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Finding Peace In Hamlet And Mama Day, Aubri M. Devashrayee
Finding Peace In Hamlet And Mama Day, Aubri M. Devashrayee
BYU English Symposium
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Patriarchy & Feminism In The Early 20th Century: Finding Middle Ground Through Kate Chopin, Tanner Call
Patriarchy & Feminism In The Early 20th Century: Finding Middle Ground Through Kate Chopin, Tanner Call
BYU English Symposium
In the decades leading up to women’s suffrage in the United States, feminism began to surge across the nation. While many feminist writers overtly called for an abandon of female gender roles, not all were as polarizing. One of those more covert authors was Kate Chopin.By crafting female characters that are shaped and influenced by their society’s standards (instead of wholly rejecting them), Chopin is able to create a more poignant and effective commentary on gender roles at the time. This paper will analyze three of her short stories and their focus on how the patriarchal society limits independence, creates …
"For They Were No Gods"-- Lawrence's Defiant Magdalene, Madeline N. Hipol
"For They Were No Gods"-- Lawrence's Defiant Magdalene, Madeline N. Hipol
BYU English Symposium
After the social, cultural and national crisis left in the wake of the first World War there was a loss of faith in Reason and in the traditional Christian God. The resulting literature was of disillusionment, doubt and loss. This essay discusses how D. H. Lawrence sought to cope with the darkness of a “godless” reality, critique a disillusioned society, and respond to the rise of feminism through the creation and development of a failed Christ figure and a defiant Mary Magdalene in his short story “Tickets, Please.” As he develops his Magdalene, Annie Stone Lawrence is able to use …
Deformed, Demented, And Deranged: Limited Categorizations Of Old Women In Fairy Tale Adaptations, Amanda Smith
Deformed, Demented, And Deranged: Limited Categorizations Of Old Women In Fairy Tale Adaptations, Amanda Smith
BYU English Symposium
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Mr. Bunbury, The Abandoned Manuscript, And A “True Lover’S Knot:” The Price Of A Social Identity In Oscar Wilde’S The Importance Of Being Earnest, Charlotte Scholl
Mr. Bunbury, The Abandoned Manuscript, And A “True Lover’S Knot:” The Price Of A Social Identity In Oscar Wilde’S The Importance Of Being Earnest, Charlotte Scholl
BYU English Symposium
In this paper I argue that in The Importance of Being Earnest, social identity replaces individuality. Algy, Miss Prism, and Cecily each defy the social norms of birth, death, or marriage, which places them outside of society’s boundaries but gives them individuality. Over the course of the play, their mis-performances of society’s scripts are erased. This eradicates the differences of the characters and effaces their individuality, but is also the way in which the characters bargain for a social identity. To demonstrate this, I discuss Algy’s creation of Mr. Bunbury, Miss Prism’s loss of infant Jack, and Cecily’s engagement to …
Radical Words Then And Now: The Historical And Contemporary Impact Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’S The Woman’S Bible, Erika L. Larsen
Radical Words Then And Now: The Historical And Contemporary Impact Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’S The Woman’S Bible, Erika L. Larsen
BYU English Symposium
First published in 1895, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s The Woman’s Bible was a reaction to Stanton’s dissatisfaction with the way women were oppressed in society; she blamed religion—particularly the Bible—for this inequality. Stanton was a prominent suffragist in the early fight for women’s rights, and although her views were often seen as quite radical in her time, her behavior was warranted given the environment of the 19th century world in which she lived. At the time of its publication, The Woman’s Bible was rejected and ridiculed by Stanton’s contemporaries, however, this paper will demonstrate how Stanton’s contribution to early feminist …
Charting Columbus' Place In The Literary Canon, Joshua D. Dyer Mr.
Charting Columbus' Place In The Literary Canon, Joshua D. Dyer Mr.
