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A short essay that discusses Thomas Middleton's college career and his short residency at Oxford.

The document examines other Elizabethan comedies in order to understand the plot structure of Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream in order to show that he follows a more pre-concieved pattern rather then interweaving various plots.

The document examines the mirror concept and relates it to thinking inherited by the Renaissance time period.

The document examines dramtic irony in the form of mistaken identity and how it is used commonly throughout Shakespeare's works.

The document examines the idea of a mob mind and applies it to Shakespeares works in order to understand Shakespeare's views on the common people.

The document examines various works that describe Shakespeares moiety of the stratford tithes in order to determine the nature of the property that Shakespeare owned and the most accurate date.

The document examines one type of evidence employed by scholors concerned with canons, literary influence, and source relationships in Elizabethan literature, to determine why it seems to be under attack by various scholars.

The document examines definitions of what makes a morality play to determine some common agreed upon attributes and looks for various possible sources for the first morality play.

Various documents and essays examining the origins and inspiration for Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing, including possible Italian sources.

The document examines various styles of play literature for the English Mystery Plays and relates them to other branches of Medieval literature.