English @ SUNY Geneseo | Sandy Brahaspat | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/sandybrahaspat/activity/ Activity feed for Sandy Brahaspat. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a91f3bbc8d8f216b8d92804a296fe7af Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post The Evolution of Thoreau's Language in Walden in the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15235/ Wed, 13 May 2020 14:34:17 -0500 In our group’s observations of Henry David Thoreau’s manuscripts, we noticed that his use of language developed over time as conveyed through his revisions, specifically those from Versions A to Versions D (18 […]

]]> 0 317eeeac94ef09b244b2270a0b3d856e Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post The Merits of Applying Digital Analysis Tools to Literary Studies in the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15144/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 01:46:48 -0500 As a graduating senior, I have often been asked a variation of the following question: “Why study English?” and my response has always been, and will probably remain: Well, why not study English? One of the mos […]

]]> 0 8c600b9883310b180e30e46abb7765cb Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Affectionate Bears and Hostile Humans in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15114/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:00:00 -0500 “Why do you knock me away without certainty of what is true?” 

— Toni Morrison 

In the beginning of Toni Morrison’s novel, A Mercy, I witnessed the first act of expulsion that takes place in the novel whe […]

]]> 0 9359ec1fe39f03001847d4e7eeffb110 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Intent and Consequence in the Big Short and The Turner House in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15082/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:39:04 -0500 In my first
reading of The Big Short, to say that I was confused was a bit of an
understatement. I couldn’t wrap my head around the lack of responsibility that
Wall Street displayed in response to the 2008 H […]

]]> 0 7278afc8e3d9b4c3f36d0ecb54dfaa60 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Deceitful Exchanges and Tumultuous Storms Depicted in Shakespeare's King Lear in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14940/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:45:54 -0500 Shakespeare’s King Lear deals extensively with the theme of expulsion as depicted through characters like Cordelia, Kent, and King Lear himself and connects almost immediately with seemingly unconventional t […]

]]> 0 ed69e5aa584ecc08da950fc8ff7ffdc6 Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post The Three Functions of Language in the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14879/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:35:49 -0500 In his book, The Information, James Gleick touches upon the ways in which language serves as the conveyer of information, which I found particularly interesting in relation to how our computers engage with […]

]]> 0 bd9ddd0c60d9d70d0308f2bd15398db0 Sandy Brahaspat joined the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14768/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:29:12 -0500 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 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 f0eac54d0fc79408f68561190e00450c Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Amy Levy: A "Jewish Jane Austen" in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14135/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:37:50 -0500 When I was studying abroad in London this past Spring, I frequently visited the small bookstore Persephone Books, an independent bookseller known for reprinting texts written by neglected women writers of the […]

]]> 0 39d738c74f1b397c4a36e5742992e697 Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Group 3 Research: Oscar Wilde's Infamous Trials in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14109/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:26:07 -0500 In his article, “Re-Presenting Oscar Wilde: Wilde’s Trials, ‘Gross Indecency,’ and Documentary Spectacle,” S. I. Salamensky offers insight on Oscar Wilde’s three infamous trials that criminalised his sexual iden […]

]]> 0 64227d1b7728cf0e389da5e8125c40eb Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14107/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:37:52 -0500 The line: “the claim for equality of condition will be made constantly and with growing loudness till it must be listened to, and then at last it will only be a step over the border and the civilized world will be […]

]]> 0 1e83f85328e4846f2c4caea8cb10c8ca Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Killing The Things We Love in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14067/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:40:51 -0500 Throughout the course of the semester, we have read numerous novels that depict love as something that is both fleeting and dangerous. We see this in Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, Tennyson’s In Memoriam, and […]

]]> 0 3cab7ae0401c0031d007c32e75936ff7 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Holding Their Oppressors Accountable: Pip and Catherine II in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13993/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 01:03:26 -0500 One of the connexions that I was particularly interested in was Pip’s condemnation of Miss Havisham’s duplicity and his hope that Estella will leave Drummle behind to Catherine II’s animosity and outrage conce […]

]]> 0 59ac0386ccb1aa86364d5017b2371378 Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Time Cannot Heal A Broken Heart: As Exemplified Through Heathcliff, Tennyson, and Miss Havisham in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13917/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 03:29:37 -0500 There’s a common saying that almost everyone hears at some point in their life and it goes like this: “Only time can heal a broken heart.” Based on the texts we have read so far, like Emily Bronte’s Wutheri […]

]]> 0 2729c099e798d53030be2c592ca83a64 Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13871/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:57:55 -0500 Gaging by this conversation, it seems as though Pip has picked up on quite a few of Estella’s mannerisms and begins to exude snobbery.*

]]> 0 7f5ffef016e0249e2b7568e184c48602 Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13870/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:54:29 -0500 I am particularly struck by the “virtuous and superior tone,” that Pip uses in his conversation with Biddy and Joe in this chapter. Gaging by this conversation, it seems as though Pip has picked up on quite a few […]

]]> 0 c6723802767fe704e4d7179532c6e239 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Thick Boots, Dirty Hands, and Mind-Forg'd Manacles in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13825/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:57:23 -0500 “Proud, pretty, and insulting,” these are the traits that Pip assigns to his tormentor, Estella. Upon this first interaction, Pip is astutely aware of her condescension and describes feeling: “humiliated, hurt, […]

]]> 0 c13f77386f27b28f41d5a255d27e0204 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Life After Death, as told by T.H Huxley and Emily Brontë in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13674/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:45:37 -0500 In his essay, “Agnosticism and Christianity,” T.H Huxley reiterates the distinction between the good spirits and bad spirits: “The chief of the good spirits, infinitely superior to all the others, and their creat […]

