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Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Posted on August 14, 2020 by carilynn27

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the new Hunger Games book by Suzanne Collins. It is a prequel to the original trilogy and follows the rise of President Coriolanus Snow. It is no accident … Continue reading →

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Posted in Event, Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Poetry, Politics/Economics, Science/Philosophy | Tagged Army, Corilanus Snow, Dr. Gaul, Enlightenment Philosophy, Jabberjays, Jean Jacque Rousseau, John Locke, Leadership, Lucy Gray, Lucy Grey, Masks, Mentors, Military Service, Mockingjays, Names Important, Noble Savage, Pandemic, Panem, Peacekeepers, Politics, Public, Romanticism, Romantics, Rome, Sejanus Plinth, Shakespeare, Subtext, Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Hunger Games, Thomas Hobbes, William Wadworth | Leave a comment

Bram Stoker

Posted on February 16, 2017 by carilynn27

Bram Stoker By Barbara Belford, 1976 Bram had a frigid wife. He went to prostitutes—especially during the menstruation period. Bram wanted to grow as a person, but he felt he couldn’t. Bram was aware of the subtext in his own … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading For High School

Posted on January 27, 2017 by carilynn27

Summer Reading For High School AP/Honors Class For 9th Grade Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Ajeema and His Son by Richard Bradford The Good Earth by Pearl Buck Runs … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture | Tagged 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 9th Grade, Alexander Dumas, Charles Dickens, Dante, Diary of Anne Frank, Edgar Alan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Orwell, Harper Lee, Henry Ibsen, Herman Hesse, High School, Homer, Honors, Jack London, Jane Austen, JD Salinger, Joseph Heller, Julia Alvarez, Literature, Mark Twain, Reading List, Shakespeare, Summer Reading, Sylvia Plath, William Golding | 1 Comment

The Feminist and the Cowboy

Posted on July 23, 2016 by carilynn27

The Feminist and the Cowboy Initially, I liked the memoir by Alisa Valdez entitled The Feminist and the Cowboy. It reminded me of my own relationship—although minus the drama. I related to Valdez being a Feminist like myself. Like Alisa … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Feminism, Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, Abandonment, Abusive, Alisa Valdez, Anais Nin, As You Like It, Asshole, Attitude, author, BDSM, Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Boyfriend, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Challenge, Cheater, Cheating, chidren, choice, Choices, Choose, consensual, conservative, Controlling, Country, Cowboy, Decentered, Desideratum. Sehnsecht, Dirty Woman's Social Club, Divorce, Dominate. Diary of a Submissive, Equal, Ethos, experience, Explore, Farm, Feminist, Forza Del Destino, Gnososis, Gun-toting, Healthy, help, In Dreams, Jerk, Justification, Kids, Liar, Libertarian, Logos, Lying, Master's Degree, Mean, Missouri, Mono No Aware, Mythos, New Mexico, Ohio, Panic, Pathos, Power, Protector, provider, Psychology, Role Playing, Shakespeare, Sociopath, Sous Rature, Stay at Home Mom, Stay At Home Mother, Submissive, Submit, Surrender, Sympathetic, The Feminist and the Cowboy, The Long Hot Summer, The Long Road, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, The World Is A Stage, Unhealthy, Wings of Desire, Women's Movement, Women's Studies, Working Mom, Working Mother | Leave a comment

Shaw and Religion

Posted on October 14, 2014 by carilynn27

Shaw and Religion Ed by Charles A Berst, Penn State 1981 “There is to say Be and It Is,” is a Shavian saying. Shaw is indebted to numerous philosophies. He experienced religion in poetic terms. Development religiously was his perception … Continue reading →

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The Fault in Our Stars

Posted on September 20, 2014 by carilynn27

The Fault in Our Stars “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Cassius tells Brutus in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. Cassius is urging his friend into action, telling him that there … Continue reading →

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An English Affair

Posted on June 17, 2014 by carilynn27

An English Affair Ralph Finnes I first noticed this strange bloke in the 1995 Strange Days. Although Ralph Finnes had been acting for five years prior to that movie, I had not seen him before. It wasn’t until after I … Continue reading →

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How Hamlet Haunts Sons of Anarchy

Posted on December 12, 2013 by carilynn27

Outrageous Fortune: How Hamlet Haunts the Sons of Anarchy Kurt Sutter mentioned that Sons of Anarchy was meant to have the subtext of a Shakespearean Tragedy, particularly Hamlet. As Hamlet opens with the death of the King, Sons of Anarchy … Continue reading →

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The War of the Roses and The Game of Thrones

Posted on August 27, 2013 by carilynn27

The War of the Roses and Game of Thrones There have been a number of references to the fact that George RR Martin drew inspiration from the historical War of the Roses, but nothing in great detail about what … Continue reading →

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The Gothic Flame

Posted on May 1, 2013 by carilynn27

The Gothic Flame: Being a History of the Gothic Novel in England: Its Origins, Efflorescence, Disintegration, and Residuary Influences by Devendra P. Varma 1966 Some of the earliest Gothic novels include: Mrs. Radcliff, Romance of the Forest, Northanger Abbey, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literature/Pop Culture | Tagged Apollonian vs. Dionysian, Being a History of the Gothic Novel in England Its Origins Efflorescence Disintegration and Residuary Influences, Bram Stoker, Devendra P. Varma, Dracula, Germanic Tribe, Hamlet, Horace Walpole, Jane Eyre, Monk Lewis., Mrs. Radcliff, Nietzsche, Northanger Abbey, Romance of the Forest, Schaur-Romantik, Shakespeare, Supernatural, The Castle of Otranto, The Gothic Flame, The Gothic Quest, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Wuthering Heights | 1 Comment

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