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It has become commonplace for cities across the United States to pass initiatives to replace the federal holiday celebrating Columbus’ discovery of the Americas with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” As a result, Columbus’ legacy has gradually diminished over time and his supposed achievements scorned. This certainly begs the question: Does Columbus deserve a seat in the pantheon of great American historical and even literary figures? To forget the contributions of Columbus, despite any of his misdoings, is to forget one’s origins and identity. Furthermore, Columbus’ literary contributions are foundational to American literature but largely misunderstood. Hence, an adequate defense must be …
“Misled Good And Partial Truth: Lady Macbeth’S Transformation From Certainty To Uncertainty”, Payden M. Jolley
“Misled Good And Partial Truth: Lady Macbeth’S Transformation From Certainty To Uncertainty”, Payden M. Jolley
BYU English Symposium
In Justin Kurzel’s 2016 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Kurzel’s use of several vanishing points reveals how Lady Macbeth transforms from a certain and powerful character into an uncertain and weak one. Vanishing point, as a film technique, plays with the point at which the horizon meets an unseen point of view and what lies beyond that point becomes ambiguous or uncertain, leaving for the character, audience, or both to judge what is beyond that horizon for him or herself. Kurzel’s adaptation adds to Shakespeare’s original text as it uses these vanishing points to shed light on one of …
The Other Side Of Biculturalism: Native American Symbolism In The Writings Of Zitkala-Ša, Tanner J. Urmston
The Other Side Of Biculturalism: Native American Symbolism In The Writings Of Zitkala-Ša, Tanner J. Urmston
BYU English Symposium
Citizens of the United States come from a variety of cultures. Authors who come from ethnic backgrounds often find themselves in a middle ground between their culture and that of the dominant “American” culture. One such example is Yankton-Sioux author Zitkála-Šá. Most critics analyze either Zitkala-Sa’s response to mistreatment of Native American peoples, or the influences of Anglo-American culture in her works, thus diminishing her Yankton-Sioux identity and emphasizing Anglo-American Identity. One such example is Catherine Kunce’s essay “Fires of Eden: Zitkala-Sa’s Bitter Apple”, which demonstrates how Christian symbolism informs Zitkala-Sa’s work. I argue that Zitkála-Šá includes Native American symbolism, …
Undergraduate, Derek T. Lange
Undergraduate, Derek T. Lange
BYU English Symposium
Many critics do not esteem Hemingway’s novel To Have and Have Not as one of his better novels. J. Donald Adams specifically stated that the novel fails to invoke any mental growth or understanding of life and, therefore, is an empty book. This paper challenges this claim by taking a closer look at Harry Morgan’s revelation, in which he discovers that no man can make it alone, and examines how it resonates throughout many Hemingway works. The paper focuses on the themes presented in Harry’s revelation specifically in To Have and Have Not, The Sun Also Rises, For …
Woman Transfigured: Sylvie And Ruth In Marilynn Robinson’S Housekeeping, Sarah K. Johnson
Woman Transfigured: Sylvie And Ruth In Marilynn Robinson’S Housekeeping, Sarah K. Johnson
BYU English Symposium
Used repeatedly throughout Marilyn Robinson’s Housekeeping, the word “transfiguration” differs slightly from the biblical definition. In Housekeeping, a living person transfigures into a dead one. Through a close analysis of the use of “transfiguration,” I have discovered that Sylvie physically transfigures into Helen, Sylvie’s sister and Ruthie’s mother, who committed suicide when Ruthie was very young. Helen’s death functions as absolute abandonment of Ruthie, and this abandonment initiates a crippling identity crisis in Ruthie. Through a close exploration of how Helen’s death causes both the transfiguration of Sylvie and the abandonment of Ruthie, how the transfiguration is physical rather …
The Beauty, The Beast, And The Subverted Fairy Godmother Figure, Sarah A. Brown
The Beauty, The Beast, And The Subverted Fairy Godmother Figure, Sarah A. Brown
BYU English Symposium
There are several adaptations of The Beauty and the Beast, but three in particular are intriguing because of their use of a dark female force. The goddess Diana in the film La Belle et la Bête (Cocteau), Bertha Mason in the novel Jane Eyre (Brontë), and Mrs. Bates in the film Psycho (Hitchcock) all qualify as subverted fairy godmothers in their respective tales because of their role as “other,” their exertion of the female gaze, and their ability to undermine the Belle and Beast figures’ ability to love. Though traditional fairy godmothers utilize magic to aid the protagonists, these …
The Man Who Would Be King: Consolidation Of Power In Shakespeare's Plays, Maddie Holbrook
The Man Who Would Be King: Consolidation Of Power In Shakespeare's Plays, Maddie Holbrook
BYU English Symposium
