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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, Welcome!, on the site Survey of American...

The problem of translating oral stories into the written word is an old one. After all, our entire (supposed) foundation in Western (Greco-Roman) culture embodies the transition from oral ceremonies...

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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, Anne Bradstreet, on the site Survey of...

I love the line “fleshly deity” because I think it so nicely encapsulates the paradox of Queen Elizabeth herself. Deities and the divine are by definition transcendent of the material, the tangible,...

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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, The Devil's Staff , on the site Survey of...

I agree, I felt it was definitely meant to conjure up images of the serpent that tempted eve, a story that all of Hawthorne’s readers would have been familiar with. It also reminded me of one who is in...

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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, Class Canceled!, on the site Survey of...

Post: Strange Death in Dickinson I don’t want to be reductive but, it seemed almost as though Dickinson’s keeps returning to the theme of death and solitude. I didn’t mean to but I couldn’t help...

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, Ne te quaesiveris extra, on the site Survey of...

Do not seek for things outside of yourself; this is a keystone message in Emerson’s “Self Reliance.” I thought the essay was beautiful, although I feel like there was so much packed in there I need a...

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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, Mother and Babe, on the site Survey of...

I really like that you mentioned how he appreciates “the little things in life”, because I feel the same way. He always seems to be so deeply yearning and heart aching with love and loneliness. Like...

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, Who Killed the Pork Chops?, on the site Survey...

I remembered that in 11th grade, after we read a poem by Whitman, we  read  Ginsberg “A Supermarket in California.” I loved that poem, and I wanted to return to it because in it Ginsberg sort of...

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, Hemingway Boxing in Africa, on the site Survey...

  This is an image of Hemingway boxing in Africa with a young man. I can’t find the story behind it, maybe one of you know? I loved it because I actually ran across it while reading “Benito Cereno”,...

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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, Beat! Beat! Drums!, on the site Survey of...

I agree, and to add on for me the rhythm of drums not only connotes war but also the pulse of a living organism. Like when you are so mad, you hear your blood pounding in you ears. Or what about when...

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, Moonlight in the Globe Theater, on the site...

The moon and moonlight play such an important role in A Midsummer Nights Dream, that I can’t help but wonder how the mystery of moonlit hide-and-seek in the woods would be conveyed in the day lit...

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, Similarities between Hamlet and Claudius, on the...

In act 3.2 when Claudius delivers his monologue on the nature of his deeds, I was struck by how increasingly similar he and Hamlet grow throughout the play. Claudius’ language reeks of indecision, of a...

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SARAH SPRY commented on the post, Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 1- Group 4,...

I really liked the classic black and white, reminds me of 1979 television version of Macbeth with Judie Dench.

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, Some by virtue fall, on the site Shakespearean...

There is a recurring theme in Measure for Measure, a paradoxical relationship between vice and virtue where one becomes a vehicle for the other. This is reflected in both the plot, such as the duke’s...

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SARAH SPRY wrote a new post, At least it isn't raining..., on the site...

As we discussed in class, it seems almost cruel that Shakespeare should show us one moment of harmonious justice only to tear it apart one moment afterwards. The entirety of the play seemed to be...

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