There was another chapter. An avenger lay in wait, counting sworded seconds until the latest hour, her heart full of hatred. Grendel’s mother, warrior woman, outlaw, meditated on misery. She lived, ill-fated, sinking beneath cold-currents to her kingdom under-country, her line linked to extinction since Cain crossed swords with Abel and fled, murder-marked, to makeContinue reading “Roles of Women in Beowulf and Lanval”
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First Project
As the story of Death and the King’s Horsemen is told a man must commit ritual suicide and the play goes through how people try to stop it and inevitably fail but it never talks about what was going on in the minds of the men completing the ritual, which is what I am goingContinue reading “First Project”
Project 1: Ecological Criticism and Beowulf
Luke Harding Helms Rethinking Medieval Literature September 30, 2021 Beowulf and the Ecosystem Ecological criticisms range in their application and practice within literature. They include analyses in individual close readings of a text’s representation of human and environmental relationships as well as overall studies into the interpretation and expression of the natural world across textsContinue reading “Project 1: Ecological Criticism and Beowulf”
My Own World
My Own World By: Gabriel McSherry I usually try to stay away from campus for everything I fear and despise lurks within, and paths through the darkness of the woods seem to calm me. A misunderstood land where creeps and criminals lay low after dark, but if they only knew the only foe you mayContinue reading “My Own World”
Scene 4.5
Walking slowly along the unlit forestage, with a spotlight shining from above him, Olunde stares into the darkness around him; his head slightly tilted down toward the ground. His gaze blank with thought, jaw clenched and hands flexing. The sound of a steady drumming growing ever louder with each step. In the background, rises theContinue reading “Scene 4.5”
I’m Worthy
Walking through the gates of the kingdom, A husband and wife make their way to The celebration of King Arthur’s knights. Returning home from battle to join Their master, by his side at the Round Table Once again. Passing through the thick crowd, The couple bumps into two of the knights. Getting the unlucky attention of the superior soldier. “Damn, that’s one fine lookingContinue reading “I’m Worthy”
We’re Outsiders
We’re outsiders We hear death’s lullaby song. We wonder what we did to deserve this punishment. We see people fading away like ghosts. We worry we won’t make it another day. We want to be a part of the world around us, But we’re outsiders. We pretend to be all right and held together, but we’re not. We feel the emptiness closing in around us. We touch the invisible chains that imprisoned us here. We worry that we’llContinue reading “We’re Outsiders”
Medieval Ladies Tarot Cards
For my unessay I took some of the women characters from the texts we read, and created tarot cards for them. While I am not really a believer in tarot, or truly know how to read cards, I have always been fascinated by the art styles and meanings given to each card. My original planContinue reading “Medieval Ladies Tarot Cards”
Beowulf; The Musical
Unfortunately, I did not create an entire musical for my project, although that would’ve been amazing. I decided to create various playlists for some of the characters within Beowulf and focus on displaying their thoughts through lyrics. Just a slight note; all the playlists are done in an order of the progression of their thoughtsContinue reading “Beowulf; The Musical”
The Role of Women in Literature
What is the role of women in literature? This is a question that is asked when people see female characters in literature. In newest translation of “Beowulf” by Maria Headley, there are parts of the book where a female character is what the reader might assume of a woman in medieval times, and there isContinue reading “The Role of Women in Literature”
Sprockets and Springes 