For when you can't afford silk
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 […]
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, […]
by Lauren Jackson The light expands from a small slit to a slithering mass, the soft tread on the carpet is muffled, the whining creak fills the ears as the door is opened. A hushed whisper, a fleeting indifference, a glow of moonlight on hardwood as the door is closed. Earl G. Ingersoll believes in […]
by Lauren Jackson Bodies dangle gruesomely from trees, strung up by their necks, the life choked out of their features. Grim displays of butchery litter the roads where weeds bend to touch them. Blood spattered sidewalks wind through parks. Bodies rain down in an odd tableau from a rooftop. The wind buffets the scene of […]
by Lauren Jackson A dark cloak had settled on the shoulders of Victorian England, for the times were changing as the century drew to a close. Sexuality now wrapped its slender arms around society, clasping men and women alike in its languorous embrace. Gender roles now attained an inherent question mark, denoting its future in […]
by Casey Edgington Obsessive Compulsive disorder is a psychological disorder that involves compulsions, which are observable behaviors, and obsessions which are usually mental thoughts and ideas that constantly torment the sufferer. Obsessive compulsive disorder is something that someone must suffer for a minimum of six months to be diagnosed (Barlow & Durand, 2005, p.159) “[and] […]
by Lauren Jackson Emily Bronte, in her novel Wuthering Heights, has been deemed radical in her thoughts, beliefs, and presentation of her characters. But there seems to be a striking dissonance with this belief, being evident in several examples in relation to class and gender. These spheres of society are still cloaked in ideologies of […]