Awareness, Empowerment, and Womanhood in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Drawing in pencil by Charlotte Brontë, 1845, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Anne Brontë’s writing was shockingly revolutionary for the time period. She covered many bold themes that at the time were incredibly taboo, and still considered taboo in some aspects today, in her works. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was considered so shocking that…
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Mr. Wickham in Pride & Prejudice and in Simon Langton’s Adaptation
Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Simon Langton’s 1995 mini-series adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, Pride & Prejudice, makes unique adaptative choices of her classic novel. Both the novel and the mini-series have a very romantic story between the two characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, who originally did not like each…
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How to Prepare for a Performance
Performance is an activity anyone can enjoy, whether that be in theatre or in film. I have been actively involved with theatre since I was in seventh grade, and I am a Performance and Storytelling minor at Kutztown University. This year, I also directed a play at the local elementary school entitled “Frog and Toad”…
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Americans Love of Peanut Butter is Nuts!
Chong Fat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and peanut butter filled sweets are a staple in many people’s diets. Unbelievably, peanut butter is largely an American thing. Buying peanut butter in other countries, such as in Europe, is harder to find compared to American stores. If it is found, it…
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The Ethics of Nazi Representation in Fiction: Voices in the Dark
Voices in the Dark by Ulli Lust is a graphic novel that poses many ethical questions due to the nature of the subject matter. The graphic novel follows Hermann Karnau, a sound engineer hired to capture sounds for Nazi Germany, and Helga Goebbels, the oldest daughter of a Nnazi propagandist, as she begins to observe…
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Crenshaw, Butler, and Orange Is the New Black
Jenji Kohan’s television show, Orange is the New Black, which ran from 2013 to 2019, has many thought provoking moments that connect directly to the critical theories of Kimberly Crenshaw and Judith Butler. The series tells the story of several women in the Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security prison in New York State with inmates who…
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Adventures of Jessi Walker 