Cora Rodriguez Rethinking Modern British Literature Unessay Project 1 Ophelia For my unessay, I made an art piece of Gertrude and Ophelia from Hamlet. Ophelia stands on the riverbank watching Ophelia’s lifeless body float face-down below her, flowers around her head like a halo. I drew the figures and the flowers, while the backgrounds IContinue reading “Ophelia”
Category Archives: Projects Spring 2024
Moneta: The Femme Fatale in Hyperion
Morgan Burdick Nic Helms Critical Theory 08 March 2024 Moneta: The Femme Fatale in Hyperion Paired with a cigarette and a fur boa, Femme Fatales have captivated audiences since their appearance in mainstream media. They are dark, mysterious, seductive, and overall a complex character to have in any form of media. Even in forms thatContinue reading “Moneta: The Femme Fatale in Hyperion”
Post-Structuralism and Genre: Ain’t Burned All the Bright
Makenna Horne Prof. Helms Critical Theory 8 March 2024 You may consider Ain’t Burned All the Bright a poetry book, or maybe a mature picture book, or maybe something in between. Written in one sitting and drawn onto pocket-sized moleskine pages, Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin created a masterpiece, engulfing the intense images and feelingsContinue reading “Post-Structuralism and Genre: Ain’t Burned All the Bright“
as snow (poem)
names i do not know women, many women first lady and her daughters, so handsome and so proud, children, many children lady so stout and rich a woman of diamonds and gems women, many women mrs. slight and classy, oh please be gentle her children, many children white as now please beg for a showContinue reading “as snow (poem)”
Tourism in “A Small Place” and Massachusetts
Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Critical Theory 8 March, 2024 In Jamaica Kincaid’s essay “A Small Place” she discusses the effects of tourism on her home island, Antigua, a small island in the Caribbean. She describes these tourists as “ugly human beings”(Kinacaid, A Small Place, Literary Theory: An Anthology). Kincaid then goes on to discussContinue reading “Tourism in “A Small Place” and Massachusetts”
Writing from Fiction To be or Not to be
In act three of Hamlet uses the quote “To be or not to be” This quotemeans to be alive or to be dead. In this act Hamlet is going through a lot ofemotions. He talks about dying to just sleep forever and not have to feelany of these emotions. At first he believes that, thatContinue reading “Writing from Fiction To be or Not to be”
Writing in Fiction: Moral Deterioration in Hamlet
In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” the line “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (Act 1, Scene 4) resonates as a powerful indictment of the moral and political decay festering at the heart of the Danish court. Uttered by Marcellus, a guard, after witnessing the apparition of the late King Hamlet, this observation encapsulates the pervasiveContinue reading “Writing in Fiction: Moral Deterioration in Hamlet”
To live or not to live?
Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ speech from Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ is one of the most famous monologues in all of literature. From Hamlet’s emotions whether life or death is more preferable to the many times it’s been said or referenced in non-Shakespearean works. It’s been interpreted many timesContinue reading “To live or not to live?”
Life or Death?
Hamlet’s famous quote “to be or not to be” from act three scene one, simply means life or death. He is in a sticky situation as he is contemplating living or actually putting an end to all his suffering and turmoil. Questioning life and its unfairness versus actually committing suicide and not knowing what happensContinue reading “Life or Death?”
Madness or Mastermind?
In William Shakespeare’s renowned play “Hamlet,” the protagonist, Hamlet, is depicted as a character whose sanity is constantly questioned. Throughout the play, Hamlet’s behavior swings between moments of rationality and episodes of apparent madness. This essay aims to explore the various events where Hamlet’s mental disability of madness is displayed and the argument of ifContinue reading “Madness or Mastermind?”
Sprockets and Springes 