“Old Ella Mason keeps cats, eleven at last count / In her ramshackle house off Somerset Terrace…” Like the children from the poem, let’s take a peek into the house filled with Ella Mason’s eleven cats! I wonder what they’re doing today. Except, what’s that? They’re made out of… paper? These two origami cats look… Read more Eleven Cats (Origami Edition)
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Inspired By ‘After Death’
. . . Thorn adorned vines wrapped around my wristsSnaked their way across my limbsHad made themselves home in my lungsCrept slowly before piercing my heart Each day they grew stronger and tougherCutting me open further and furtherBut you never seemed to noticeTo even spare a second glance Now I layThe vines encasing my frail… Read more Inspired By ‘After Death’
Images of Frankenstein’s Creature
Hello all, here is my first major project for this class! I apologize that it’s a week late (yikes) but this semester has really been kicking my butt. As someone who has personally been swamped with essays and writing assignments, this project was refreshing and fun to do. I essentially made a collage/map/poster visual of… Read more Images of Frankenstein’s Creature
Evil Versus Good, Nurture Versus Nature
I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend… Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me? I really enjoyed listening to the conversations about good and evil during this week’s Teams Meeting. The question about whether Frankenstein’s creature is truly evil or not can be and has been… Read more Evil Versus Good, Nurture Versus Nature
Elizabeth’s Objectification and Lack of Autonomy
(This is a week late! It was written from the first part of our Frankenstein reading) Going into any book, I always can’t help but notice how female characters are represented and written. Especially when it comes to older fiction, I usually find that the women are nothing more than side characters or pawns that… Read more Elizabeth’s Objectification and Lack of Autonomy
Shakespeare, Smith, and Cliffsides
I really enjoyed reading the shorter essays and poems alongside Hamlet this week, and the one I can’t stop thinking about is Charlotte Smith’s “Sonnet: On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic”. When thinking about a sonnet, you usually think of romantic love sonnets,… Read more Shakespeare, Smith, and Cliffsides
Anxiety, Books, and Supportive Adults
I don’t identify as disabled or neurodivergent, but I have had an anxiety disorder since I was young. Middle school is when it hit the hardest, especially because there was so much going on and I was undiagnosed and hiding everything. I was worrying and anxious all the time, tired yet restless, normal situations and… Read more Anxiety, Books, and Supportive Adults