What do these texts suggest about an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances? (Polished Personal) Creative Response to “Dancer” with connections based on the imagery of darkness and light to represent[…]
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This is the Definition of Beauty (This is the Definition of Pain)
The following poem centres around the idea of body image. It also focusses on an individual’s personal definition of beauty. It explores the struggles young women often go through–though this is an issue that affects[…]
Personal Response – Where There’s A Wall by Joy Kogawa
Where there’s a wall There’s always more than One Two, Three, Four. Above and below No escape No ladder No door Just iron bars and suffocating darkness that clings to you like a cloak. Laboured[…]
Abstract Imperfection
Do we hate him, or do we love to hate him? Shakespeare’s historic play, Richard III, came alive at the Vertigo Theater on September 27th- showcasing clever artistic direction, inspiring acting, and astounding tech- portraying[…]
Being the Villain I Never Could Be
Deformity, perhaps the one thing that separates “the normal” from those who are seemingly different. Vertigo Theatre’s adaptation of Richard III was truly brilliant as it twisted my seemingly “typical” response to another person’s deformity – trying[…]
Victor Frankenstein
This is an analytical response to Chapter Four of Frankenstein which I believe is the foundation of the novel as a whole, for it compares and contrasts Victor’s changing nature in relation towards the monsters[…]