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rewashed: Drama Homework on the Significance of Language and the Design of the House
0 Ama Ata Aidoo’s “The Dilemma of a Ghost” tells the story of Ato and Eulalie’s struggles with the cultural divide within their marriage. The conflict’s backbone rests squarely on the shoulders of Ato’s family’s traditions, taboos, and their battle with modernity. As I read the play, two clear divides jumped out at me: […]
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rewashed: Prose Homework on the Signifance of America on Ifemulu’s character
Americanah is a novel about a Nigerian immigrant’s journey in America and her lifestyle and world view changes that America has forced on her. Ifemulu makes and breaks several relationships, opens her own blog, and helps raise Dike. The novel ends with its titular “Americanah” returning home to Nigeria, the only place she believes she […]
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General Outline of The Dilemma of a Ghost
Prelude Bird of the Wayside Sweet Nothings on the Eve of Graduation Act One All Work and No Pay Is Not the Way Family Reunion Since WHEN??? Hurere the Amrikan Let Us Start Weeping Act Two The Profit of Childbearing Eulalie’s Monologue The False Witch Hunt Act Three The Ghost Boys Abre (the men are […]
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On A Man for All Seasons Popularity; Why I think it’s a modern classic
Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons continues to take the world by storm after almost a thousand performances since 1960. For a historical play, a play about William Shakespeare’s era at that, this is amazing. It follows our two titular men for all seasons, Thomas More and The Common Man as Thomas More is […]
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I Whip my Hair back and forth….wait; I can’t do that: Beauty in the western World
This book really struck a nerve in me when we started seeing what beauty was in America. Growing up in New Jersey, as young as 10 years old, I felt fat and out of place. Most people in my class had athletic bodies and long, flowing hair. I am big-boned, and have three hair […]
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Poetry Slam Friday: Sonnet 18
Ugh…Shakespeare! Why couldn’t you just leave us alone with our Othello and other plays? Who in Middle Earth encouraged you to write poetry? And then invite us to this Poetry Slam Friday to review your work? When will Literature teachers everywhere put down your work and move on to someone more…understandable? Oscar Wilde, the Brontë […]
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Poetry Slam Fridays: The Sonnets’ Bonnet
Hey guys! Sorry I missed last week’s bonanza. School’s just started up and I was getting back on my feet. Any who, I’ve decided that next week I’ll start up on the many numbered sonnets we have to learn. Then I asked, what the hell is a sonnet? And with so many kinds of […]
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The Advent Season Kicks off! So my true love, what shall I give to you?
Merry Christmas in advance! Here in Ghana, we celebrate the King’s birth only on the 25th, but the holiday spirit abounds here and all over the world. So, I think some presents are in order. What do you think? A click to follow my blog? A sweet email (or comment) about what you guys want? […]
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