Saga

The use of postfeminism and its understandings is rather complex. The word ‘post’ does not indicate that feminism is no longer needed. Dale Spender notes: “feminism is difficult to sustain, not least because so much feminist work has to be continually rediscovered by new generations” (Spender, 1982). This confirms the position of how postfeminism is hard to define and how it is deployed and understood differently within various scholarly works. As Bell Hooks suggests, feminism is about a…

“The Children of the Forest” The Children of the Forest are an ancient race of supernaturals in Westeros. They were last seen over 8,000 years ago and are introduced in A Song of Ice and Fire as nothing more than a fairy tale, believed to be long extinct. Similar to the Ancient Celts, they were once the indigenous race of Westeros and following a war between the First Men they were forced to retreat to the fringe of Westeros, “beyond the Wall,” where their history turned into legend which…

Throughout human history, civilisations have been influenced by the representations of aspects of the world around them, from the ancient sagas and oral traditions to the establishment of religious doctrine and canonical law. As the mindsets of societies evolve over the centuries, several issues remained until the last few centuries. The inequity of gender across Civilisations globally and the homogenous societies and dehumanisation over other ethnicities. As these matters were prevalent during…

beast. Previously I didn’t know that OCD could affect people in different ways, I had thought like a lot of people that it just caused people to repeat actions over and over again but my form makes me think unwanted or “intrusive” thoughts. The OCD “saga” I was experiencing while in high school was thinking that I was gay, despite the fact that I’ve always been attracted to girls. The thoughts of being homosexual made me extremely anxious around the males and it was the main thing I…

As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the unique terrors for black people in the pre–Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman’s ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful…

parents were going threw a hard time in their marriage and I remember hearing them argue at night. I would pick up a book and I would just loose myself in this other world to not think of what was going on. I began reading a series known as “The Twilight Saga” and it blew me away. After that series there was a while I did not know what to read. I would begin reading a book and the after a few chapters I stopped. I started feeling a little depressed for the reason I had no way of expressing what…

It is widely thought that the endings make the tale. What might Titanic, the film by James Cameron, be without its conclusion? In the stories of Kirikou and Sundiata, we see two particularly diverse endings that would bring about different reactions from different gatherings of people. The Treatment of the bad guy is meaningful at the end of it all due to the fact that it brings into question the judgment of the story 's hero. Looking into how others react to the shadow is essential on the…

Shakespeare’s Passion Throughout time, literature has tested a variety of roles within society. Much of early English literature was of a highly religious nature, and often used to teach lessons of morality and virtue, chivalric romance, and epic historical sagas. The purpose and role of poetry and other originative writing has been the topic of much controversy since its very beginning. As we have bared witness to in this class, poetry comes in many different forms, and with many different…

Originating in Greek mythology, werewolves have been depicted as some of the most aggressive monsters in history. The tale of the first werewolf, then called “Lycaon” is found in Homer’s The Iliad. The beast, portrayed as a half-man half-wolf, highlights aggression and primitive instincts in humanity. Though rarely provoked, nearly every modern account of werewolf sightings involve the beast attempting to attack witnesses. Whether these sightings are fact or fiction, society has a fascination…

Although Beowulf places female characters in positions of perceivable power female representation in the male world of Beowulf embodies negative female stereotypes. Wealhtheow, Hygd, Hildeburh, and Grendel’s Mother are female characters with higher power in their own way throughout the story. Wealhtheow occurs first in the poem at the feast of Heorot, in addition to being the wife of King Hrothgar. Wealhtheow happens to be a hostesses in the poem that makes sure her husband and all the…