Juvenilia: University-Era Essays

On-Cleopatra-A-Discussion-on-the-Film-1963 Mythosmith Publishing

On Cleopatra: A Discussion on the Film [1963]

Amanda Rautio

How does the film portray Cleopatra as the sexually and politically powerful woman? Is this image of female empowerment consistent within the film? The film portrays Cleopatra as sexually and...

On Cleopatra: A Discussion on the Film [1963]

Amanda Rautio

How does the film portray Cleopatra as the sexually and politically powerful woman? Is this image of female empowerment consistent within the film? The film portrays Cleopatra as sexually and...

Late-Renaissance-Poetry-Prose-Final Mythosmith Publishing

Late Renaissance Poetry & Prose Final

Amanda Rautio

I. PART I i. ‘Why Must I Thus Forever Be Confined,’ Hester Pulter In “Why Must I Thus Forever be Confined,” by Hester Pulter, rhyme scheme and meter play a...

Late Renaissance Poetry & Prose Final

Amanda Rautio

I. PART I i. ‘Why Must I Thus Forever Be Confined,’ Hester Pulter In “Why Must I Thus Forever be Confined,” by Hester Pulter, rhyme scheme and meter play a...

The-Diminished-Value-of-Barbarian-Lives-by-Romans Mythosmith Publishing

The Diminished Value of Barbarian Lives by Romans

Amanda Rautio

The relationship between Romans and their neighbours, or "barbarians" as the Romans called them, is a complicated one, and one that went through an impressive evolution. One event in particular,...

The Diminished Value of Barbarian Lives by Romans

Amanda Rautio

The relationship between Romans and their neighbours, or "barbarians" as the Romans called them, is a complicated one, and one that went through an impressive evolution. One event in particular,...

The-Truth-of-Pocahontas-Revealed Mythosmith Publishing

The Truth of Pocahontas Revealed

Amanda Rautio

Most of what is known about Pocahontas is legend and myth, not fact. Sources are conflicting, and primary sources we do have, namely from John Smith and his Generall Historie (1625) is...

The Truth of Pocahontas Revealed

Amanda Rautio

Most of what is known about Pocahontas is legend and myth, not fact. Sources are conflicting, and primary sources we do have, namely from John Smith and his Generall Historie (1625) is...

A-Historical-Account-of-the-Depiction-and-Evolution-of-Witchcraft-and-its-Users Mythosmith Publishing

A Historical Account of the Depiction and Evolu...

Amanda Rautio

Since the ancient world, there have always been depictions of magic and witches. From Greece and Rome to England, literary depictions have always influenced the image of witches, and there...

A Historical Account of the Depiction and Evolu...

Amanda Rautio

Since the ancient world, there have always been depictions of magic and witches. From Greece and Rome to England, literary depictions have always influenced the image of witches, and there...

Milton-s-Areopagitica Mythosmith Publishing

Milton's "Areopagitica"

Amanda Rautio

Prior to this course, I had never encountered the word Areopagitica. When I looked it up in my dictionary, I was delighted to see it was not listed. When I googled...

Milton's "Areopagitica"

Amanda Rautio

Prior to this course, I had never encountered the word Areopagitica. When I looked it up in my dictionary, I was delighted to see it was not listed. When I googled...