PinnedMacy RodrickWorship and Sacrifice: Pagan and Christian InterpretationsIn the Late Roman Empire (third century CE to fifth century CE), there were warring cultures, traditions, and religions. The two religions…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
PinnedMacy RodrickBeards, Boldness, and Benedick: Symbols of Masculinity in Much Ado About NothingThroughout the entirety of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, there are many themes and corresponding symbols. Such themes could include…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
PinnedMacy RodrickThe Lesbian Southern Belle and Gay Cowboy: How Williman Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” Explores…“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (Faulkner, 1). William…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickDeforestation and its Effects on Medicinal Plant LifeThe Amazon Rainforest is one of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and provides many ecological services to the planet. The…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickThe Girl’s Journey Through Invisibility and the Seeking of AttentionIn When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka there are many examples of how, whether individually or as a nation, people react to a…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickFriendship and Race in Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif”In Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif’’ a story about two girls and the moments of their lives that define one another, she explores…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickCaryatid Mirrors: Connections to Greek DivinitiesThe first mirror can be traced back to approximately eight thousand years ago, in Turkey around 6000 BC. The earliest man-made mirrors were…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickReligious Identities in the Late Roman EmpireGregory of Nazianzus was a Christian writer and religious figure in the late Roman Empire. He was born into a Christian home, his mother a…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickElizabeth Marlowe’s “Framing the Sun: The Arch of Constantine and the Roman Cityscape”In Elizabeth Marlowe’s Framing the Sun: The Arch of Constantine and the Roman Cityscape, she attempts to argue that contexts for the arch…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Macy RodrickWomen in Huckleberry Finn: Gender Roles and Age Bias“I don’t know much about women. It would be impossible to find a person who knew less about women than I do.”Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
