Never again. My beautiful voice, no longer of beauty. Inaudible and unheard, suffocating and gasping for a breath of freedom Perhaps, if we all sung, not then will my song be quieted and disregarded. Perhaps,[…]
Tag: silence
A Silent Night – Personal Response
Reading through Night, I found myself on board a roller-coaster of emotions. With my own experience of learning about the events of the Jewish Holocaust, truth be told, I had never really found myself quite[…]
the abyss that is her soul
There are no words that effectively describe the horror that fills my body when someone says the words, “Introduce yourself.” Unarguably, it was as if time had stopped around me when Ms. Hunnisett assigned it[…]
The Art of Obedience
“I shall obey, my lord.” – Ophelia (I.iii.623) Ophelia. The lovely and virtuous maiden, wearing innocence and obedience like flowers in her hair—that’s you, is it not? You, sweet beauty, were named after the flower[…]
The True Monstrosity
Women in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein play apparently disposable roles that are founded in a docile pliability. Females appear to be one-dimensionally portrayed as possessable and passive supports for the actions of the more prominently capable[…]
Two Simple Words
Who would’ve known that two simple words could hold such power, such depth, such misery? Two simple words which didn’t merely slip from the surface of your tongue, which didn’t merely linger on your lips.[…]