An inspiration I had for doing this project was the scene in Jane Eyre where Mr. Rochester disguises himself as a “gipsy” and reads the fortunes of the young, single women present in the house. One method described for this was palm reading and I wanted to research it more and apply it to the… Read more Jane Eyre Palm Reading
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Comparing Moths
“A large moth, so large that I thought it was a bird, blundered into one of the candles, put it out and fell to the floor. ‘He’s a big fellow,’ I said.‘Is it badly burned?’‘More stunned than hurt.’I took the beautiful creature up in my handkerchief and put it on the railing. For a moment… Read more Comparing Moths
A Warning?
At first when I read the scene where Jane is describing her “nightmare” about a vampire to Rochester, I didn’t think much of it. But now that we know that Rochester’s wife, Bertha Mason, was the woman who entered Jane’s room, I began to think about it differently. “Sir, it removed my veil from its… Read more A Warning?
Comparisons and Self-Esteem
Throughout the book, we continuously get very detailed descriptions of other characters as Jane sees them. She really delves into the appearances of everyone she meets. I take this and think about Jane herself and how others have seemed to perceive her and her appearances. She’s often been told by the people around her that… Read more Comparisons and Self-Esteem
Frankenstein Tarot Card Connections
Captain Walton The Fool (Upright) “To see the The Fool generally means a beginning of a new journey, one where you will be filled with optimism and freedom from the usual constraints in life. When we meet him, he approaches each day as an adventure, in an almost childish way. He believes that anything can… Read more Frankenstein Tarot Card Connections
The Second Creature
As I’ve come to find out, there’s apparently a Frankenstein manga made by Junji Ito, who is known for his unsettling horror works. It has some interesting differences from the original story, mainly regarding the companion that Frankenstein was going to make for his creation. In the manga, he actually succeeds in creating her but… Read more The Second Creature
Moonlit Monsters
Something that caught my attention when Frankenstein’s creation was telling his story was the fond mentions of the moon. “Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure. I started up and beheld a radiant form rise from among the trees. [The moon] I gazed with a kind of… Read more Moonlit Monsters
Garden to Garden… to Garden
Last semester I did a project comparing Cavendish’s “Similizing the Brain to a Garden” to Milton’s “Paradise Lost“, specifically how both use gardens in the text. There was a quote in Hamlet that reminded me of this. “Hamlet: How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on… Read more Garden to Garden… to Garden
Social Anxiety and Writing
If asked to describe me in one word, I assume the majority of people who know me would say “quiet” or “shy”. I’m realizing that it’s ironic to start my post this way actually, because I have social anxiety and wondering what other people are thinking about me just demonstrates the daily fear of judgment/humiliation/etc… Read more Social Anxiety and Writing
Garden to Garden
Similarities Knowledge and the Sun “And higher then that Wall a circling row Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit, Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue Appeerd, with gay enameld colours mixt: On which the Sun more glad impress’d his beams (Book 4, lines 146-150).” ——— “The brain a garden seems, full of delight, Whereon the sun of knowledge shineth bright (lines 1-2).” Both Milton and Cavendish touch… Read more Garden to Garden