Shakespeare argues through his Roman plays that the consolidation of power in a single leader creates a more stable and prosperous nation than any other kind of government. He repeatedly demonstrates throughout Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra that when people attempt to share power, they begin fighting amongst themselves and destabilize the nation they're supposed to protect. Shakespeare does not attempt to conceal the flaws of leaders; indeed, he takes pains to reveal the worst of each individual ruler. However, the fact that these highly flawed leaders are still shown to rule a prosperous and stable country than their …
Clashing Modernities: Comparing Treatment Of Immigrants In Japanese Internment Camps To Potential Muslim Registry Using Toshio Mori’S The Brothers Murata, Jennifer J. Rollins
Clashing Modernities: Comparing Treatment Of Immigrants In Japanese Internment Camps To Potential Muslim Registry Using Toshio Mori’S The Brothers Murata, Jennifer J. Rollins
BYU English Symposium
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Poe’S Gothic Soul In Metzengerstein: An Invitation To Look Inside, Elizabeth C. Peek
Poe’S Gothic Soul In Metzengerstein: An Invitation To Look Inside, Elizabeth C. Peek
BYU English Symposium
The following paper examines Poe’s affair with German tradition, particularly gothic and romantic writing, through an analysis of his short story “Metzengerstein.” This short story is not only rich with the conventions of gothic fiction, but also rings with an autobiographical tone. The added piece of Poe himself in this text implies his own gothic origins. I argue that Poe was a natural romantic, with the purpose of bringing his own terror to a larger audience. The German gloom in “Metzengerstein” was authentic, not an imitation. I come to the conclusion that Poe’s production of literary horror—in the face of …
Conversation In Woman In The Nineteenth Century: A Tool Used To Prepare Units For Union, Camille Pay
Conversation In Woman In The Nineteenth Century: A Tool Used To Prepare Units For Union, Camille Pay
BYU English Symposium
In the 1840s, Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth Century was dismissed because of the conversational tone with which Fuller wrote. Since then, critics have tied Fuller’s effort at a conversational tone to her desire for her audience to see the purpose of self-culture in completing an individual’s sense of self. However, examining the history behind Fuller’s conversational tone as well as the dialog Fuller embeds in her text shows that conversation is an application of one’s self-culture, as well as a mode to becoming an integral part of society, thus a “unit that is prepared for union.” When all …
Falling Into Kingship: Bolingbroke's Slide Into Power In Richard Ii, Tammy A. Lewis
Falling Into Kingship: Bolingbroke's Slide Into Power In Richard Ii, Tammy A. Lewis
BYU English Symposium
In this paper, I will propose that there are three bodies of power present in Shakespeare’s Richard II. The first two bodies present, the body politic and the body natural, were introduced by Ernst Kantorowicz in opposition to Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology. The third body introduced is the pseudo body, which is a temporary body used by the body politic to depose the body natural. I will argue that Richard’s actions allow Bolingbroke to become the pseudo body through the backing of the body politic. And that Bolingbroke’s role as the pseudo body enables him to become the …
Mary Magdalene’S Key, The Witch, And The Parted Wardrobe Female Sexuality And The Occult In Joyce’S “Clay” And Lawrence’S “Tickets, Please”, Nicholas N. Montes
Mary Magdalene’S Key, The Witch, And The Parted Wardrobe Female Sexuality And The Occult In Joyce’S “Clay” And Lawrence’S “Tickets, Please”, Nicholas N. Montes
BYU English Symposium
Because both James Joyce and D. H. Lawrence found themselves caught in the trap of a war torn world, new sexuality, the Nietzschean death of God and Religion, and a mass reading public audience being fed the stuff of consumerism, their short stories “Tickets, Please” and “Clay” deal with these shifts occultly in carefully selected symbols, and for Joyce, in puns. Ironically, they discovered this coping mechanism embedded symbolically in the Occult itself and in a Christianity reborn of the blood of sexuality—and for Joyce, drunken Christ figures. In this vein of discovery “Mary Magdalene’s Key, The Witch, and the …
Light And Blindness: Decoding Truth In Macbeth, Julia K. Larsen
Light And Blindness: Decoding Truth In Macbeth, Julia K. Larsen
BYU English Symposium
This paper discusses the uses of vanishing point (the point on the horizon at which objects become unseen) and light in Justin Kurzel’s 2015 adaptation of Macbeth, and how those two filmic strategies contribute to understanding the nature of Truth in the play. Kurzel uses limiting vanishing points and light that blinds rather than illuminates to create visual irony, thus illustrating Macbeth’s and others’ misconceptions about Truth and the dangers of relying on one’s own interpretation of Truth. Furthermore, these techniques reveal the blinding and binding nature of the witches’ prophecy, and create parallels between Macbeth and Macduff, and Fleance …
