English @ SUNY Geneseo | Jasmine Vrooman | Group Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/jevro/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Jasmine Vrooman is a member. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4c9754bd43e418a787c573288107845e Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14581/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:48:33 -0500 Churchyard

]]> 0 bac51c65b41ea10937dce76e066a3524 Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14579/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:04:28 -0500 Churchyard

]]> 0 6c09185c8354b3491c0f75bd342ecd30 Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14578/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:01:29 -0500 Mr. Wopsle’s Great Aunt’s Educational Institute

]]> 0 9ca11a0fce2ecd42ed2c6f3c127a3b9f Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Themes Across Victorian Literature - Group 3 in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14576/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 04:00:39 -0500 Group 3: Sandy Brahaspat, Mallory DelSignore, Domenica Piccoli, Jasmine Vrooman

In completing our group project, we decided to use the online software Kumu to map out prevalent connections between themes like […]

]]> 0 b7a4ed12643c910056aeaa8bebc4d021 Emma Sens wrote a new blog post Group 4: Refelction in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14575/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:27:36 -0500 Group 4: Places That Show The Development Of Pip

By: Kathryn Capone, Emma Sens, Clare Corbett, Cameron Luquer, Kristopher Bangsil, and Isa Higgins

Our goal with this project was to delve deeper into the […]

]]> 0 c4c15382a646d3e3bf90e8ff48e87401 Emily Tsoi edited the blog post Connecting the Experiences of Women in Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14574/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:54:08 -0500 Project by Group 2- Logan Carpenter, Hayley Jones, John Serbalik, and Emily Tsoi

Blog Post Written By Emily Tsoi and Hayley Jones

Process and Challenges Faced in Creating the Project:

When we were first […]

]]> 0 48d961c698cc00195ad6a5ba939a1baa Abbey Morgan wrote a new blog post Group 6: Reflection in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14573/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:44:37 -0500 For our project, we were interested in gaining a better understanding of the role family plays in both Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations. We can also begin to understand what role family plays in Victorian […]

]]> 0 aa43b633088b16b9c110f4085ab2cfed Ravenna VanOstrand edited the blog post Group 1: Reflection in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14572/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:32:34 -0500 This project was inspired by, and further unearthed certain connections between, the chronology of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Both novels feature chronology as […]

]]> 0 d25ac175bedaeb7945552130653176fa Jaffre Aether edited the blog post Group 5 Reflection in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14571/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:23:15 -0500 The aim of our project is to situate the themes of our novel in a physical and historical context. By way of this, our thematic map allows for a visualization of the physical spaces that influenced the writers […]

]]> 0 4c4004fa158462b8fd6b19d379f2e482 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14569/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:02:46 -0500 At the Three Jolly Bargemen Pip thinks he meets the convict again and is overcome by guilt.

]]> 0 8a3904aa079619b93fdab22cb0029399 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14568/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:54:39 -0500 The marshes are a major setting in the novel. They are discussed in chapter 1 where Pip lives, in chapter 53 where Pip is attacked, and when he crosses through them to his new life. The marshes show Pip’s […]

]]> 0 0df5c12b1eda0b15a879d86f189088e9 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14567/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:39:17 -0500 Washing his hands of his clients and opening Pip’s eyes.

]]> 0 fd18f00cc9b119ed6365224b68eb281d Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14566/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:28:16 -0500 Pips love for Estella is shown here when he arrives early in anticipation for her coach.

]]> 0 ba7a8555074fbe9d15f064321a1288df Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14565/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:57:28 -0500 Paragraphs 2 and 4 discusses Pips apprenticeship at the Forge with Joe and how his expectations and dreams for his life have changed, adn he believes he is destined for more.

]]> 0 2092624c4d09342069120055083003c7 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14564/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:50:21 -0500 Chapter 32 gives a description of Pips impression of the prioson in paragrph 15 and paragraph 16 shows how he is stunned by the way Wemmick is interacting with the prioners.

]]> 0 01c91a61c29e4354578b2afbcb6a1b3e Kathryn Capone commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14532/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:29:14 -0500 The Sluice-house is described in a sinister and mysterious manner. By Pip putting himself in this anxiety-inducing situation, he is proving how he is willing to put himself in a place of danger for Provis to protect him.

]]> 0 9cd25eda56d7ec94ada74bd773add7ac Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14379/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:41:05 -0500 Pip states that he “alighted at the Halfway House, and breakfasted there, and walked the rest of the distance.” (Chapter 49, Paragraph 1) His stay there led him to witness Miss Havisham go up in flames in her hou […]

]]> 0 0e195d07e77239fab70622db25841056 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14378/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:39:58 -0500 Pip states that “we went to Gerrard Street, all three together, in a hackney-coach: And, as soon as we got there, dinner was served.” (Ch 48, paragraph 13) While at dinner, Pip realizes that Molly is the per […]

]]> 0 328f32a51caca52d0ab6ab8b975b51ff Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14377/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:38:50 -0500 While on a boat, Pip “came ashore at the wharf at dusk. [He] had pulled down as far as Greenwich with the ebb tide, and had turned with the tide.” (chapter 47, paragraph 6) Once arriving in Greenwich, he goes to […]

]]> 0 dbcaf723971b0c21965b5fce6b4fb580 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14376/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:37:16 -0500 [The Castle battlements arose upon my view at eight o’clock.]

