Academic Essays
This essay analyzes Geoffrey Chaucer’s The House of Fame as an allegorical reflection of his own anxieties regarding the idea of fame and artistic identity. Through the framework of a dream vision and an unnamed poet-narrator, Chaucer constructs a layered narrative subtly intertwining autobiographical elements that show his struggle with literary tradition and personal expression as a writer. Drawing on Frantseva’s thesis that concentrates on Chaucer’s critique of literary authority and his shift toward valuing real-life experiences, this poem becomes crucial in Chaucer’s artistic journey and development. By encountering his own alter egos, such as the Eagle and the Goddess of Fame, Chaucer realizes how unfair and capricious fame is. This essay argues that Geoffrey Chaucer had to reject the desire for recognition in favor of artistic authenticity. By following the narrator’s journey through various symbolic places like the Temple of Glass and the House of Fame, this work highlights how Chaucer uses dream logic to deal with his inner conflicts. Ultimately, this dream journey leads Chaucer to think about creative autonomy. These themes remain strikingly relevant for contemporary writers as well. Those who are concerned about fame, authorship, and the value of personal narrative.
This essay is based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's book Herlanld. It explores how feminism is presented in the story and how it can be inplemented into our society to make it more functional.
This essay analyzes how Stephen Graham Jones uses the recurring motif of beer as a metaphor for the intoxicating and dangerous nature of unfiltered free speech in digital spaces. I explores how impulsive actions, like reckless speech online, can spiral into real-world consequences beyond one's control.
This essay explores how Eliza Haywood uses the motif of the purse to critique the gendered dynamics of wealth, marriage, and power in 18th-century Britain, revealing how women were treated as vessels of financial exchange rather than autonomous individuals.
This essay explores how the lack of feminist ideas in the graphic novel Watchmen had a negative influence not only on female charcaters but also male superheroes.
This work analyzes how Stephen Graham Jones uses the recurring motif of beer as a metaphor for the intoxicating and dangerous nature of unfiltered free speech in digital spaces. The essay explores how impulsive actions, like reckless speech online, can spiral into real-world consequences beyond one's control.
This essay analyzes Twenty One Pilots' Blurryface through Jeffrey Cohen’s Monster Theory, exploring how Tyler Joseph personifies mental health struggles as a 'monster' born from societal taboos—and ultimately argues that accepting these 'monsters' is the only way to truly confront them