Gatsby, is that you?
Might I begin this blog post with this statement: Not too shabby Northanger Abbey. (Oh hey, that rhymed!) At first, not having read the summary on the back, I walked right into that thing without a clue of what to expect. Come to think of it, I’m still uncertain of the era I pictured the […] Continue reading →
an independent woman? unheard of!
I’m going to start this blog post by stressing the fact that I can’t make the lecture on Monday, much to my dismay, because I have class during that time. I read the email and immediately swore at the unfortunate timing. Anyway, when it comes to the world of Austen there is much to talk […] Continue reading →
General education
At the beginning of the term I was looking forward to Northanger Abbey/Shawn of the Dead, even though I’ve tried to read Jane Austen in the past (including this book) and I’ve always found her books difficult to get through. I just figured that maybe I stood a chance this time, and I managed to […] Continue reading →
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Antigone
It is not always entirely clear who (if anyone) or what is the tragic hero(ine) in Sophocles’s Antigone, or what exactly is the nature of their tragedy. One might have thought that the tragic figure was the eponymous Antigone herself, … Continue reading →
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