Harem

I collaborated with Stephanie Emmanuela Engel on her piece titled Elemental Essence. This piece is in four sections each section looks at one of the four elements of nature- earth, water, air and fire. The piece depicts how each of these entities and energies inform Afro-Brazilian Folkloric dances. Stephanie and I had discussions on how the lighting for each section should create an environment that embodies the element which it is depicting- how each section should feel using words such as:…

wise. Huck is appalled, because the Bible clearly says that he is, and so does the Widow Douglas, so he must be wise. Jim makes the claim that if Solomon was so wise, he would not have had nearly so many wives, for one wife is enough and an entire harem would be to loud and noisy for a king (Twain 98). Later on in their journey, a similar debate strikes up, this time about the French language. Jim argues that every human being speaks English, because if one is a human, they talk like a human.…

Having gone through a few WGS classes already, I thought I pretty much had a good grasp on gender theory. Obviously there would be more complex theories I hadn’t heard of yet, but I thought I had a decent understanding of the basics, and that the novels and information presented in this course would simply expand upon that. After the first few days of classes, I realized how little I had already known. I’d learned about intersectionality, and the male gaze, and invisible privilege, but that was…

pursue a marriage with Felix and this particular lifestyle in order to remain in a country that allows more freedom to women than her own: “..to Safie, who sickened at the prospect of again returning to Asia and being immured within the walls of a harem...The prospect of marrying a Christian and remaining in a country where women were allowed to take a rank in society was enchanting” (Shelley 109). Through Safie's eagerness to give in to her own objectification, and her implied willingness 56…

The book of Esther opens up between the fourth and third century B.C in Susa, the capital city of the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire stretched from India to Nubia and was filled with many people. King Ahasuerus was ruler: at the time and after hosting a one hundred and eighty-day wine feast for the nobles he decided to have a second one for the city and its inhabitants. There was wine was in abundance and the guest were having a great time but Queen Vashti refused to parade her beauty…

Bernardiere sexually exploited the slave women on his uncle’s plantation in Saint Domingo. Bernardiere’s mother gives her description of her son’s interaction with the slave women “he is given to amusement and a life of debauchery, he has fostered a harem of black women who control him and run the plantation”. His mother does not hold him responsible for his corrupt behavior against the slave but blames the women for his behavior, she uses the argument of the slave women controlling him.…

Society has had class systems for many years, and they have been a cause for much suffering for many. In Franz Kafkas “The Metamorphosis” Gergor’s social out-casting was the result of a society that viewed value of a person by the work they have done. The results of societies castigation of Gregor bring his unfortunate situation to light. Gregor’s interactions before his transformation, his interactions with his family after the transformation, and the disconnection of Gregor’s body and mind…

The Armenian Genocide “The fallout caused by denial was inherited by later generations of Armenians, linking them to the fateful days of 1915, and compelling them to set the record straight.” This was written by author Michael Bobelian, who wrote about not only the events of the Armenian genocide, but the continual denial of it that continues even today. Today, despite pressure from around the world, the Turkish Government still continues to deny the events that occurred against the Armenian…

a slave… raised her to his bed and throne” (female captivity). Vathek is not a story about the past, there is no mention of any past events or any flashbacks, and this explains why the readers are not informed of Carathis’ past as a captive in the harem. Besides, she is a secondary character in the story, so it was not important to mention the story of her captivity. William Beckford mentions only her Greek origins, and leaves the rest to the reader to observe and…

He has harems of women and deflowers all the women of the village. The villagers, sick of Gilgamesh’s wrongdoings pray to the gods to make it stop. In response, the god Anu cried “You made him, O Aruru, now create his equal: let it be as like him as his own reflection…