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1	High resolution recognition using a tiered feature approach to search for patterns in signals study on the Portia smokescreen / Dugan, Peter Jeffry. January 2005 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Electrical Engineering Dept., 2005. / Includes bibliographical references. Signal processing. Portia.
2	The Role of Women in The Merchant of Venice: Wives and Daughters Ahead of Their Time Bazzell, Jennifer Diane January 2008 (has links) This thesis explores the role of the female characters in Williams Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. Through contextualizing the characters of Portia, Nerissa and Jessica within the world of early modern England, this study explores the ways in which these characters do not conform to traditional Renaissance values regarding the role of women as daughters and wives. By using historical documents such as behavioral manuals, sermons, and "defenses" of women from the late sixteenth and seventeenth century, this thesis explores the ways in which Shakespeare's female characters challenge traditional social norms. Through the comparison of the female characters with Queen Elizabeth and Patient Griselda, this study discusses the implications of the rebellious behavior of the women in The Merchant of Venice. This thesis concludes that Shakespeare purposely challenges strict social views put forward on women by creating female characters who challenge male authority and are celebrated for their behavior. Shakespeare Merchant Portia gender women Renaissance
3	A comparison of the nineteenth and twentieth century criticism of Shakespeare's heroines Gartman, Grace McLeod 01 January 1950 (has links) (PDF) The nineteenth century critics appraised Shakespeare's heroines by standards different from those of the twentieth; consequently the two ages reached different conclusions. The purpose of this paper is to point out just what these differences are. A paper of this scope had to be narrowed in some ways. Otherwise a formidable array of heroines would have been enumerated, but little depth of research could have been shown. In the general conclusion the result would have been the same, as I have discovered through wide reading. To limit the subject only the most famous heroines could be included. The process of assembling a bibliography on the field of criticism of Shakespeare's heroines showed that some heroines bad been fully discussed, while others had been given little in the way of criticism. A great mass of material on a certain heroine, for example, would show that, since she was considered important by many writers of a certain period, she should be given consideration in this discussion. In this way the number of heroines discussed in this paper was limited to seven: Portia (in Merchant of Venice), Rosalind, Juliet, Ophelia, Desdemona, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth. William Shakespeare Characters Heroines Portia Rosalind Juliet Ophelia Desdemona Cleopatra Lady Macbeth Arts and Humanities English Language and Literature Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Literature in English, British Isles Playwriting Theatre and Performance Studies Theatre History Women's Studies

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