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Phillip E. Goldfein Class of 1934 Shakespearean Prize

Awarded for the best undergraduate paper on Shakespeare.

2023

Erin O. Brennan (recipient)

 

"Then and Now: Politics and Polychronic Time in Macbeth and Julius Caesar."

Gabrielle A. Raffetto (honorable mention)

 

“Much Ado About—Virginity! Clashing Temporalities and Gender Roles in the National Theatre’s 2022 Production”

2022

Claire E. Medina (recipient)

"'Aught an eunuch Has:' Desiring Eunuchs in Shakespeare"

2021

Ana Lorenza R. Colagrossi (honorable mention)

"Silence of the Lambs:  A Study of Beatrice's Character Arc and Silence in Much Ado About Nothing"

Sophia C. DuRose (recipient)

"'Iago's Punful Power':  An Examination of Iago's Sexual Gratification from Puns, Wordplay, and Manipulation"

2020

Alyssa L. Mulé (recipient)

Shakespeare Takes On the Romans:  Ovid and Vergil, the Artistic Imagination, and Love over Empire in Antony and Cleopatra

Aileen P. Walsh (honorable mention)

Enter Jailer's Daughter, Alone:  Madness and Solo Scenes in The Two Noble Kinsmen

2019

Isabella A. Pilotta Gois (recipient)

“Othello was a lie”:  Impersonation and Identity in Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North

 

2018

Stephanie H. Barron (honorable mention)

"Stripping of Kingship and Functionality in Shakespeare's Richard II"

Arlo G. Gordon (recipient)

"A Constant Charade:  Acting the Part in Julius Caesar."

Kristy Hsi (honorable mention)

Inaccuracies and Interpretations in Roles and Identities within Othello and All's Well that Ends Well

2017

Emily A. Hoeven (recipient)

John Gower:  Narration and Theatricality in Shakespeare's Pericles

2016

Nathan S May (recipient)

"Caressing the Rabble:  Richard II and Theatricality, 1598-1773"

2015

Nathan S May (recipient)

2014

Rachel Del Valle (honorable mention)

Whose Hamlet Is It Anyway?  Clueless, Reality Bites and Redefining Popular Culture in the Generation X

Seth A Simons (recipient)

"Realistic and Not Imagined:  Medieval Illusion in Hamlet"

2013

Michael R Scognamiglio (recipient)

"Maintaining Homeostasis:  London and the Bodily Threat"

2012

Jenny Chung (recipient)

Title:  "Variant Configurations of Kingship in Q and F Lear"

2011

Jenny Chung (recipient)

Title: "Shakespeare's Lives: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Appropriation"

2010

Whitney Bounty (honorable mention)

Title: "The Art of Life: Artistic Mimesis and Biological Reproduction in the Works of Ovid and Shakespeare"

Di Lu (recipient)

Title: "Very tragical mirth": Ovidian Desire in A MIdsummer Night's Dream

2009

Alyssa Sclafani (recipient)
Caleb Y. Yap (honorable mention)

2008

Kevin M. Kimura (recipient)

2005

Sara E. Gorman (co-recipient)
Yelena Litvinov (co-recipient)