The Apparel Oft Proclaims the Man: Interpreting Shakespeare through Knitting

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dc.contributor.advisorRiesing, Katarina
dc.contributor.advisorCalvert, Myles
dc.contributor.advisorMayberry, Susan
dc.contributor.authorSavickas, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T18:13:40Z
dc.date.available2020-05-19T18:13:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-08
dc.descriptionThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.en_US
dc.description.abstractFor my Honors Thesis, I’ve taken on the challenge of translating characters from Shakespeare’s 4 Great Tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth) into hand-knit garments. From each play, I made a sweater for one man and one woman, totaling eight sweaters. For the most part, these are the lead characters of the play, with the exception of Cordelia, who is the most beloved daughter in King Lear, but nowhere near as active on-stage as her cruel sisters. The sweaters I’ve designed exist somewhere in between costume, illustration, and interpretation. Some are garments that I would want my actors wearing on stage, if I were to direct a play. But more often than not, these sweaters express what is at the core of each character—their conflicts, their personalities, their words. They can be worn every day in the modern world, but are encoded with literary interpretations.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10829/23927
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofHerrick Libraryen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://libraries.alfred.edu/AURA/termsofuseen_US
dc.subjectHonors thesisen_US
dc.subjectShakespeare, William, 1564-1616en_US
dc.subjectHamlet (play)en_US
dc.subjectOthello (play)en_US
dc.subjectKing Lear (play)en_US
dc.subjectMacbeth (play)en_US
dc.subjectKnittingen_US
dc.subjectClothingen_US
dc.titleThe Apparel Oft Proclaims the Man: Interpreting Shakespeare through Knittingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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