This is my personal response to the cultural seminar my group did (or will present in January) on Icelandic Independence. I chose to analyze the poem we had used in our presentation under the lens[…]
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Polished Critical: Responsibility for One’s Self when Lacking Identity
*This is the polished version of the cold critical we had done in class. I believe that my polished Hamlet critical is better than this one, I just posted this as I am struggling[…]
Polished Personal: Imagination in relation to the Embrace of an Uncertain Future
Imagination in relation to the Embrace of an Uncertain Future “What do these texts suggest to you about the ways in which individuals deal with the prospect of an uncertain future?” Often times, individuals[…]
The Frailty of the American Society within The Crucible and Death of a Salesman
The Frailty of the American Society within The Crucible and Death of a Salesman “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the[…]
Polished Personal: The Need to Secure a Broader Perspective When Dealing with the Past
The Need to Secure a Broader Perspective When Dealing with the Past to poem “Itinerary” – the ways in which individuals deal with the uncertainties of the past (January 2015) Often times, individuals faced with uncertainties of the past[…]
Polished Critical: The Restoration of Honour and Certainty when Dependent upon Others
The Restoration of Honour and Certainty when Dependent upon Others “Ways in which individuals attempt to restore honour and certainty” Often times, individuals place great emphasis and importance on the affection of others, out[…]
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum
The following is a poem from my perspective of Offred, the protagonist in The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. I am trying to experiment more with my previously non-existent creative writing, hence the numerous poems[…]
Ophelia: Character Perspective (Alysha, Yasmeen, Shyla)
Ophelia’s Pursuit of Honour & Certainty QUOTATION “When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like a while they bore her up,[…]
The Inequality of Feminism
I have struggled with the idea of feminism and the concept of being an independent female, and would like to take this free choice as an opportunity as an attempt at clearing my thoughts on[…]
Duplicity and Ethics within “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
It has been widely argued that there is no moral component in art, that the artist has no responsibility to maintain a source of ethics within their art – the foundation for all art, as[…]