The Three Witches of “Macbeth”: Analyzing the Significance of the Number Three in “Macbeth”, Witchcraft, and Covens.

Here’s the link to my video essay in which I analyze the significance of the three witches within Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, along with analyzing the impact of the number three within the play and within witchcraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t49RlhELZNU

Why are the District treated like animals in “The Hunger Game”? Examining the rural, classism, and animal theory in “The Hunger Games”.

Here’s my video essay analyzing the classism, rural, and animal theory in Suzanne Collin’s “The Hunger Games”, and attempting to answer the question of why the Districts are treated like animals in “The Hunger Games”. -Ella Orchard-Blowen

I support women’s rights, but I also support women’s wrongs.

https://youtu.be/ut_WdPJN5u0?si=RcPxwCYRN2Zqon3a Ella Orchard-Blowen Currents in Global Literature Second Project I did a podcast/video thingie (unsure of what exactly to call it), where I discussed 11 of the women from the media we consumed during the second half of this semester. I went through each character and discussed their “crimes”, basically their actions during the story.Continue reading “I support women’s rights, but I also support women’s wrongs.”

Motherhood and the Haunting of Trauma, Ella Orchard-Blowen

Ella Orchard-BlowenCurrents in Global Literature Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka and The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat both play with the themes of gender roles, and how they impact our societies. In both books women are often seen as filling the role of the mother, taking care of the people around themContinue reading “Motherhood and the Haunting of Trauma, Ella Orchard-Blowen”