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Project 12/12 First attempt at a Sonnet

The girl I used to know; Of course, I miss her so; And now the pain still grows; As the days, they go and go. This girl, grieves and grows; Far from me she goes; Off with whomever she chose; Wherever, I’ll never know. And now I must let go; From all I can’t forget;Continue reading “Project 12/12 First attempt at a Sonnet”

The Empress’s Subjects – A Card Game Based On The Blazing-World

In this social-strategy card game, imagine you are all members of the Empress’s inner council within the wild world of the Blazing-World. And you all have a mission. Well, many missions. You see, the Empress has given you all several tasks to complete. You will do these tasks by electing willing subjects to do theContinue reading “The Empress’s Subjects – A Card Game Based On The Blazing-World”

Final Project – Pandemonium Minecraft Build

For my final project, I’ve decided to create Pandemonium, the city of demons, from Milton’s Paradise Lost, in Minecraft. I’ve also written a piece about how I see Pandemonium as an inverse of Heaven, which you can find here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iVsI0-ga5nDHRgxj3TgSTKgsnswjHfL0DFpqqSEdADU/edit?usp=sharing Now, this build hasn’t been easy, and I’ve had to take a few creative liberties.Continue reading “Final Project – Pandemonium Minecraft Build”

Literature is for the birds! (remastered)

The goal of this project is to highlight the importance of birds, in both literature and in life, now and during medieval times. I chose this topic because I have always been interested in birds. Birds are always noticeable, visibly and/or sonically, but this ubiquity actually tends to make them less noticeable, or easily dismissable.Continue reading “Literature is for the birds! (remastered)”

Thomas More’s “Utopia” (Final Project: paper)

Jordan Smith

Project 2

You will never believe the week I have had. Everyone has gone mad! I’ve never seen anything like it in my three short years of life. It’s like we have finally been handed the key to our existence and nobody was prepared for it. I’ve been a lone fish since a few days after IContinue reading “Project 2”

Wishful Thinking and Parallel Universes

Parallel universes are not an uncommon idea, both in the past and in more modern examples of literature and film. These stories tell of worlds that are more fair, just, and interesting than our own. Worlds where animals can speak and have levels of intelligence similar to or equal to those of humans. In storiesContinue reading “Wishful Thinking and Parallel Universes”

Medieval Feminism; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Project 2)

For my first half paper I wrote for this class, I wrote all about toxic masculinity in medieval literature. The summary was problems with men and “manly” thinking basically. An issue with my paper, just like medieval literature as a whole, I completely ignored women. I figured the only just way to rectify this situationContinue reading “Medieval Feminism; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Project 2)”

Final Essay: Rethinking “Othello”

In the contemporary era of having constant access to an ever-evolving canon of literary works, there is skepticism over what to spend time reading or watching, and often, for good reason. In the case of Shakespeare, much of his work is blatantly discriminatory and relies heavily on stereotypes and bias to develop characters or forwardContinue reading “Final Essay: Rethinking “Othello””

Second Project-The Blazing World Pitch

A show pitch/summary adapted from Margaret Cavendish’s “The Blazing World” (1666) to Netflix producers I am presenting to you a T.V. show called “The Blazing World”, adapted from Margaret Cavendish’s 1666 science fiction novel “The Blazing World”. The show will feature Anne Hathaway as the empress. The show will begin with Hathaway being abducted byContinue reading “Second Project-The Blazing World Pitch”