Restricted by higher power

In Prometheus Unbound the character Prometheus is restricted by Zeus in wanting and giving humans knowledge and fire, this in return enrages sizes and with his powers, his immortal liver is eaten by an eagle every day. This reminded me about a news story I had seen a few days ago where A doctor who […]

Gothic Elements

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” written by Robert Louis Stevenson was a creepy story indeed and nothing like what we had read before. However as the story was developing I started to notice the Gothic elements, the mystery between Hyde and Jekyll, the gloomy setting, I can almost imagine the gloomy […]

The rights of woman

To start I wonder why specifically did they choose the traumatic life of Mary Wollstonecraft for this sections? Mary’s life was one I wouldn’t wish on anybody. Losing a best friend like she did or anybody you love in general is very very painful to go through. Along with her husband having an affair and […]

Equiano: The Interesting Narrative

In class, we discussed Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography. I learned that Equiano was one of the thousands slaves that were traded during the late 1700s. The story starts as Equiano being a slave in a Virginia plantation. He first mentions “ this gentlemen,whose name was Michael Henry Pascal” (Equiano, 107).  Mr.Pascal bought him off his first […]