Juvenilia: University-Era Essays

No-Salvation-from-Witchcraft-and-Magic-According-to-Malmesbury-At-Least Mythosmith Publishing

No Salvation from Witchcraft and Magic - Accord...

Amanda Rautio

William of Malmesbury, an important chronicler, gives an account of a witch and her wish for salvation through tasks completed through her children. The account is not witnessed by himself, but by...

No Salvation from Witchcraft and Magic - Accord...

Amanda Rautio

William of Malmesbury, an important chronicler, gives an account of a witch and her wish for salvation through tasks completed through her children. The account is not witnessed by himself, but by...

Comus-as-a-Literary-Character Mythosmith Publishing

Comus as a Literary Character

Amanda Rautio

I have always been particularly interested in Greek mythology, but I have never encountered the name Comus before. Comus is an integral part to the story as he serves several roles: not...

Comus as a Literary Character

Amanda Rautio

I have always been particularly interested in Greek mythology, but I have never encountered the name Comus before. Comus is an integral part to the story as he serves several roles: not...

Interpreting-Sources-from-Antiquity Mythosmith Publishing

Interpreting Sources from Antiquity

Amanda Rautio

The key to understanding Ancient Rome in its various stages is through the sources, both in literature and archaeology that have been left behind. These sources are very useful in...

Interpreting Sources from Antiquity

Amanda Rautio

The key to understanding Ancient Rome in its various stages is through the sources, both in literature and archaeology that have been left behind. These sources are very useful in...

The-Cathartic-Value-of-Tragedy-and-Comedy-in-Ancient-Athens Mythosmith Publishing

The Cathartic Value of Tragedy and Comedy in An...

Amanda Rautio

Comedy and Tragedy played an integral role in Athenian society. Both comedy and tragedy served as a cathartic outlet for emotion and healing with tragedy allowing for mourning and comedy...

The Cathartic Value of Tragedy and Comedy in An...

Amanda Rautio

Comedy and Tragedy played an integral role in Athenian society. Both comedy and tragedy served as a cathartic outlet for emotion and healing with tragedy allowing for mourning and comedy...

The-Context-Behind-Viking-Raid-Locations Mythosmith Publishing

The Context Behind Viking Raid Locations

Amanda Rautio

There is a distinct pattern of geographical tendencies to plunder certain types of places in the Viking age. There are many factors that may have influenced plunder locations, and to...

The Context Behind Viking Raid Locations

Amanda Rautio

There is a distinct pattern of geographical tendencies to plunder certain types of places in the Viking age. There are many factors that may have influenced plunder locations, and to...

The-End-of-the-Affair-A-Novel-Study Mythosmith Publishing

The End of the Affair - A Novel Study

Amanda Rautio

Maurice Bendrix, the protagonist of The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, is a man who is ruled by his emotions. Bendrix wields his pain as a weapon and...

The End of the Affair - A Novel Study

Amanda Rautio

Maurice Bendrix, the protagonist of The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, is a man who is ruled by his emotions. Bendrix wields his pain as a weapon and...