]]> 0 5d1d53f5c7ed6ffaa5707a91f592cd83 Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13637/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 04:09:24 -0500 To clarify: In paragraph 16, Nelly is describing the fit Heathcliff falls into after learning of Catherine’s death.*

]]> 0 8d229b600c9996c3f9a194a21948e462 Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13636/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:55:17 -0500 In paragraph 16, Nelly is describing the fit Heathcliff falls into after hearing of her death. Based solely on the language used to convey his feelings, Heathcliff is obviously unable to cope with his grief and […]

]]> 0 fdb2be31d7a899511b2212135b7af00e Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post "The Dead Are Not Annihilated:" Poetry Masquerading as Prose in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13623/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:55:28 -0500 Every time I pick up Wuthering Heights, whether it be for a literature class or simply indulging myself with a bit of pleasure reading, I am constantly reminded why Emily Brontë is my favourite writer. This is […]

]]> 0 74617f706534a6b608a16db257bcd316 Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Wilderness of Weeds and Tyrant Kings in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13548/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:31:09 -0500 In Chapter 18 of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Nelly recounts the first interaction between Cathy Linton and Hareton Earnshaw. In this brief encounter, Cathy immediately judges Hareton by his appearance, di […]

]]> 0 5a965dc5a809261d48146c019f061183 Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13495/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:51:12 -0500 Why is Hindley adamant on reducing Heathcliff to his right place based solely on his darker-skinned appearance or lower class status even though it was Mr. Earnshaw who introduced Heathcliff into the family in the […]

]]> 0 cf71b00a305fe4b806992b4caa3d0937 Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Mrs. Heathcliff: The Mischievous Woman in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13467/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:59:00 -0500 When we are first introduced to the master of Wuthering Heights and its residents, Mrs. Heathcliff (Cathy Linton) attracts the attention of Mr. Lockwood who initially mistakes her for Heathcliff’s wife, but l […]

]]> 0 cde63e530941500a66259ff84b67c0fe Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Carlyle, Martineau, and Eliot: The Importance of Organization in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13331/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 03:35:00 -0500  

In her discussion of the role of government and its influence on women, Harriet Martineau makes the assertion that the governments of the United States have the power to enslave certain women and seize […]

]]> 0 23289b0f647c89db254b3f3d1a6fe1a5 Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13276/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 03:00:08 -0500 I thought the line, “What made Wordsworth’s poems a medicine for my state of mind, was that they expressed, not mere outward beauty, but states of feeling, and of thought coloured by feeling, under the excitement […]

]]> 0 9ca8409c0a5d7cb89ac82aa52e2d6fb2 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post The Victorian Woman in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13247/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 01:10:45 -0500 I first read Charlotte Brontë’s, Jane Eyre in middle school and instantly found comfort in Jane because she was a woman of her own making. Jane forged her own path and rarely questioned her ability to fly fr […]

]]> 0 75d1ca1c62203c567d95e0e14c62299a Sandy Brahaspat replied to the topic Favorite work of Victorian literature in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/nineteenth-century-studies/forum/topic/favorite-work-of-victorian-literature/#post-1429 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:10:15 -0500 Emily Brontë’s, Wuthering Heights.

]]> b303270ee63b5b5a75d83559088793cb Sandy Brahaspat joined the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13032/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:32:36 -0500 0 32c721f85cf20edb3cdb07fe6b52a38c Sandy Brahaspat joined the group Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13031/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:32:14 -0500 0 2a2daf8624a91274ca7b5b98b3c2d327 Sandy Brahaspat joined the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9553/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:05:30 -0500 0 d1550558f23637b36b915843dc48c774 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Phenylethylamine: The Chemical Composition of Love in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9200/ Sat, 09 Dec 2017 07:16:17 -0500 For all my fellow romantics, this one’s for you. Featuring Octavia Butler’s Clay’s Ark and Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical 

Phenylethylamine [phe·nyl·eth·yl·amine]

It’s the reason why we get butter […]

]]> 0 a7ab16d9fba04696473c916aaf4327b2 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Adulthood Rites and Female Genital Mutilation in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9132/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 07:01:49 -0500 Out of the three books that complete Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood trilogy, her second installment Adulthood Rites was my favorite for more reasons that I can count on my hands. But the main reason why I loved […]

]]> 0 29782b0c974d4152dcf566eac91d52a1 Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post The Brown Girl's Dilemma in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8847/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 04:50:31 -0500 Something woke up in me when I read the Contract and Social Change. Not an epiphany, but more of a moment of realization when I read the lines, “In Jamaica, with a different set of racial/color rules, I count as […]

]]> 0 d2418fec075928641f5cd2a56f6357bd Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Vampiric Literature, Fledgling, and Loyalty in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8789/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 03:07:28 -0500 My first encounter with vampire novels was The Twilight Saga, and yes, I was team Edward. But after having completed the saga, I noticed a peculiar dynamic in Vampiric literature that I would later see in other novels like that of the Vampire Academy series, the Dark Heroine series, and Fledgling.  

This peculiar dynamic was one that involved…[Read more]

]]> 0 aca4fd479c63b28e6d506d7363ceca28 sandybrahaspat edited the blog post Marriage, Shakespeare's Elizabethan Era, and Modern Day America in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8532/ Sat, 09 Sep 2017 02:57:14 -0500 After discussing the significance of the use of the word “eye” and the role physical beauty has in William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, it sparked some debate about marriage in the Elizabethan era and its relevance in Modern Day America. Was this because of the patriarchy and the social constructs of Shakespeare’s time, or was this simply j…[Read more]

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