Kaylee Flem's Blog

Prompt: Select a novel, play, or epic poem that features a character whose origins are unusual or mysterious.  Then write an essay in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character's relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole. My Essay: In Sophocles' Antigone, Antigone has a gloomy past that aids in the shaping of the strength and loyalty we see in Antigone's character throughout the play.  Antigone suffered from the loss of her brother.  Because of his actions, it was decided he would not be allowed to have a proper burial.  This was decided by another of their own flesh and blood, Kreon.  Antigone decided she wasn't going to stand for this and she was going to bury him herself.  Once news of this incident made its way to Kreon, Antigone was sure to let him know that she was the one who committed the act and she was ready to accept the consequences for her actions. The death of Anti...

Who did you dress as? N/A Which food item did you bring? Chewy-bacca brownies What kind of work went into creating your dish?  I had to mix the brownie mix, bake the brownies and decorate the brownies with various types of icing.  I also spent a decent amount of time creating a star wars themed name tag How did you pick your title?  I thought the title would be cute because it was sort of a play on words because chewy is a nickname for chewbacca and the brownies themselves were chewy

Prompt: The following interchange, excerpted from an 1852 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, occurs when two characters who have been living on the Blithedale farm-a community designed to promote an ideal of equality archived through communal rural living-are about to part ways.  Read the passage carefully.  In a well-written essay, analyze how Hawthorne portrays the narrator's attitude towards Zenobia through the use of literary techniques. My Essay: In his 1852 novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne creates multiple attitudes towards Zenobia from the perspective of the narrator.  To examine the narrators perspective on Zenobia, Hawthorne provides detailed examples of the narrators overall attitude of Zenobia.  He does this by using strong diction and dramatic tone shifts throughout the passage. Multiple tone shifts are seen throughout the passage.  Towards the beginning, the narrator has obvious infatuation with Zenobia.  He is taken away by her.  The very firs...

Original song lyrics: I'm coming out of my cage And I've been doing just fine Gotta gotta be down Because I want it all It started out with a kiss How did it end up like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss Now I'm falling asleep And she's calling a cab While he's having a smoke And she's taking a drag Now they're going to bed And my stomach is sick And it's all in my head But she's touching his chest Now, he takes off her dress Now, let me go And I just can't look - it's killing me And taking control Jealousy, turning saints into the sea Turning through sick lullabies  [acoustic version of the song says: "Swimming through sick lullabies"] Choking on your alibis But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes ‘Cause I'm Mr Brightside I'm coming out of my cage And I've been doing just fine Gotta gotta be down Because I want it all It started out with a kiss How did it end up like ...

Prompt: The following poem is by the sixteenth-century English poet George Gascoigne. Read the poem carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the complex attitude of the speaker is developed through such devices as form, diction, and imagery.  For That He Looked Not upon Her:  You must not wonder, though you think it strange, To see me hold my louring head so low, And that mine eyes take no delight to range About the gleams which on your face do grow. The mouse which once hath broken out of trap Is seldom ’ticèd with the trustless bait, But lies aloof for fear of more mishap, And feedeth still in doubt of deep deceit. The scorchèd fly, which once hath ’scaped the flame, Will hardly come to play again with fire, Whereby I learn that grievous is the game Which follows fancy dazzled by desire: So that I wink or else hold down my head, Because your blazing eyes my bale have bred.  My essay: English poet, George Gascoigne uses strong diction...

I chose a simple layout for my blog because I don't like when things look busy and complicated, I like when things look simple. I chose the dark forest background because I generally gravitate more towards dark colors and since my favorite color is black I decided that the creepy forest background is a good fit for my style. I chose white for the body of the blog because I like the way the posts bleed into the body of the blog since both are white. I also wanted to create a nice contrast to the dark background and the white makes it look nice and clean. I chose the courier font for my description because I've always thought it was a pretty font and I love the way it looks like it was typed on a typewriter and I chose a simple font for my blog title because I feel like anything else wouldn't have matched well with the font of my description. Works cited: “Color Meaning and Symbolism: How to Use the Power of Color in Your Branding – Learn.” – Logo by Trevagne McCluskey, ...