Date of Award
Fall 1-6-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Professor Gavin Hollis
Second Advisor
Professor Alan Vardy
Academic Program Adviser
Professor Janet Neary
Abstract
This thesis compares the deer scenes in Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Wordsworth’s “Hart-Leap Well.” Both raise questions about man’s right to hunt animals with impunity. Shakespeare’s Jaques superficially takes up the issue of animal rights whereas Wordsworth’s personification of the stag evokes the reader’s sympathy for the animal.
Recommended Citation
Jourlait, Jennifer, "Broken Harts: Mourning the Human/Animal Divide in Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Wordsworth’s “Hart-Leap Well”" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/669