1. Ashley Edmonds

    The Crow

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    May 29, 2013

     

    Since I was a preteen The 1990’s film adaption of The Crow has always been among my favorite films. The film always stuck with me because of it’s dark references and poetic influences. The Crow is about a young couple, Shelly and Eric, who live in a historical apartment …

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  2. Alicia Kittles

    Writing Portfolio

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    June 28, 2012

    Throughout these 8 weeks of this English 102 course I must say it was a lot harder then I expected and definitely an eye-opener to different styles of writing. I started off really rough and made some progress later down the road. My first blog post the Diagnostic Essay, I had to …

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  3. Alicia Kittles

    Diagnostic Essay

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    June 28, 2012

    M.I.A./Nas             The mash-up between M.I.A/Nas highlights Nas’ lyrics to “If I Ruled the World” to M.I.A.’s beat of “Paper Planes”. It symbolizes how Nas explains his definition of how things would be if he ruled the world. But in a post-colonial opinion he won’t be able to get that…
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  4. Alicia Kittles

    Disney Mean Girls

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    June 27, 2012

    Walter Elias, also known as Walt Disney, was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer international, and philanthropist. Because of Walt Disney, we have Cinderella, Snow White, Pocahontas, Ariel, Jasmine, Belle, Mulan, Rapunzel, and many more. Each of those women is defined as Walt Disney Princesses…
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  5. Ashley Edmonds

    A Modest Metamorphosis

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    June 26, 2012

    “If Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” strikes anyone as something more than an entomological fantasy, then I congratulate him on having joined the ranks of good and great readers…for we can take the story apart, we can find out how the bits fit, how one part of the pattern responds to the…
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  6. Ashley Edmonds

    Metamorphosis

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    June 21, 2012
        (“There is at this moment a beetle the size of god’s ass on the table about six inches from the t-writer. It is worse than anything Kafka ever dreamed, so big I can see its eyes and the hair on its legs — Jesus, suddenly it leaped off …
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  7. Alicia Kittles

    "The Metamorphosis" Comparative Analysis Text vs. Film

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    June 21, 2012

                “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka was first published in 1915. It is one of the most frequently analyzed works in literature. This elusive story, which chronicles the transformation of Gregor Samsa from a human being into an enormous insect, is renowned for its ability to…
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  11. Alicia Kittles

    Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Analysis

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    June 8, 2012


    Shakespeare has always had few women in his works because women were not allowed to act in London in the late 1500s and early 1600s. Nevertheless, Shakespeare created many female characters that were strong-willed, intelligent, and daring. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a play by Shakespeare, is a perfect example of…
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  14. Ashley Edmonds

    The Metamorphosis Decades Apart

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    June 1, 2012
    “If Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” strikes anyone as something more than an entomological fantasy, then I congratulate him on having joined the ranks of good and great readers…for we can take the story apart, we can find out how the bits fit, how one part of the pattern responds to the…
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  15. Alicia Kittles

    Comparative Analysis Essay

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    May 31, 2012

    Comparative Analysis Franz Kafka’s text of the “Metamorphosis” shows Gregor as the provider of the family, although he transforms into an insect, he later is unable to work. His father is forced to get a job to provide for the family (which should have been his job already). Peter Kuper’s film of the…
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  16. Alicia Kittles

    Comparative Analysis Essay

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    May 31, 2012

    Comparative Analysis Franz Kafka’s text of the “Metamorphosis” shows Gregor as the provider of the family, although he transforms into an insect, he later is unable to work. His father is forced to get a job to provide for the family (which should have been his job already). Peter Kuper’s film of the…
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  20. Alicia Kittles

    Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis"

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    May 25, 2012

    “The Metamorphosis” written by Franz Kafka is about a man is poorly treated by his family when he goes through a major change within his life. That change causes him to turn into an insect. Before he became an insect he was just a regular human being, he was a …

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  21. Alicia Kittles

    Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis"

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    May 25, 2012

    “The Metamorphosis” written by Franz Kafka is about a man is poorly treated by his family when he goes through a major change within his life. That change causes him to turn into an insect. Before he became an insect he was just a regular human being, he was a …

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  22. Alicia Kittles

    Metamorphosis

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    May 22, 2012

    Gender Studies Analogy[<a href=”http://storify.com/_AKFortySeven/franz-kafka-s-metamorphosis” target=”_blank”>View the story “Franz Kafka’s \”Metamorphosis\”” on Storify</a>]…

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  23. Alicia Kittles

    Metamorphosis

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    May 22, 2012

    Gender Studies Analogy[<a href=”http://storify.com/_AKFortySeven/franz-kafka-s-metamorphosis” target=”_blank”>View the story “Franz Kafka’s \”Metamorphosis\”” on Storify</a>]…

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  24. Ashley Edmonds

    Annotated Bibliography: Metamorphosis

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    May 22, 2012
    Still deciding the essential direction to go on analyzing how interpretations and presentations are a direct product of the culture of Franz Kafka. There are different ways I could go about generally answering the cultural aspects of Kafka in Metamorphosis.

    [<a href=”http://storify.com/Ashykins09/franz-kafka-metamorphosis” target=”_blank”>View the story “Franz Kafka – Metamorphosis” …

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  25. Alicia Kittles

    A Little GIRL Lost

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    May 17, 2012


    The poem “A Little GIRL Lost” published in 1794 by William Blake, was written to show the discrimination of women within religion, with a little references to Adam and Eve. He portrays a “youth pair” that “met in a garden” after “the holy night had just removed the curtains of …

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  26. Alicia Kittles

    A Little GIRL Lost

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    May 17, 2012


    The poem “A Little GIRL Lost” published in 1794 by William Blake, was written to show the discrimination of women within religion, with a little references to Adam and Eve. He portrays a “youth pair” that “met in a garden” after “the holy night had just removed the curtains of …

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  27. Ashley Edmonds

    Faith In Night

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    May 17, 2012
    The poem “Night”, published in 1789 by English poet William Blake, was written with the purpose of enlightening about the existence of protective forces, and the inevitable evils of mankind. “Night” comes from the 1789 collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience, which is portrays the two contrary…
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  28. Ashley Edmonds

    William Blake "Night"

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    May 16, 2012
         “Night” The sun descending in the west,
    The evening star does shine;
    The birds are silent in their nest,
    And I must seek for mine.
    The moon, like a flower,
    In heaven’s high bower,
    With silent delight
    Sits and smiles on the night.

    Farewell, green fields and happy

    …
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