Once Pip enters the Castle, he is greeted by Wemmick. If Pip had not visited, Wemmick would not have told him that Compeyson was trying to pursue M […]

]]> 0 953242bfc6b5965963da0837cbeeee41 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14375/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:35:40 -0500 Visiting Miss Havisham and Estella for the last time is a big turning point in Pip’s life. Once the maids informed him that Estella had traveled “to Satis House, as usual,” Pip decides to go there to see them.

]]> 0 3bdb704dc12cac9424524b774baf3682 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14374/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:34:13 -0500 [ Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 It was past midnight when I crossed London Bridge]

In Pip’s quest to see Miss Havisham and Estella one last time, London Bridge serves as his gateway to see them. 

]]> 0 01c09b877f54684d13ae6b1b9f111c11 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14372/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:31:47 -0500 Essex Street

]]> 0 515cf4d09a75cdbc8b0a83eb9e517e45 Jasmine Vrooman wrote a new blog post Connextions: Reflecting on this Semester in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14234/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:25:17 -0500 The biggest takeaway I have from this semester is the connexions that I’ve made within the texts we’ve read but also across timelines. Dissecting stories like Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations in a way […]

]]> 0 3260b3b7434179afbe7206fef9f25645 John Serbalik wrote a new blog post A "Wilde" Author in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14233/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:59:25 -0500 Oscar Wilde made many contributions to the Victorian literature movement. His sexuality was a double-edged sword in his success as a. We learned in class that his intimate relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas […]

]]> 0 22653bcd1d87254822b3060a9e1885f5 Logan Carpenter wrote a new blog post What I've learned this semester in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14232/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:55:37 -0500 Last semester I took Digital Humanities with Dr. Schacht and learned so much that I decided to take another class with him this semester. He always chooses such enjoyable readings and formats the class so we all […]

]]> 0 81496ce839bb52f20fb54a60ccfabe4a Tommy Castronova wrote a new blog post The Victorian Connection in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14231/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:53:26 -0500 In thinking about this class as a whole, and what I would write for this blog post, I spent some time thinking about the name of the course, Victorian Connections, and what exactly that meant. I tried to think of […]

]]> 0 7319db595a550e0c9233ef2849871fcc Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Resilient Heroines of Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14230/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:41:58 -0500 As I reflect on all of the texts that we explored this semester, it is safe to say that my initial admiration for Victorian literature stands strong as ever. Throughout the course of the semester, I was […]

]]> 0 0b831d2f4ec5cf0618f5ecf4014882dc Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post What I enjoyed and learned about Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14229/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:35:44 -0500 Since I am fairly new to the English major, before taking this class I had only ever taken one other English class; New Zealand Literature. Initially I was a little nervous that I would feel out of place in a 300 […]

]]> 0 b59f4246b530e5316cc2c831768ac1e7 Emma Sens wrote a new blog post powerful women in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14227/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:41:10 -0500 At the beginning of the year, I wondered about the roles women had women in Victorian literature, over the course I have learned a lot about this topic, and I think the most interesting thing I learned was how to […]

]]> 0 409f3cce9e7e44396259982633af836c Isabella Higgins wrote a new blog post What I've Learned in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14226/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:35:14 -0500 The most interesting thing that I’ve learned about Victorian Literature this semester is how stark the class differences were. When I first joined this class I thought the Victorian Era wasn’t as fiercely div […]

]]> 0 6f83bb99f78baa024cc50d1d71171216 Amanda Sheps wrote a new blog post Most important thing I learned this Semester in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14225/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:19:36 -0500 One of the most important things I learned this semester was that stories in the Victorian era had a significant amount of political commentary. It was interesting to see views that were very similar to views […]

]]> 0 f40af46f88870ed7779d8530154b2f0a Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Most interesting thing I've learned in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14223/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:51:25 -0500 What a question! So much.

I feel like I have learned so many interesting things. I think Prof Schacht did a great job in selecting the texts for this semester. It made for interesting reads as we could tie […]

]]> 0 d30691e775d7d7b1d8f81166e64d9220 David Beyea wrote a new blog post "Like a Bed of Oysters:" The Interconnectivity of Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14222/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:31:57 -0500 I’ve always viewed Victorian literature as the space of snobbish literary pedants, what with all the focus on nigh-puritanical cultural inhibitions and cloying romantic dialogue. And no, this class has not […]

]]> 0 fdf5eef82b2799e41823e5dcde00fe85 Mallory DelSignore wrote a new blog post The Finale in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14221/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:01:07 -0500 I initially came into this semester having no knowledge of Victorian literature- what novels were considered Victorian, defining features, or major authors. I even didn’t know much about the historical context a […]

