Tracy LaroseThe Scarlet Letter — The Irony, Hypocrisy, and Contradictions ThroughoutThe Scarlett Letter does well at displaying the dichotomy between the life of a sinner and a saint. The irony that one of the saints is…May 6, 2018May 6, 2018
Tracy LaroseThe Scarlet Letter — A Puritanical JudgementThis story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600's, right around the time of the Salem Witch Trials, so as you can guess there…Apr 30, 2018Apr 30, 2018
Tracy LaroseBryant, Dickinson, and Whitman — The Beauty in DeathMuch like Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” and William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” and most of Emily Dickinson’s poems seem to revolve…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
Tracy LaroseEdgar Allan Poe in True Gothic FormThroughout my high school years, I remember reading most of Edgar Allan Poe’s works. ” The Tell-Tale Heart’, “The Pit and the Pendulum”…Apr 10, 2018Apr 10, 2018
Tracy LaroseThe Harrowing Life of a SlaveI always knew of Frederick Douglass as a powerful proponent in the abolitionist movement. I remember reading his speech he gave in Boston…Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
Tracy LaroseSelf Reliance — or Selfishness?After reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s biography and understanding Transcendentalism better, I assumed that Emerson would be a bit of a…Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018
Tracy LaroseThanatopsis — A view of deathI normally don’t blog about poems, but every once in a while, a poem really elicits an enormous emotional response from me. The poem…Mar 13, 2018Mar 13, 2018
Tracy LaroseThe Adventure of Rip Van WinkleWashington Irving sets the stage in a sleepy town at the foot of the mystical “fairy mountains” called the Catskills. Since Washington grew…Mar 3, 2018Mar 3, 2018
Tracy LaroseThe Story of How Olaudah Equiano Was EnslavedThe beginning of this narrative outlines Olaudah Equiano’s life in the country of Guinea in Africa and then how he was traded on and off…Feb 26, 2018Feb 26, 2018
Tracy LaroseThe Foreshadowing of the Native American’s Near DecimationWhen I was young, in grade school we were taught how righteous and civilized the English culture was and still is. They were glorified…Feb 18, 2018Feb 18, 2018