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She Gave Me of the Tree: Seduction in Medieval Literature

“Then the man said ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate (New King James Version, Gen. 3.12).’” From ancient…

By Jazz ReedAugust 19, 2018June 8, 2019Leave a comment / 1618 words
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Genre & Irony in Northanger Abbey & Persuasion

Although Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, the two Jane Austen novels to debut after the novelist’s death, were first published and distributed as a packaged set, it is not to be…

By Jazz ReedAugust 14, 2018June 7, 2019Leave a comment / 1141 words
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The Modern Merlin

In Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, the legendary characters of King Arthur and the wizard Merlin have something like a father-son relationship. Merlin, the right-hand man to King Uther, removes infant…

By Jazz ReedAugust 13, 2018June 8, 2019Leave a comment / 1651 words
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When the Woman is Away, the Men Will Play: Early American Folklore

Hannah Duston is a legend in American folklore. The original account of her story was written on her behalf in first person by Puritan minister Cotton Mather in 1697, 1699,…

By Jazz ReedDecember 8, 2017June 7, 2019Leave a comment / 1968 words
A Critical Analysis of Virginia Woolf's sketch Solid Objects.
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Cinematic Possibilities in Woolf’s “Solid Objects”

During Virginia Woolf’s career, cinema and literature both took on new forms. Cinema storytelling moved from documentary realism to experimental throughout the early 20th century, following the similar shift in…

By Jazz ReedJune 30, 2017June 8, 2019Leave a comment / 1920 words
A Critical Analysis of Virginia Woolf's sketch The Mark on the Wall
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Woolf’s Search for Reality in “The Mark on the Wall”

Virginia Woolf wrote her sketch “The Mark on the Wall” as an exploration of her developing Modernist ideas and techniques. In this 1917 sketch, a woman sits in a living…

By Jazz ReedJune 16, 2017June 8, 2019Leave a comment / 1702 words
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The Picture of Dorian Gray in the High School Canon

The high school English curriculum is coveted real estate among teachers, parents, school principals, and state legislators. Oscar Wilde is a giant literary figure, evident by the numerous biographies and…

By Jazz ReedMay 4, 2017June 8, 2019Leave a comment / 3231 words
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Characterization in Zone One

Colson Whitehead’s Zone One is a book critiquing modern culture and mass-market consumerism through a zombie narrative. The mediocrity of American life is personified through the character of Mark Spitz,…

By Jazz ReedApril 25, 2017June 7, 2019Leave a comment / 597 words
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Roses in Toni Morrison’s Sula

Toni Morrison’s 1973 novel, Sula, is a snapshot of a 1930s African-American community. It portrays the relationship between two girls, Sula and Nel, as they mature into women. The book…

By Jazz ReedApril 4, 2017June 7, 2019Leave a comment / 1368 words
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Point of View in Notes of a Native Son

In the essays presented in James Baldwin’s first six essays in Notes of a Native Son, his perspective as a writer shifts from himself to that of a contemporary white…

By Jazz ReedMarch 8, 2017June 7, 2019Leave a comment / 576 words
A Critical Analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Mutually Assured Destruction: Analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God

In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of an African-American woman living in the 1930’s Southern black community. Janie is a spirited woman…

By Jazz ReedFebruary 28, 2017June 8, 2019Leave a comment / 1350 words
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Hollow Faith: Decadent Poets

The English Decadent poets of the late nineteenth century were influenced heavily by French writers, especially Charles Baudelaire, as was mentioned by T.S. Elliot in his essay, “Baudelaire” (155). The…

By Jazz ReedFebruary 16, 2017June 9, 2019Leave a comment / 922 words

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Reflections from Teaching in Secondary

December 12, 2018

She Gave Me of the Tree: Seduction in Medieval Literature

August 19, 2018

The Modern Merlin

August 13, 2018

Literacy in the Life of a Homeschooler

July 28, 2018

The Magic of a Workshop-Style Class

September 20, 2017

How I Lost Reading

September 13, 2017

The Picture of Dorian Gray in the High School Canon

May 4, 2017

I Don’t Believe in Shakespeare

November 30, 2016

Back to Hieroglyphics? 💩😂✌️🍕

November 11, 2016

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October 30, 2016

Speaking out in Class: Which Gender is More Confident?

October 24, 2016

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