]]> 0 16383dfdc9eba04c412d102fa8371dbb Claire Corbeaux wrote a new blog post Above and Beyond in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14220/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:29:05 -0500 Though I began this semester wondering about the gender roles and norms that women were subject to during the Victorian period, I, inevitably and thoroughly, learned about that topic and many, many other topics […]

]]> 0 1da95ba3ed308a987430f29717dc2f05 Jaffre Aether wrote a new blog post Victorian Literature and Emotion in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14219/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:15:24 -0500 I suppose the most interesting thing I learned about Victorian Literature this semester was just how emotional it can be. I had already read Middlemarch prior, and was touched at the emotion and sentiment risen […]

]]> 0 381d85cb95e9854045dfc93be7fd36eb Cameron Luquer wrote a new blog post Social Darwinism is Bad in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14218/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:15:08 -0500 The most interesting thing I learned this semester is the widespread effects of Darwin’s theory during the Victorian Era. While, of course I’ve known about Darwin’s theory, I’ve never quite known about the ext […]

]]> 0 9a0740975265797ebd888b53d876a50f Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post The Importance of Humanity in Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14216/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:07:00 -0500 Entering into this course, the only experience I had with Victorian Literature was in gothic horror novels such as Frankenstein. I had little knowledge of general Victorian literature. The stereotypical view of […]

]]> 0 22035f1645721f04e451f7d5eddc8626 Clare Corbett edited the blog post The Prison System: The Most Interesting Topic I Learned About The Semester in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14215/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:44:46 -0500 When this class first began in August, I knew very little about Victorian literature and I was unsure of what to expect. However, as the class progressed, I learned more than I was anticipating. Some of my […]

]]> 0 9ae0df39275bdd25daf6fcda9feeab7c Alaina Walier wrote a new blog post Women Shaping Content in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14214/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:27:56 -0500 I find the most interesting and also my favorite thing I learned about Victorian literature was the way women writers used their work to shape the public look on the woman’s roll and the patriarchy. I was not […]

]]> 0 5d0e7038fbebc7195632a4fa64c882c9 Abbey Morgan wrote a new blog post Reshaping my understanding of Victorian lit in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14213/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:50:31 -0500 Prior to this class, I tended to avoid Victorian Literature like the plague. I’m not totally sure why; maybe I always associated it with intolerable run-on sentences, or maybe it was PTSD from high school English […]

]]> 0 c95bce5682e2d148e3fe61458822e05f Hannah Fuller wrote a new blog post Universal Connection in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14208/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:55:58 -0500 In my first blogpost, I wrote about being excited to learn about the characteristics of Victorian literature–the what that this literature is made up of. Before coming into this class, my idea of Victorian […]

]]> 0 41e27e16e2f35125d87ae05cbf149c0b Ravenna VanOstrand wrote a new blog post What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned about Victorian literature this semester? in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14205/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:08:21 -0500 When I started out, I knew next-to-nothing about Victorian Literature. Sure, I had read Great Expectations back in high school, but you can’t depend on one novel to represent an entire genre. I think I […]

]]> 0 f7f9cd383baf982ea59274e9654108c9 Michaelena Ferraro wrote a new blog post What is the most interesting thing you learned? in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14204/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:14:31 -0500 All throughout the semester we have been reading many different texts from Victorian Literature. In the beginning, for me personally at least, I was not anticipating that there would really be any obvious […]

]]> 0 953a56f2f4ab94b07ef7d157ebaf35c6 Ashley Contreras wrote a new blog post What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned about Victorian literature this semester? in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14195/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 22:43:52 -0500 When first entering this course, I had no clue what Victorian Literature was nor the history behind the Victorian era and its common theme romance. Little to my knowledge was I aware that I had read a couple of […]

]]> 0 3285be87bf71fa81f0630bbf9b148a87 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post What I Learned About Women During the Victorian Era in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14190/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:37:17 -0500 Throughout this semester, I learned a lot of interesting things about Victorian literature. One thing that I found to be the most compelling is the way female authors wrote about women and women’s issues at the […]

]]> 0 7d48ff76a70ccfc8af8391ff0a39daac Emily Tsoi wrote a new blog post Reflecting on Victorian Connexions in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14189/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:07:38 -0500 In my first blog post titled “What I Hope to Learn About Victorian Literature”, I discussed how I was interested in learning about how Victorian writers connected their lives and world around them to their wri […]

]]> 0 9ebabdf7f70044ec7abf134276100fe9 Abbey Morgan wrote a new blog post Group 6: The Necessity for Autonomy in the Jewish Community in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14175/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:16:37 -0500 Upon its publication in the late 19th century, Reuben Sachs was denounced by the Jewish community and the mainstream press for its seemingly anti-Semitic themes. This is a criticism that Richa Dwor contends with […]

]]> 0 2d2471431fcd08b65e1727859c3c81af Sara Devoe edited the blog post Class in “Reuben” in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14157/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:49:55 -0500 The class status of Reuben and his family is quite similar to that of Catherine Earnshaw in “Wuthering Heights”. Both families come from upper classes, the females especially in both families are obsessed wit […]

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