Woman, Monster, Other
The idea of the Victorian period as sexually strange has created this myth with a significant quantity of depth to it that perpetuates the link between Women as the other to the repressed manifestation of desire that makes monsters and monster tropes in literature. The monstrous feminine other is a trope that is explored in…
Colonial Building: A Semiotic Subjugation
Prison bars stand atop the hill, towering over trees that used to brush the sky, now cowering beneath shadows of cold grey stone. The building is a commanding sight, purposefully contrasted against its lush surroundings to prove its hegemonic dominance. Built in 1850, colonial building was the legislature building in St. John’s, Newfoundland, which has…
Make Up Your Mind: The Creation of Self Through Digital Avatars
Philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and similar scholars have been ruminating over the construction of self-identity. Leaning on philosophical concepts – like that of Russon, who claims impressions aid the construction of self as we navigate through the content of this world making association and memories for us to cling to as identifiers in our sense of…
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