I. January 2017 Back then she was grounded, mind stable and firm. Grounded by their amity, their affection and attention. She hadn’t experienced life without them, nor could remember life without them […]
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Culture Seminar-Imperial Russia
Link to power point: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HK5KDgWfiBYha4Hjj8ckCVVBW9uQBEYVDStFJp9TUrM/edit?usp=sharing Background Information: The Russian Empire lasted from 1721-1917. It was established during the reign of Peter the Great after Russia emerged victorious from the Great Northern War in which they fought[…]
Dear Mom – A Polished Personal Response
A creative personal response to the short story A Few Notes For Orpheus by Don Bailey. Prompt: What do these text(s) suggest to you about the ways in which individuals deal with the uncertainties of[…]
‘Till Death Do We Part From Our Uncertainties – A Hamlet Critical
Prompt: The ways in which individuals struggle to restore honour and certainty. An individual cannot restore honour without certainty in one’s own capabilities, which a lack of will often lead to doubt and uncertainty in[…]
Biff Loman – The Final Sale
‘Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped[…]
So Good It’s Haunting: The Ghost of Old King Hamlet Character Perspective
“Doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.” (1.5. 10–13)[…]
Restrained: A “My Portrait” Poem
*** Her soul is bound by the threads of time. It weaves into her body, piercing yet sudden And even in its fleeting moment of pain Leaves a lifetime of scars ㅤ Every stroke of[…]
The Line Between Dorian Gray and Our Humanity
Pursuing your own pleasures above all else whether it be constantly or occasionally, losing yourself in love for another, devoting yourself to experiencing it all before it’s over… Wanting what you can’t have. Impressionable.[…]
Quisnam Sum
The words. A simple two word sentence that holds so much in between the minuscule spaces of its letters: a world of sentiments I am asked to express but cannot find. It’s baring a part[…]
Worlds Away – A Polished Personal Response
Everything was here – my whole world only at the touch of my fingertips and I could see it all just by roaming around a single building. The structure echoes of laughter no more present,[…]