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Throughout The entire story, Jane is victimized by gender roles imposed on her by society and those around her. Is the language used towards Jane, and women in general, meant to show how women were treated during those times? “Where the dickens is she!” he continued. “Lizzy! Georgy! (calling to his sisters) Joan is not… Read more Gender in Jane Eyre

The first post I decided to respond to is Ashely Leblanc’s Frankenstein playlist. It was such a good idea to compare and contrast excerpts from Frankenstein with music lyrics. Music tells a story just as literature does, and it can also allow us to feel the material on a deeper level. The use of lyrics… Read more Response to peer’s project

Throughout the story of Frankenstein themes of social isolation and alienation are extremely prevalent. The main character, Frankenstein’s creator, is plagued by sever loneliness and isolation as he creates his monster. Even the fact that he must keep the origins of Frankenstein’s creation a secret creates a space between him and society. When someone spends… Read more Does alienation cause dissociation from humanity?

In the beginning of Act 1 Horatio and Marcellus are standing guard at night time, Marcellus brings up the fact that people have been seeing a ghost around these hours lately, Horatio dismisses his fears. The ghost does in fact appear, and Horatio was made to believe almost immediately. He was shaking and pale, which… Read more Hamlet (Seeing is Believing)

I really enjoyed that Ted Talk and how discussed intersectionality and systemic oppression or people for a multitude of reasons. Too often we focus in on one reason someone may be socially disabled, and we don’t factor in all the other prejudices held against them. Society is leaving half of America disabled in the sense… Read more Music and the Struggle Towards Societal Righteousness