For when you can't afford silk
by Lauren Jackson Flouncing hoopskirts and frilly pantalettes, stifling perfumes and plush furniture, demure flicks of the hand and dimpling cheeks all embody the infamous Scarlett O’Hara in Margaret Mitchell’s classic novel Gone with the Wind .Scarlett was born into a changing world, wherein the very ground she stood on was shifting beneath her feet. […]
by Lauren Jackson In Emile Zola’s novel Nana, we find that female social mobility is rigid in its birth, yet there are character’s that defy it and create fluidity despite commonly accepted values. It is true that women could ‘marry above themselves’ to gain higher positions, but even these were constricted in relation to their […]
by Nathan Elflein Ignore ignore despite what you feel. Keep faith in her despite what’s revealed. Valentines day, a day of love. A day to revamp what was once so good. Make love through the night, hold her close and tight, No reason to lose her, over stupid fights. Leave her for the moment, her […]
Silence consumed me Pain lashed like whips Cutting pretty arcs in the air But the shadows lay in wait You couldn’t see Couldn’t see They found me first I lay broken The past was the present The future was passed Impossible clock Ticking on And on And on My heart was lying Lying Lying awake […]
by Casey Edgington During the pre-war era the mindset of European nations were one of superiority and nationalism, there were mounting tensions and plenty of propaganda that fueled a desire for a great war. Rites of Spring would argue that the driving force was a war of cultural upheaval and ideologies of rebelling against the […]
A lantern was held aloft, it swayed like a pendulum to and fro. I felt as though my mouth was foaming, rabid wind through trees was groaning, I shook listening to an eerie moaning, While bathed in the moon’s soft glow. As the lantern bobbed it cast a shadow, it flitted across like death. The […]
by Lauren Jackson Richard III has gone down in history as a crouchback, a monster, and a tyrant. He has been posthumously indicted for many evil deeds, but the most notorious of all is the murder of his two young nephews and heirs to the throne of England: the renowned Princes in the Tower. His […]
by Lauren Jackson Ashes coat the world, but they are pale. Charred remains are scattered in stark, eerie representations of life, but they are blurry. The world is dark, but still the sun shines on. In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, there is an element of transgressed simulation as initially set forth by Jean Baudrillard. […]
by Lauren Jackson Anne Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire is filled with an underlying tension; palpable but hidden. The vampires portrayed in this novel do not have sex with each other or with human beings, yet one can feel sexuality seeping through the ink of the pages. What is it about the relationships that […]
by Lauren Jackson Gunfire is a constant melody here; a tune that becomes synonymous with nature. The sun trickles in through a gray haze, a constant gray that drizzles despair over the soul. Screams of agony, the sounds of men in their death throes are constant companions. The sight, the sickly smell of life blood, […]