A creative personal response to the short story A Few Notes For Orpheus by Don Bailey. Prompt: What do these text(s) suggest to you about the ways in which individuals deal with the uncertainties of[…]
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‘Till Death Do We Part From Our Uncertainties – A Hamlet Critical
Prompt: The ways in which individuals struggle to restore honour and certainty. An individual cannot restore honour without certainty in one’s own capabilities, which a lack of will often lead to doubt and uncertainty in[…]
Biff Loman – The Final Sale
‘Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped[…]
So Good It’s Haunting: The Ghost of Old King Hamlet Character Perspective
“Doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.” (1.5. 10–13)[…]
Restrained: A “My Portrait” Poem
*** Her soul is bound by the threads of time. It weaves into her body, piercing yet sudden And even in its fleeting moment of pain Leaves a lifetime of scars ㅤ Every stroke of[…]
The Line Between Dorian Gray and Our Humanity
Pursuing your own pleasures above all else whether it be constantly or occasionally, losing yourself in love for another, devoting yourself to experiencing it all before it’s over… Wanting what you can’t have. Impressionable.[…]
Quisnam Sum
The words. A simple two word sentence that holds so much in between the minuscule spaces of its letters: a world of sentiments I am asked to express but cannot find. It’s baring a part[…]
Worlds Away – A Polished Personal Response
Everything was here – my whole world only at the touch of my fingertips and I could see it all just by roaming around a single building. The structure echoes of laughter no more present,[…]
Five Dead. Six Wounded.
Five dead. Six wounded. It was one family vacation, personal getaway or business trip that ended in deadly consequences. It was two seconds where anything could have went wrong, but in the end… it was this.[…]
The First Kiss of Love Biographical Response
Biographical Analysis of Lord Byron’s The First Kiss of Love Prompt: Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals pursue or compromise their happiness. […]