The Tragic Tales of Love Suicides Throughout Literature (Project 3)

Ah young love, don’t you love it? Love makes people do crazy things, doesn’t it? It might make you, change your look, act like someone you’re not, or in some extreme cases kill yourself cause you cant be with them. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Chikamatsu’s The Love Suicides at Amijima follows the laterContinue reading “The Tragic Tales of Love Suicides Throughout Literature (Project 3)”

Ambiguity in “The Love Suicide at Amijima” and “Hamlet”

Chikamatsu is notorious for his plays on words that include double meanings, irony, and references to other plays. These phrases add to the romantic aspect of the piece. Chikamatsu shows here that he likes to illustrate a realistic world that is not guided by strict laws. The ambiguity begins on the first page with theContinue reading “Ambiguity in “The Love Suicide at Amijima” and “Hamlet””

King Dusyanta-> John Smith-> Aragorn

This project will consist of three “film reviews” from Shakuntala, Pocahontas, and Lord of the Rings. I believe that their “heroic” characters and their respective conflicts draw similar conclusions. I am setting out to show a pattern in characters perspective storytelling over time. It should start as origin, to “original”, then to the final rendition.Continue reading “King Dusyanta-> John Smith-> Aragorn”

The Global Literature Expedition: Board Game

Welcome to The Global Literature Expedition! As I said in my last project reflection I was really trying to find a way to get away from the traditional essay way so I came up with a great game for this class. The Global Literature Expedition challenges players to stay a float through the crashing wavesContinue reading “The Global Literature Expedition: Board Game”

From Stella

For my second project, I decided to write a sonnet inspired by Sir Philip Sydney’s series of sonnets, “Astrophil and Stella”. In this poems, Astrophil seems to take a strong liking, possible obsession towards Stella. However, through the poems, it comes across as he is only interested in her physical appearance, rather than who sheContinue reading “From Stella”

3rd project – Essay

Shakuntala’s connection to nature               Throughout the tale of Shakuntala, we, the readers, are able to see the love that blossoms between Shakuntala and the King Dusyanta. We are also able to see the abundance of nature throughout the play. However, these things are not mutually exclusive, or disconnected. We see love and nature intertwinedContinue reading “3rd project – Essay”