In reflecting on my favorite project that I have done this semester, I thought most about my first essay titled, “Nature: Monster or Mother”, https://www.brit.lit.nrhelms.plymouthcreate.net/projects-fall-2022/nature-monster-or-mother/ in which I compiled ecological criticism on “Beowulf” and “The Green Knight” to suggest that medieval societies created natural monsters in literature out of a fear. This theory developed out… Read more Final Reflection Post For 12/13
Emily Philbrook
Final Essay: Rethinking “Othello”
In the contemporary era of having constant access to an ever-evolving canon of literary works, there is skepticism over what to spend time reading or watching, and often, for good reason. In the case of Shakespeare, much of his work is blatantly discriminatory and relies heavily on stereotypes and bias to develop characters or forward… Read more Final Essay: Rethinking “Othello”
Reflection For 12/1
In our discussion of pages 30-60 of “The Blazing World”, I was intrigued with the discussion of which creatures in our own fictional world, based off of the world that Cavendish creates, might be tasked with answering certain questions. In Colton, Michael, Dan, and Joseph’s group, they explained that to answer how “The Blazing World”… Read more Reflection For 12/1
Question For 12/29
In the first 30 pages of “The Blazing World” by Margaret Cavendish, the Lady (and later, the Empress) is transported into an alternate world with animal creatures and is immediately given power to rule due to her human status. However, her first initiatives are to demand knowledge out of the Emperor and all of the… Read more Question For 12/29
Blazing World, Collab 2
Question: 12/1
In the next part of Margaret Cavendish’s “The Blazing World”, the Empress continues to press for an understanding of the way the world works, but is caught on one complex factor, which was the devout religion of a seemingly knowledgeable people that, to the Empress, was simply incorrect. The Empress, seemingly of a Euro-Christian background,… Read more Question: 12/1
The Blazing World, collab 1
The Empress Is Not A Girlboss
In Part One of Margaret Cavendish’s, “The Blazing World”, the “Lady” who later becomes named as the “Empress”, might at first appear to be the female heroine of the story as she survives a tragedy to be saved by another world and is treated well. However, she is immediately given unearned power in this new… Read more The Empress Is Not A Girlboss
Casting Paradise Lost, collab
Question For Class 11/17
In Book 9 of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, Adam and Eve, tricked by Satan, indulge in fruit from the Tree of Knowledge which has been forbidden by God. When they first eat the fruit, they are overcome with lust and sin, but later come to a sharp realization, especially Adam, of the harm they have now… Read more Question For Class 11/17