When looking at the portrayal of demons in paradise lost, I came to my attention that this is very different from the ways they are portrayed in other pieces of media, and even in the Bible itself. Following this line of thought, I decided to use several of the theses from Monster Culture, primarily ThesesContinue reading “Demons and their development over time.”
Category Archives: Archived Projects
Sakuntala Lesson Plan
I decided to craft lesson plan for what I would do to teach The Recognition of Sakuntala to a class of college students. My lesson plan centers around the themes in Sakuntala, using the above worksheet as the foundation for a larger discussion questioning what Sakuntala is about. Contemplating the themes in Sakuntala forces studentsContinue reading “Sakuntala Lesson Plan”
A Return to my Diary Writing Roots (AKA I Wrote my Own Pillow Book)
Things that Fascinate “It’s beautiful the way the water drops hang so thick and dripping on the garden plants after a night of rain in the ninth month, when the morning sun shines fresh and dazzling on them. Where the rain clings in the spider webs that hang in the open weave of a screeningContinue reading “A Return to my Diary Writing Roots (AKA I Wrote my Own Pillow Book)”
The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode 3: Chicamatsu and Puppet Theatre Around the World
Script Opening Music Luke: Hello everyone and welcome back to the Literary Analysis Podcast. I am your host, Luke Harding, and today we will be discussing Chikamatsu’s The Love Suicide at Amijima. Now, there are a number of themes that I could discuss, but today I thought I would change the pace of the podcastContinue reading “The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode 3: Chicamatsu and Puppet Theatre Around the World”
Garden to Garden
Similarities Knowledge and the Sun “And higher then that Wall a circling row Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit, Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue Appeerd, with gay enameld colours mixt: On which the Sun more glad impress’d his beams (Book 4, lines 146-150).” ——— “The brain a garden seems, full of delight, Whereon the sun of knowledge shineth bright (lines 1-2).” Both Milton and Cavendish touchContinue reading “Garden to Garden”
Video: Women in Asian Society
As I was reading “The Recognition of Sakuntala” and “The Love Suicides at Amijima” I was fascinated by the way women were portrayed in these texts. Since these were the two works, we read from Asia, I decided to make the connection between the Asian history and the treatment and ideas surrounding women. Both ofContinue reading “Video: Women in Asian Society”
Love Suicide at Amijima, jeopardy version
Maddie Bentzlin — 3rd Major Project — 22 November 2020 For my third major project, I have decided to once again create a jeopardy board. I choose jeopardy for my first project but wanted to try it again to improve my style of jeopardy but with a different story. I also chose to connect jeopardyContinue reading “Love Suicide at Amijima, jeopardy version”
Love Is Here To Interfere- Shakuntala Updated
Jack Shebell Global Literature Nicholas Helms November 22nd, 2020 Love Is Here To Interfere “Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul, and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more…”-Continue reading “Love Is Here To Interfere- Shakuntala Updated”
Paradise Lost Jeopardy Game
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13DMYyPOSwuAcrGdW9NtTcQO86NxYNJY5JrfCAZu8mCs/edit?usp=sharing For my third unessay, I chose to create a Jeopardy-style review game that could be used in the classroom. The game is based on Paradise Lost, focusing on four main categories of characters, themes and symbols, history and Milton, and quotes. Each category has leveled questions, with each being worth a different amount of “money”.Continue reading “Paradise Lost Jeopardy Game”
I Made A Tik Tok Series (And It’s Very Embarrassing)
And it was very embarrassing so don’t watch these I really hope that worked the way it was supposed to. I think they were out of order. That took about a million steps. You’d think we would be better at distributing videos by now. Anyway. Hi! For my last project, I took Milton’s Paradise Lost,Continue reading “I Made A Tik Tok Series (And It’s Very Embarrassing)”
Sprockets and Springes 