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Describe the characteristics of the type of play that you are reading (history, tragedy, or comedy). How does your play conform to these characteristics. Does it differ? If so, in what way? I am studying Henry V for my play. It is a historical play that was written in 1599. Characteristics of a historical play include English monarchs, dangers of civil war, and glorification of queens. I feel like Henry V was more of a play leading up to a fight not a war. It was not considered a civil war in the play. Also there wasn't very much information of a queen in the play. It was about Henry V trying to be a monarch. It would be more relevant if he was already the king/monarch in the play. It would have made it more clear that the play was a historical one.

Reflect on your project. How did it go? Do you feel like it was successful? If you could change something about the process or the outcome, what would you do differently? Would you do this type of project again? Be sure to briefly describe your project before reflecting upon it?           My project was about how the women in The Merchant of Venice and how they weren't like the women during the time it was written in but more like women in the modern ages. It went well and I feel like I did a pretty good job getting my point across. I wrote a paper and I took examples of women being strong, independent, and modern.  I think I did a pretty good job doing this.  Presenting it was a bit confusing because I didn't know if I should have read my paper, make a slide, or talk about it.  I just decided to make a overview of my report and just talk about what I found.  I could have been better at presenting but I am pretty shy when it comes to presen...