Mr. Lessingham stopped. A stream of recollection seemed to come flooding over him. A dreamy look came into his eyes.‘I remember it all as clearly as if it were yesterday How it all comes back, – the dirty street, the evil smells, the imperfect light, the girl’s voice filling all at once the air. It … [More…]
Gabriel Tarbuck: I really enjoyed looking through their CPB. I especially looked into the dive into folklore, especially thier post on Jack the Ripper (when comparing it to Jekyll and Hyde). Shaylee: I really enjoyed reading through the different posts and the things they chose to focus on for each week and how they compare … [More…]
Tom Standage: commonplacing is a form of self-definitionThroughout my CPB for this class, I’ve done a lot on connecting the books we read in class to my own personal interests. I’ve connected the stories to songs, art, myths, and fantasy, and I’ve even written a poem to include. The three entries that really say the … [More…]
At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire. Some of them were just like peasants at home or those I saw coming though France and Germany, with short jackets, and round hats, and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.The women looked pretty, except when you got … [More…]
So far, in the room itself there had not been a sound. When the clock had struck ten, as it seemed to me, years ago, there came a rustling noise, from the direction of the bed. Feet stepped upon the floor, -moving towards where I was lying. It was, of course, now broad day, and … [More…]
“His unreal and selfish love would yield to some higher influence, would be transformed into some nobler passion, and the portrait that Basil Hallward had painted of him would be a guide to him through life, would be to him what holiness is to some, and conscience to others, and the fear of God to … [More…]
“With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.” The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, chapter … [More…]
Other posts I read by my classmates mostly took similar points of view. We all addressed Jane’s mental health and the trauma leading her to that point. A couple of us, myself included, also looked into how her depression manifested – primarily in the forms of social isolation and feeling numb to the proceedings of … [More…]
“I am tired, sir.”He looked at me for a minute. “And a little depressed,” he said. “What about? Tell me.”“Nothing – nothing, sir. I am not depressed.”“But I affirm that you are: so much so that a few more words would bring tears to your eyes – indeed, they are there now, shining and swimming; … [More…]
