In a world where womanhood is often measured by marriage, what happens when that identity is taken away from a woman? This is the subject matter of the painting βI Cannot Be A Bride Anymoreβ by Yuko Tatsushima, whose works are often explorations of femininity, identity, trauma, and societal expectations. […]
Author: Aamya Pandey
Mac Flecknoe: An Analysis
A common theme one can notice in the poetry written during the restoration period is satire. While in today’s world, one may scrunch up their nose in distaste when satire is used, in the mid 17th century, it was a landmark poetic device, mostly popularized by a poet named John […]
Animal Farm: The Hopelessness of Being a Pawn
I read George Orwell’s Animal Farm the other day, and felt a sense of hopelessness when I finished the novella. the story is set around a farm called the ‘Manor Farm’, owned by Mr. Jones, a farmer who was once a hardworking man who took care of his animals, but […]
