Watson+Project

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Objective: Rumor has it that Shakespeare had a "lover" who is often referred to as the "Dark Lady". Just the title she has been given is enough to spark my interest. Although I am not going to try and tell you who this woman is (many have tried and failed), I am going to analyze the sonnets Shakespeare wrote about her and after analyzing them, I will draw a collage that depicts what this woman looked like, her personality, and any other traits that Shakespeare cared to provide us with. Twenty-four of his sonnets are devoted to this dark, wiry-haired, mystery woman. I would at least like to have a clearer //tangible// picture of who she was. Also, I am going to tell you various facts about the various suspects whose backgrounds have been analyzed and compared to Shakespeare's over the years. ======

Presentation Style: Oral Report with presentation of artwork based on Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" concluding with a formal debate (topic to be revealed later).

Equipment/Props: I will need a computer ect. for powerpoint.

Sources: "Anne Hathaway Biography". __William shakespeare Site-Map__. 2005. 31 Mar. 2009. <[]>

Brand, Sylvia. "The Dark Lady in Shakespeare's Sonnets". __Hausarbeiten.de__. 31 Mar. 2009 < []>

"Clattery MacHinery on Poetry". __Wordpress__. 21 Dec. 2008. 30 Mar. 2009. <[]> Path: Recent Posts; Posing Aemilia Lanyer (As Shakespeare: As His Dark Lady; And as she Posed).

Cummings, Michael. "The Shakespearean Sonnet : An overview". 2003. 31 Mar. 2009. <[] >

"Dark Lady of the Sonnets". __About.com__. 30 MAr. 2009. <[]>

Hudson, John. "Shakespeare's Plays Were Written by a Jewish Woman". 13 Mar. 2008. 31 Mar. 2009. <[]>

Jones, Richard. "Shakespeare's Dark Lady of the Sonnets". __BNET Business Network__. 7 Dec. 2003. 23 Mar. 2009.<[]>

Lee, Sidney. __A Life of William Shakespeare__. The Macmillan Company. 1917. 31 Mar. 2009.0< [] >

Love, Mark. "Emilia Lanier (The Dark Lady?)". __Public Broadcasting Station__. 2003. 23 MAr. 2009. <[]>

Lynch-Giddings, Scott. "A Highly Speculative Chonology of William Shakespeare's Life and Times". __Omnis Network LLC__. 31 Mar. 2009. <[]>

Price, Theodore. "Bernard Shaw's //Dark Lady of the Sonnets".// __Shaw Society__. June 2006. 30 Mar. 2009. <[]>

Rowse, A. __Wiliam Shakespeare: A Biography__. New York: Harper and Row, 1963. "Shakespeare:His Marriage and Relations With His Wife". 2002. 30.Mar. 2009. <[] >

"The Sonnets". The Eserver Poetry Collection. 19 February. 2009. <[]>

Tait, Simon. "Unmasked: The Identity of Shakespeare's Dark Lady". __BNET Business Network__. 7 Dec. 2003. 23 Mar. 2009. [|

Weis, Rene. __Decoding a Hidden Life: Shakespeare Unbound__. Henry Holt and Company. Oct. 2007. 30 Mar. 2009. <[]> Path: Google Book Search; Shakespeare Unbound by Rene Weis.

Evaluation: I am baseing this project on how thorough my research is, my presentation skills, and the quality of the painting. I will make sure that I do not add anything to the painting or information that Shakespeare does not depict in his writing and I do not discover in my research.

=**Who is the Dark Lady?**=