For my project I thought back to my childhood to a computer strategy game I used to and still sometimes play: Battle for Middle Earth 2, Rise of the Witch King. Each character/hero/unit has special abilities that can help them on the battlefield and are accurate to the Lord of the Rings movies. I getContinue reading “Rethinking Modern British Lit. Character Profiles”
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When Generations of Oppression Collide: Essay #1
Emily Philbrook Professor Helms Currents in Global Literature 3/2/2022 When Generations of Oppression Collide There is an inevitable divide that lies between the advancements of new generations into a progressing world and the strength of the older generations who have endured. The world is always changing, and often, there is hesitation to change along withContinue reading “When Generations of Oppression Collide: Essay #1”
Pilkings Property Management: A BBB Review
I chose to design a webpage for a fictional company that could reflect Simon Pilkings’ doings from Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horsemen ”Pilkings property Management”, in a modern context. I drew my format and inspiration from the Better Business Bureau in which many different companies are reviewed and graded based on a number ofContinue reading “Pilkings Property Management: A BBB Review”
UNESSAY #1 — Death and the King’s Horseman: Props, Costumes, and Set Design
by Kayla Orthman For my first Unessay, I decided to outline the basics of a hypothetical production of Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka. As someone who is heavily involved in theatre, this is an idea that really jumped out at me. Planning a production is incredibly complicated and requires a lot ofContinue reading “UNESSAY #1 — Death and the King’s Horseman: Props, Costumes, and Set Design”
My First Project: The World Keeps Ending, And the World Goes On.
I have always had a profound interest in artists and writers when they use their respected mediums to portray a moral or message through a topic like the apocalypse. The world as we know it is coming to a stand still, civilized society as we know it crumbling to the ground. Anything that has toContinue reading “My First Project: The World Keeps Ending, And the World Goes On.”
The Continuation of Frankenstein’s Monster
For my first project, I felt it would be appropriate to do an unessay about Frankenstein, or more specifically the monster of Frankenstein. it’s a story that I have read back in high school, and I mostly enjoyed it. In Frankenstein, I always felt that the creature has lived an unfair life due being deniedContinue reading “The Continuation of Frankenstein’s Monster”
The Blazing World
Margaret Cavendish was a female author in a time where most women used male names to write. The Blazing World is a work of fiction where the power is in the hands of one women ruling over numerous half-beast men. But more then that The Blazing World is a commentary on the continued monarchy inContinue reading “The Blazing World”
Grendel
Speaking of grudges: out there in the dark, one waited. He listened, holding himself hard to home, but he’d been lonely too long, brotherless, sludge-stranded. Now he heard and endured the din of drinkers. Their poetry poisoned his peace. Every night, turmoil: raucous laughter from Heorot, howling of harps, squawking of scops. Headley, Maria Dahvana.Continue reading “Grendel”
Second Project
Poem: WAR War. Hero, savior, fighter, protector. War. Villain, hurter, destroyer, bombarder. The same word, Two different perceptions. It seems america is always On the side of the Good The brave The glorious But what do others think? We have been taught No, fed, From a young age that WE ARE THE GREATEST NATION Full ofContinue reading “Second Project”
Gender in “Death and the King’s Horseman” by Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka wrote this play in 1975 but it is based on events that occurred in 1946 in the city of Yoruba, Nigeria. Before I read this play, I researched the author, Wole Soyinka. One thing I found very interesting about him that others may not know if they didn’t look him up wasContinue reading “Gender in “Death and the King’s Horseman” by Wole Soyinka”
Sprockets and Springes 