The story of my research paper: Love's Labour's Lost

It wasn't hard choosing which play I wanted to write my paper on, I just checked out the schedule for next season’s Utah Shakespearean Festival. I chose Love’s Labour's Lost and began examining the text. The poetic language was a main focus of the play with all of its inconspicuous sonnets and punny word play, but I knew from the outset of the paper that I am more of a context type person. When I reached the unresolved ending, I didn't know immediately that it would be paper topic. First I read summaries of the play and important plot points on study guide websites to make sure I understood all the major themes. The ending of the play came up on several sites and I soon settled on it as a good topic to explore. I began to gather information, researching the time period when Shakespeare wrote the play and finding good evidence that backed up why Shakespeare ended the play unresolved. As I wrote my paper, I was surprised how one idea led to another and the points I was making grew into deeper insights that I hadn't expected. I now feel I have a deeper understanding of the play and why it ended the way it did. I hope to share some of my ideas at the Utah Shakespeare Festival symposium, as they were the reason I first chose to write about the play.