The Mother Figure has been a struggle for feminist scholors to identify and relate with over the years. Many believe that literature, which is inherently patriarchal, lacks foundational mother figure.

Poetry is perhaps the hallmark of the Romantic era. Poetic titans such as Williams Wordsworth, Percey Shelley, and John Keats rose to fame during this time; however, it was not simply their poems that made them famous but their revolutionary ideas surrounding poetry which have left a lasting impact on the genre.

While Romanticism is a large category that is sometimes hard to define, there are many artistic and subjective themes that tie the genre together. Authors such as Keats, Byron, Shelly, Radcliff plus a shrew of other famous authors, poets, and essayists during this period focus on themes such as nature, human passion

In this essay I will explore how women’s bodies are portrayed in Margret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Women in Gilead are oppressed in many different ways, the most significant being physical enslavement of the handmaids. Their bodies are being colonized by the society that they are now forced to inhabit and serve, as they are now in charge of continuing the population.

It was a hot, sticky day, I was playing outside in my favorite pink and white striped bathing suit. My dad was washing his beige 1996 Mercedes which was as sturdy as an army tank. He had all his supplies out: his waxing kit, a mountain of microfiber washcloths, sprays for tires, and of course the hose to actually wash the car.

I like to challenge assignments. Basically, I like to write whatever I feel called to write. I sometimes picture myself as a rebel student even though I don’t come across as one. I admit I struggle with falling into that formalist, academic setting

I am a caucasion woman in my mid twenties. I am about five foot two and I tell people I weigh 130 pounds. I have natural red hair that I get highlighted and root touch ups for at a salon. I have hazel eyes, long eyelashes and I’ve been told that I have a beautiful smile. 

While I believe that many who read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale are adamant that there is one correct interpretation of the text, each time I open this novel I discover a lesson that I hadn’t the first time or even the last time I read the novel.

’m in love with learning. Like an addict, I simply cannot give it up. Every time that I open a book, I’m filled with an internal high, this rush of knowledge. I drink in the words on the page and let them sink into my bloodstream. Praying that their wisdom will somehow transform me.

I knew absolutely nothing about this book before I started reading it. I had never heard over it and there is not even a synopsis on the back to provide a glimpse into what the novel will be about. I figured by the title Herland t

The third space, is a theory that exists within post-colonial theory and was made popular by Homi Bhabha. In general terms, hybridity is defined as a new heterogenous, non-binary identity arising at the liminal space of cultural enunciation

People are always navigating their bodies, trying to understand them. The body is a powerful tool because it is physical but also metaphysical. Limbs, skin, organs, and a heart are all pieces which make up the external, physical parts of a person.