criticism's past" (221). In this sense, I began thinking about what my personal perception of women in history is and now, was. I am beginning to reevaluate what differences in gender are important to focus on and where women truly shine in comparison to the men of their time. They are spoken of greatly in being the sole important group for Shakespeare's plays because without their attendance, the shows would have never been a success. The men were the all of the actors if you can recall! This blog entry is more to serve as an initiation for greater thinking about what you prestablished thoughts are going into your paper, and maybe entering research with an open mind worth molding through the process.