Author Archives: nrhelms

Directing, Gaming, Shakespearing.

Kahoot!

https://create.kahoot.it/share/the-faerie-queene/da295395-2d6f-48 b7-a367-281e19ed006f For my Second Project in this class, I chose to make a Kahoot for my classmates to play. Kahoot is a fun trivia game that I have used for a handful of projects, and have participated in during different classes multiple times before. It is a great tool that I was introduced toContinue reading “Kahoot!”

Project 2 – The Spiderweb

Now I am in no ways an artist and would never try and take a chance on a project. This time I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone and try to depict the entirety of The Dew Breaker and its intertwining storylines through drawing. Although I have never thought of myself asContinue reading “Project 2 – The Spiderweb”

Project 2- Shakuntala Themes and Symbols

Kaitlyn Mader Dr. Helms Currents in Global Literature October 20, 2020 Second Project- Themes and Symbols in Shakuntala             For my second project, I decided to do a more interactive and visual project.  I decided to do a Jeopardy type “game”.  I chose to do this project on Kalidasa’s play Shakuntala.  I wanted to focusContinue reading “Project 2- Shakuntala Themes and Symbols”

Second Major Project: The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode Two: Justice and Danticat

Script: Opening Music Luke: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Literary Analysis Podcast, I am your host Luke. Today marks the second episode in the podcast and today we will be taking a deep dive into Edwidge Danticat’s 2004 piece entitled The Dew Breaker and how it contributes to an ongoing conversation surrounding justiceContinue reading “Second Major Project: The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode Two: Justice and Danticat”

Shakuntala Unessay

For my second project, I decided to make a poster about some major these in the Shakuntala reading. The 3 large themes that I identified were Love vs Duty, Nature, Body and Spirt, and Concealment vs Separation. I felt like these themes specifically stuck out to me.  “But how can it have happened that, simplyContinue reading “Shakuntala Unessay”

Dueling Versions of Dragons

“Wide gaped, like the griesly mouth of hell Through which into his dark abisse all ravin fell” Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queen book 1 Canto 11 lines 107-108 https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/faerie-queene-book-1-canto-11 Throughout history, dragons have been depicted as the antagonists of fairy tales. They can be used to represent greed, evil, seduction, and even satan himself. In theContinue reading “Dueling Versions of Dragons”

Project #2

https://plymouthstate-my.sharepoint.com/personal/mlr1047_plymouth_edu/Documents/Microsoft%20Teams%20Chat%20Files/Shakuntala.html For my second project of the semester, I knew I wanted to do something with the story of Shakuntala. I considered doing something like my last unessay but after meeting with professor helms I decided to take an alternative route. We had talked about me creating a possible text quest following the storyline ofContinue reading “Project #2”

Hyrule Historia 2.0: Gerudos and the Martial Race Myth

Inspired by James Mendez Hodes’s “Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth” While the Legend of Zelda series has been beloved since its early days, there’s a lack of critical analysis regarding it, perhaps because it’s only more recently that the perception of video games as an art form has become more mainstream. Now thatContinue reading “Hyrule Historia 2.0: Gerudos and the Martial Race Myth”

Project #2 The Red Cross Knight is a Murder Hobo.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19oGKSEH7OK7Aacea9DPT4hA7oZT3RSCWCrk9r2PHahQ/edit Errour’s Home is a dungeon I created for dungeons and dragons 5e. I went into this thinking, what if Spenser was a dnd player. He views his character as perfect, he fights and kills just about everything he runs into, and everyone is out to get him. All in all, Spencer is a murderContinue reading “Project #2 The Red Cross Knight is a Murder Hobo.”