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Amazing Grace. (Short story about the regret and horror of slavery)

It is December 15th, year of our Lord 1807. The grimm specter of life is upon me, I feel it in the essence of my very soul. As my time draws near, I write this confession. It is every Christian’s duty to confess their sins before their judgement in the Lord’s eyes. Though I refuseContinue reading “Amazing Grace. (Short story about the regret and horror of slavery)”

Themes in Equiano / First Major Project

Madisen Bentzlin / Themes in Equiano – Jeopardy Game For my visual (displayed in picture form on page three), I decided to choose to do a small jeopardy game including themes in The Life of Olaudah Equiano. On the visual, there are clues being quotes from the reading that the audience or reader would have toContinue reading “Themes in Equiano / First Major Project”

First Essay – Racism and Social Pressure

*note* *This is the updated version!!* Racism has been a pretty strong theme within the texts we have read so far. We have read accounts from both sides; the racist, and the oppressed. But what if, due to pressure from others, those who oppose racism suddenly turn to ‘fit in’ with society? What if someContinue reading “First Essay – Racism and Social Pressure”

First Major Project

Literary Analysis Podcast: Colonialism Script: Opening music. Luke: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Literary Analysis Podcast with me as your host, Luke Harding. This podcast is designed to explain difficult and important concepts through their interpretations represented in various literary works. Today, we will be discovering colonialism as represented in Wole Soyinka’s Death andContinue reading “First Major Project”

Adding a scene to Death And The King’s Horseman- Unessay

For my unessay I decided to write about Elesin, and the thoughts he is having before he must transition into the “great beyond.” Throughout this entire play, us, the audience never get to see any characters alone. We never get to learn about the thoughts that the characters are truly having, and ofcourse I focusedContinue reading “Adding a scene to Death And The King’s Horseman- Unessay”

The Relationship Between Cultures

Differences between cultures continuously lead to prejudice and conflict. The two pieces of work the class focused on, Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka and The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano, are full of comments on cultural differences and relationships. The different beliefs and behaviors can cause prejudice and canContinue reading “The Relationship Between Cultures”

First Project

For this project, I wanted to look at the commonalities from stories told in the past to the stories that we tell now. Specifically, stories regarding black people have been watered down to appeal to the white mind. For those who don’t know what the image is meant to represent, it is a silhouette ofContinue reading “First Project”

Fall 2019: Twelfth Night and Paradise Regained

Just a quick announcement: this fall, Improbable Fictions will present staged readings of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Milton’s Paradise Regained! Twelfth Night: Wed, Oct 2, 7:30 pm, in 30 ten Hoor Hall, UA Campus Paradise Regained: Wed, Oct 16, 7:30 pm, in 30 ten Hoor Hall, UA Campus As always, IF is sponsored by theContinue reading “Fall 2019: Twelfth Night and Paradise Regained”