The Shadow’S Symphony: Archetypal Awakening In Igor Stravinsky’S The Rite Of Spring, Rebekah M. Hood
The Shadow’S Symphony: Archetypal Awakening In Igor Stravinsky’S The Rite Of Spring, Rebekah M. Hood
BYU English Symposium
Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is often hailed as the genesis of a new, abrasive, aesthetic—the clarion call for the modernist movement. While the performance certainly appeals to the modernist ideal of fragmentation with its un-balletic dancers, jarring meter, and dissonant sounds, The Rite’s detachment from intention and convention creates a purely visceral effect that startles the audience. This archaic effect stimulates an encounter with the Shadow, a Jungian archetype that embodies the darkness of human character and evokes primal images that lay hidden within the collective unconsciousness. While the Shadow is indeed troubling, The Rite urges the audience …
Human Condition, The Prime Directive, And The Bard’S Connection With Star Trek, Leah K. Smith
Human Condition, The Prime Directive, And The Bard’S Connection With Star Trek, Leah K. Smith
BYU English Symposium
The writings of William Shakespeare, often associated with high culture, are considered some of the best writing in human history. Star Trek in contrast has been derided as a pop culture television show with a cult following. However, throughout the 50-year period over which Star Trek has aired, there have been many episodes that have overt references to Shakespeare’s writings. Many have examined the references to Shakespeare in the titles of episodes, characters, and direct quotations. However, it is equally important to realize the connections that may not be as obvious. One of the themes that is present in both …
Mary Wollstonecraft’S Principles Mirrored In Dickens’S Great Expectations, David M. Runnells
Mary Wollstonecraft’S Principles Mirrored In Dickens’S Great Expectations, David M. Runnells
BYU English Symposium
Abstract: In my paper Mary Wollstonecraft’s Principles Mirrored in Dickens’s Great Expectations, I describe how Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist principles from A Vindication of the Rights of Women are evident in Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations. Despite being published almost seventy years after Vindication, Great Expectations is filled with examples of how issues brought up in Wollstonecraft’s treatise were still relevant in the mid-Victorian period. Described as the “quintessential Victorian novelist” Dickens published Great Expectations during a time when feminist issues were gaining traction, and the novel is especially well placed to reflect the attitudes and issues of the time. In …
A Phantasmagoric Fairy Tale: “Zerinda” And The Doubling Of Wonder, Conor Hilton
A Phantasmagoric Fairy Tale: “Zerinda” And The Doubling Of Wonder, Conor Hilton
BYU English Symposium
“Zerinda—A Fairy Tale,” a largely forgotten British fairy tale found in Maria Jane Jewsbury’s Phantasmagoria: Sketches of Life and Literature (1825), a Romantic miscellany, serves as the basis of my analysis exploring how hegemony and wonder work together and against one another in the tale. This embodiment of heteroglossia serves as a doubling of the audience in its work to appeal to children and adults. The heteroglossia of audience in the text seems to be tightly linked with how wonder is portrayed. Zohar Shavit and Marina Warner’s insights into the child/adult divide of fairy tales and how they seek different …
Shakespeare’S King Lear: Establishing The Roots Of The English Monarchy’S Divine Authority At The Expense Of The Jews, Gaylie R. Bowles
Shakespeare’S King Lear: Establishing The Roots Of The English Monarchy’S Divine Authority At The Expense Of The Jews, Gaylie R. Bowles
BYU English Symposium
Shakespeare was more than a sonneteer and playwright; he was a propagandist. He wrote plays that featured social and political concerns because he understood the powerful influence he could exert on his audience through his plays. In King Lear, Shakespeare is able to go a step further than merely mentioning social issues or even using theatre to legitimize the Tudor line. In this play he traces the origin of the authority of the English monarchs to its Christian roots. King Lear functions as a sort of allegory for the transfer of power that occurred when the Jewish leaders, blinded by …
“We Are All Mad Here”: The Changing Roles Of Mental Illness In V. S. Naipaul’S Fiction, Chelsea Lee
“We Are All Mad Here”: The Changing Roles Of Mental Illness In V. S. Naipaul’S Fiction, Chelsea Lee
BYU English Symposium
In this paper I seek to analyze the role mental illness plays in two of V.S Naipaul's works. Naipaul's own struggles with mental illness add an additional dimension to his treatment of the subject, however, the role that mental illness plays in his stories changes according to the social contexts of his characters. In this paper, I attempt to analyze the ways that different cultural situations affect the role that mental illness plays in a character's life.
