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More Thoughts on Eternal Human Themes: Classic Poet Dickinson and Instagram Writer Kate Baer
While different thematic movements in poetry utilize different strategies to create meaning, the art that results has often challenged social conventions in the same way. Romanticism and the poets of the movement enforced strict boundaries around creating poetry from how many syllables there could be per line, rhyme structures, and stanza structures. Modernist poets have Continue reading
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Pride and Prejudice- Charlotte’s Marriage was just as Logical as Elizebeth’s (if not more so)
Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice stars a girl with ideas and goals that are seen by her father, and evidently by the narrator, as more mature than her peers, including her mother, sisters, and best friend Charlotte. The portrayal of Charlotte’s marriage in the book ultimately illustrates how the novel fails to Continue reading
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Lady Macbeth Was Never a Feminist Icon
Lady Macbeth is hailed as a character who defies gender roles and the patriarchy, but is actually nothing of the sort, as her ideas of masculinity and the role she chooses to play prove her the opposite. In fact, Lady Macbeth upholds the patriarchy and encourages stereotypical gender roles. Her reaction to the letter when Continue reading
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