What is Prospero’s fatal flaw? His drive for revenge? His lack of empathy? His hatred of Antonio? I think Shakespeare actually poured a lot of himself into Prospero. Prospero’s fatal flaw, much like Shakespeare’s, is that he is a playwright. He is obsessed by the humanities. Prospero tells Miranda that his obsession with books was …
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Flowers, Teeth, Eggs and Eostre
I love symbols. As someone who majored in English, metaphors, similes, figurative language and symbols all hold a dear spot in my heart. Even better than symbols are patterns of symbols. In literature we can call these motifs. Part of why I love Easter is the symbols. Rabbits, eggs, springtime – these are all symbols …
Angela Carter’s Heroes and Villains
I have read that Angela Carter herself described the novel as “a juicy, overblown, exploding Gothic lollipop.” This description seemed to me, at first, a tacky undervaluing of this beautifully woven world. Yet, on deeper thought, I think it is appropriate. I devoured this book. I had been slowly reading Carter’s Nights at the Circus …
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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” — C. S. Lewis. Hello dear friends, My name is Brooklyn I am creating this blog because I think art …
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