cmr – Sprockets and Springes

Does This Cross Stitch Look Realistic?

For my unessay, I chose a quote from Middleton and Decker’s The Roaring Girl. The quote “ I have no humor to marry, I love to lie a’ both sides a’ th’ bed myself; and again a’ th’ other side, a wife you know ought to be obedient, but I fear me I am tooContinue reading “Does This Cross Stitch Look Realistic?”

By the pricking of my thumbs,/Something wicked this way comes.

“By the pricking of my thumbs,/Something wicked this way comes.” (Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 1) My unessay, as you can see, is based around this line that has been living in my head rent free. I’ve been wondering about the Witches’ relationship with wickedness, and if Macbeth is truly the wickedness they claim. A largeContinue reading “By the pricking of my thumbs,/Something wicked this way comes.”

I Have No Good Title For This Essay On Gender

Cora Rodriguez Critical Theory Project Two I Have No Good Title For This Essay On Gender When I was in high school, one of my friends referred to me using she/her pronouns, which I had used for my entire life. So naturally I was surprised when I discovered that those pronouns no longer described me, leaving a heavy feeling inContinue reading “I Have No Good Title For This Essay On Gender”

Did You Know Playing Cards Actually Have Meanings?

Cora Rodriguez Rethinking Modern British Literature Project 2 For this unessay, I had a vision. I fell in love with Mexican Gothic and instantly knew I wanted to draw something from that. In my art, Noemí is very stylish as usual in her wine-colored gown featured on the cover of the book. I didn’t knowContinue reading “Did You Know Playing Cards Actually Have Meanings?”

Where Do I Fit In?

Cora Rodriguez Critical Theory Essay Project 1 Where Do I Fit In? When I came out as non-binary to my family, they promised to try their best to remember my preferred pronouns. When I later mentioned to my mother that I was asexual, she asked me if that meant I thought that I could reproduceContinue reading “Where Do I Fit In?”

Ophelia

Cora Rodriguez Rethinking Modern British Literature Unessay Project 1 Ophelia For my unessay, I made an art piece of Gertrude and Ophelia from Hamlet. Ophelia stands on the riverbank watching Ophelia’s lifeless body float face-down below her, flowers around her head like a halo. I drew the figures and the flowers, while the backgrounds IContinue reading “Ophelia”