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She’s Just Not That Into You: Female Resentment and Hysteria in Literature

Madwoman, hysteric, insane, crazy…the list goes on and on. The labels slapped on women showing intense emotion, including anger, confusion, disinterest, and fear. Hysteria became the diagnosis for women perceived as “mad”. Women who showed symptoms of serious mental illness, such as anxiety, depression, and aggression. A common trope found in literature featuring male/female relationshipsContinue reading “She’s Just Not That Into You: Female Resentment and Hysteria in Literature”

Koharu Deserved to See Cherry Blossoms (CW: Puppets/Dolls)

CW: IMAGES of PUPPETS/ DOLLS So for my third unessay I decided to try and create a bunraku puppet of Koharu from The Love Suicides at Amijima. I ended up creating something very similar/ close to a bunraku puppet but it’s more like a doll. It’s also a lot smaller. I found out bunraku puppetsContinue reading “Koharu Deserved to See Cherry Blossoms (CW: Puppets/Dolls)”

The Ending – Redone

Koharu sits in her room looking around at all the things that are hers but seem like a stranger’s belongings. The sun has just begun to say that there is a pink and orange fade across the sky. She looks up at it longingly hoping for someone to take her away. There is suddenly a knock onContinue reading “The Ending – Redone”

The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode 3: Chicamatsu and Puppet Theatre Around the World

Script Opening Music Luke: Hello everyone and welcome back to the Literary Analysis Podcast. I am your host, Luke Harding, and today we will be discussing Chikamatsu’s The Love Suicide at Amijima. Now, there are a number of themes that I could discuss, but today I thought I would change the pace of the podcastContinue reading “The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode 3: Chicamatsu and Puppet Theatre Around the World”

Love Suicide at Amijima, jeopardy version

Maddie Bentzlin — 3rd Major Project — 22 November 2020 For my third major project, I have decided to once again create a jeopardy board. I choose jeopardy for my first project but wanted to try it again to improve my style of jeopardy but with a different story. I also chose to connect jeopardyContinue reading “Love Suicide at Amijima, jeopardy version”

SockCrossed

Characters: Calcetine – the coolest sock, he is very well-liked, possible himbo Chausette – an artist and a romantic, falling out of love with Calcetine Hanes – disillusioned sock, standard hopeless romantic, falling out of love with Fruta Fruta – career driven sock, doesn’t like Hanes’ over-the-top romance Narrator – unclear whether they are aContinue reading “SockCrossed”