http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/ en-us 2005-02-24T17:18:39-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/007822.html I can't remember the last time I read something that hit me as hard as Machinal did. At one point I literally wanted to reach into the book and attack the mother, as she ignored Youngh Woman's anxieties. Then I... JamesStutzman 2005-02-24T17:18:39-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/007540.html The entire Gatsby saga seems like a battle for male supremacy, with Daisy as the "prize". When Nick first enters the drama, it is common knowledge that Tom has a mistress and acts with impunity, trammeling Daisy's self-esteem with the... JamesStutzman 2005-02-14T15:16:23-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/007377.html Although this novel is rife with deceptive characters, Nick Carraway is, by far, the most effective in his dishonesty. While Gatsby and others blatently lie to Nick, in order to manipulate him, he quickly discerns their motives behind their fabrications.... JamesStutzman 2005-02-08T15:04:32-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/007326.html The regret Mrs Hale expresses reflects her inherent powerless as a woman during this period. Even if she had visited Minnie Foster, she would not have been able to affect John's treatment of her. The usual "if only I had..."... JamesStutzman 2005-02-05T14:27:12-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/007325.html Bernice's apparant lack of willpower should not obscure the truth that she is willing to develop by abandoning the comfortable dogmas she is taught, not once but twice. Her initial conservatism, a product of her upbringing in a wealthy family... JamesStutzman 2005-02-05T14:14:57-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamesStutzman/007322.html Numerous Nitzschean motifs throughout the play accompany the message of the Life-Denying, No-Saying poison of Ressentiment. Refusing to simply affirm life and enjoy, as Daisy does by dancing in the Elysian Fields to the music (Dancing-strong Nietzschean connotation from Thus... JamesStutzman 2005-02-05T14:01:10-05:00