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Murderer and Trailblazer: Medea as a Feminist Text
Medea possesses qualities that conform to the gender expectations of ancient Greece, but many parts of the play suggest that Medea is a feminist figure who challenges the gender and social norms of her time.
Redefining the View from “Five Flights Up”
Elizabeth Bishop’s “Five Flights Up” simply gives the poem a place to be: a vantage point.
To Texas and Back
The summer before college, Sarwat moved to Texas. It was a small miracle that she was able to convince them to stay put through the end of high school. Her parents wasted no time packing up after graduation.
Seasons and Such
One day, I phoned my grandparents’ house just to have a talk. My grandmother picked up the phone and told me that my grandfather was taking a nap upstairs. Soon enough, we were talking as relaxed as ever. At some ...
BNW X FOUCAULT
The power exerted by the world state in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" embodies Michel Foucault's idea of biopolitics.
Washed Away
The Fishing Community of Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, in the Wave of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Hamlet: An Identity in Crisis
Life is absurd. We are born into a world without a clear reason and we must play silly little games and perform trivial roles in order to be accepted into said world. And, in the end, we disappear.
While She Was Somewhere Being Free
I find myself walking a paved road in the middle of a baraat, a groom’s wedding procession. It resembles a parade that will eventually pour through a small Indian village leading to a clearing where the bride and her family ...
Billy Corgan Shiny Pants
Sera wasn’t what you would call a “party person.” Yet here he was, walking in his tight shiny pants, to a party full of obnoxious theater kids.
