Charlotte Day November 3, 2025 Traditional Essay Toxic masculinity has been around since the beginning of time, and is still around to this day. All adaptations of Romeo and Juliet have a little bit of a different way of telling the story. One thing that all Romeo and Juliet adaptations have in common is genderContinue reading “Toxic Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet”
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West Side Story’s tragic take on Racism and Loss
West Side Story’s tragic take on racism and loss. Jerome Robbins’s West Side Story, a musical take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, depicts two rivaling gangs fighting for territories in 1950’s New York City. However, Robbins takes a very interesting route with how this musical plays out. He very cleverly makes the musical not onlyContinue reading “West Side Story’s tragic take on Racism and Loss”
How Does the Lack of Tragedy in Gnomeo and Juliet Change the Source Material’s Message?
Brody Beaudet Studies in English When I was assigned this essay, I had a hard time figuring out what I was going to do and then it hit me. One of Romeo and Juliets main themes is tragedy/death mainly being caused from violence. So, with an adaptation like Gnomeo and Juliet, a kids movieContinue reading “How Does the Lack of Tragedy in Gnomeo and Juliet Change the Source Material’s Message?”
As You Like It – A Bland Adaptation?
At the very tail end of the 1500s, poet and playwright William Shakespeare wrote As You Like It. The play, like many of Shakespeare’s works, is a comedy. While the play has received a few film adaptations over the years, there aren’t quite as many as his more popular works such as Romeo & Juliet.Continue reading “As You Like It – A Bland Adaptation?”
Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Women in Control
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character of Lady Macbeth’s complexity lies with her rejection of femininity, and different adaptations skew the meaning of the original text. The gender roles we associate men and women with almost completely reverse in the play. Macbeth is seemingly stripped of his individuality and masculinity, as Lady Macbeth pulls theContinue reading “Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Women in Control”
PTSD and the Psychological Decay of Macbeth (Updated)
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is not only a classic revenge tragedy but a powerful exploration of psychological trauma and the unraveling of the human mind. Set in Scotland, the play follows Macbeth, who, in the beginning, was a loyal soldier and nobleman, but ends up descending into paranoia and guilt after murdering King Duncan to gain the throne.Continue reading “PTSD and the Psychological Decay of Macbeth (Updated)”
For Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Superior Women in Renaissance Literature We learn early on that we have more gender equality today than we have ever had before, it’s been proven through history and the evolution of literature. It’s safe to assume based on what we have read in class that most if not all literary works from that time periodContinue reading “For Medieval and Renaissance Literature”
The Faerie Queene x Tarot Cards
When you think of tarot cards, doesn’t your mind immediately go to The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser? No? Me either, but no doubt are you able to connect the two! For this project, I took a dive at connecting some of the characters from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Book 1, Canto 1 andContinue reading “The Faerie Queene x Tarot Cards”
Jeshua Biscalvert
“My heart is with another.”
“Liar.”
“I don’t lie.” He squeezed his left hand, willing the ring there to swallow him up. Maybe he would upset his husband by crashing his day, but he would rather that than having to deal with another second of this.
“Who is this lover? How can she be fairer than I?”
“I never said they were,” he replied, not even able to feign his lover was a woman. He had known that Authur’s court with its mix of Roman Christianity and Puppillandian noblemen’s standards would be a ghoulish place to be for someone like him, but Electra had asked, and he couldn’t say no.
“You’re in love with a boy,” she hissed, her tone cruel and disgusted. She stepped away from him as though he were contagious. “My husband will have you executed for this!”
“I–” Jay tried to answer, but his lungs choked and suddenly, everything was gone.
A Missing Scene (Yde et Olive)
When I first read Yde et Olive, I thought it was an absolute crime that the scene where Yde reveals to their wife that they were born a woman was reduced to essentially a bullet point list and a brief response from Olive. And I continued to think about it afterward. Actually, my greatest issueContinue reading “A Missing Scene (Yde et Olive)”
Sprockets and Springes 