Shakespeare’s genius doesn’t come from the words he wrote, it comes from the words he created/cultivated and the characters/colors/movement he drew from to describe “what can’t be put into words.” Shakespeare, much like the existing adaptations of his work across film, theater, and other forms of media or art throughout the ages, served as theContinue reading “Shakespeare’s Blender/The Curation of New Words to Convey Meanings and Movement/Language Theory WIP/Baz Luhrmann’s Subversive Language Masterpiece”
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Spirits as Visual Representation of Inner Conflict in Throne of Blood and The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido
Revenge stories have been a common trope in literature spanning across all cultures, times, contexts, and date back to some of the earliest literary works—and rightfully so. Revenge tales are interesting, they are an easy outline for structuring a story, setting up a clear protagonist and antagonist, and is malleable for the author, allowingContinue reading “Spirits as Visual Representation of Inner Conflict in Throne of Blood and The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido”
Toxic Masculinity and Violence in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman
Jerry Swedberg Professor Nic Helms Currents in Global Literature EN3515.01 18 October 2024 Toxic Masculinity and Violence in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman A defining characteristic of masculinity throughout many facets of media and culture has long been the idea that the capacity for violence is an inherently masculine trait.Continue reading “Toxic Masculinity and Violence in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman”
Housefires as Symbolism for a Shift in Power Dynamic in Jane Eyre and Mexican Gothic
Gothic literature is filled with dark, decrepit, and lonesome manors and halls that give the impression of a haunted house. It’s a defining characteristic of the genre; places that are unsettling and sinister. The use of dim-lit passages and courtyards, tight, restraining spaces of attics and crawlspaces are favorites among famous Gothic authors suchContinue reading “Housefires as Symbolism for a Shift in Power Dynamic in Jane Eyre and Mexican Gothic”
The Moon as a Maternal Figure in Wordsworth’s “The Idiot Boy” and Robinson’s “The Maniac“ as Romantic Era Personification to Sympathize with the Intellectually Disabled
Throughout human history, the moon has long served as a figure or symbol in various cultures. It is not uncommon for the moon to be associated with theological or mythological entities. Common too, is that the personification of the moon as that of a feminine figure. European personifications of the moon, such as the GreekContinue reading “The Moon as a Maternal Figure in Wordsworth’s “The Idiot Boy” and Robinson’s “The Maniac“ as Romantic Era Personification to Sympathize with the Intellectually Disabled”
Sprockets and Springes 