Lehigh University Lehigh Preserve Theses and Dissertations 1991 A critical study of servant figures in Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies Christine M. Schweikert Lehigh University Follow this and additional works at: https://preserve.lehigh.edu/etd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Schweikert, Christine M., "A critical study of servant figures in Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies" (1991). Theses and Dissertations. 5517. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/etd/5517 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Lehigh Preserve. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Lehigh Preserve. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A CRITICAL STUDY OF SERVANT FIGURES IN SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES by Christine M. Schweikert A Thesis Presented to the Graduate .Committee of Lehigh University in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts in English Lehigh U·ni·versity September, 1991 This thesis is accepted and approved in pa·rtial fulf·illment of the requirements for the Master of Arts. s.,.~ ). 1\-n~-'~-'\ ~ \ \ \ ~ ct ' Date Professor Barbara Traister Thesis Advisor i i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the following people for all the help they have given me in the formation of this thesis: Barbara Traister Andy Liddie Mom, Dad, Mike, Karen and Jen Tara-Leigh Haines and Ken James All of the Professors and Graduate students in the English Department Thank you everybody for giving me what I needed. i i i . __ ; TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ........................................ Page 1 Introduction ............................... ~ .... Page 2 A Look at Some of Shakespeare's Comedies .......