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Week 6 Blog Post
In Act III of “The Tempest”, the themes servitude and freedom are explored through the characters of Ariel and Caliban, each representing and contrasting different facets of these themes. Ariel’s character embodies a spirit who wishes to gain freedom. His servitude highlights his loyalty and desire of freedom. Ariel obeys Prospero’s orders in hopes that it will gain him the freedom he wishes, however, Ariel’s submission towards Prospero only comes to show the lengths he is willing to go, even if it means to relinquish his own power and well being. On the other hand, Caliban only obeys Prospero by force. Caliban’s servitude only shows his desire for rebellion, and…
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Blog Post #3
In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, Walt Whitman makes a great case to portray the daily commute to be full of significance. Throughout the story, Whitman’s connection between the individual and the masses of commute amplifies how the commute of yours and others around you, can say a lot about yourself and the other person ahead or behind you. Whether we commute to school, work, the gym, we all may have experienced the same or similar cultural impact during traveling. Whitman uses his own commute as a prime example, using the ferry can only make him question what kind of people he is surrounded by and how similar they are as people.…
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Blog-Post 1
Reading the first two poems, “On Being Brought from Africa to America” by Phillis Wheatley and “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” by Emily Dickinson, both made me think and question: What are the differences between me and the speaker?, What would they do during todays world we live in? Could or would they change their own perspectives if they lived during this year? How did their own society mistreat them? I enjoyed reading both poems in where the speaker implements a small parts of themselves into the poem, creating a connection between the reader and writer. I had always avoided poems during high school, but coming across these poems…
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Introduction
Hello everyone! My name is Gabriela Recalde. I’m a new student at LaGuardia and I’m very excited to begin this class! I’m currently on my path to major in nursing, something I’ve always dreamed of since I was little. Reason being, I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia at age 2, and since then I’ve been in and out of hospitals. Growing up in a hospital became something most treasured to me. Most people hate the hospital, but I grew in love with them. I was quickly fascinated by the environment and the nurses who took very good care of me during my years of painful chemotherapy. Fast forward, I…
