Did Christianity play a big role in the lives of African Americans in the 18th century and how were they affected by family separation? This is a question that has been on the minds of many people when the learn African Americans become Christians and how being separated from their families and living in theContinue reading “Christianity and Family Separation for African Americans in the 18th century”
Death and its Connotations
Elisabeth Thompson Professor Helms Global Literature 29 September 2021 Death and its various connotations has been a topic of much discussion throughout the texts we have thus far covered in class. Death and the King’s Horseman, a play written by Wole Soyinka, is an especially important example of this topic, though its coverage spannedContinue reading “Death and its Connotations”
Cooperative Collie – A Children’s Story
I knew I wanted to do something creative for our first project, mainly in writing since that’s what I felt most comfortable with. But because all of our readings and topics revolved around distinct cultures I had no real knowledge or experience with, I felt uncomfortable trying to emulate them. So it took me aContinue reading “Cooperative Collie – A Children’s Story”
Roles of Women in Beowulf and Lanval
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”
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”
Sprockets and Springes 