“We’Ve Had Our Fall”: O’Connor, Tolkien And Pelagianism, Taylor Topham
“We’Ve Had Our Fall”: O’Connor, Tolkien And Pelagianism, Taylor Topham
BYU English Symposium
This paper compares the work of Flannery O’Connor and J.R.R. Tolkien and examines the religious and historical influences that inspired each author. It shows how each author responds to the Pelagianistic ideas of self-improvement and perfection. By exploring the feeling of mourning and the corruption of protagonists portrayed by both O’Connor and Tolkien the paper reveals that each rejects Pelagian theory, preferring instead the traditional Catholic doctrine of Original Sin. The paper further explores how both authors rely on divine grace to help their characters achieve ultimate progress and victory, thus showing that both follow traditional Catholic doctrine very closely. …
The Sexual Spectrum Of The Androgynous Mind In Virginia Woolf’S Mrs. Dalloway, Sylvia Cutler-Laboulaye
The Sexual Spectrum Of The Androgynous Mind In Virginia Woolf’S Mrs. Dalloway, Sylvia Cutler-Laboulaye
BYU English Symposium
Examining what Woolf calls the “androgynous mind” in her fictional narrative A Room of One’s Own, I will analyze the function of bisexuality in portraying androgyny in Woolf’s novel, Mrs. Dalloway. I will address how Woolf’s exploration of sexual orientation in the characters of Septimus Smith and Clarissa Dalloway illustrates the value of the androgynous mind and its capacity to overcome patriarchal, masculine modes of writing. Furthermore, I will discuss the work of French feminist Hélène Cixous and the theory of écriture féminine in relation to Woolf’s own writing. Drawing on Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa,” I will …
Ukulele: A Right Not Quite Right, Marissa D. Brown
Ukulele: A Right Not Quite Right, Marissa D. Brown
BYU English Symposium
Haunani-Kay Trask’s article “Hawaiian Rights and Human Right,” published in her book From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai‘i (1993) summarizes the history of Hawai'i and The United States, emphasizing the impact of colonialism and critiquing the application, or lack thereof, of laws and protections for Hawai’i’s indigenous community. Trask concludes that Hawai’i is a colony of The United States of America who is murdering, suppressing, and marginalizing the indigenous culture of the islands. This paper will discuss the influence of smaller cultures, more specifically the Portuguese immigrants from Madeira, on the Hawaiian culture. Trask asserts that “colonialism …
On Symbols And Shadows: Flannery O’Connor’S Jungian Concept Of Grace, Joshlin Manning
On Symbols And Shadows: Flannery O’Connor’S Jungian Concept Of Grace, Joshlin Manning
BYU English Symposium
Psychology and religion are often viewed as separate realms of thought, yet they have a tendency to bleed into one other. In this paper, I take a psychoanalytical approach to explore the connection between Flannery O’Connor’s reflections on obtaining God’s grace and Carl Jung’s concept of achieving individuation. I give explanation and analysis of two of Jung’s prominent psychological theories and how they present themselves in O’Connor’s short stories and personal interests. First, I explore the use of natural imagery, such as trees and stars, as a part of the collective unconscious. Then, I discuss the symbol of the “shadow …
The Hunger Food Can’T Satisfy: The Communion Of Food And Religion In Ernest Hemingway’S The Sun Also Rises, Kennerley Roper
The Hunger Food Can’T Satisfy: The Communion Of Food And Religion In Ernest Hemingway’S The Sun Also Rises, Kennerley Roper
BYU English Symposium
No abstract provided.