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Taylor Knowles wrote a new blog post War and Paradise in the group
American Studies: 6 years, 12 months agoAs I was astounded by how little work has been done regarding Morrison’s Paradise, I looked up my thesis regarding the women’s scenes in “Save-Marie”, and eventually landed on an article discussing some quotes […]
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Taylor Knowles edited the blog post Scapegoats in the group
American Studies: 7 years agoscapegoat
/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/
noun
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a person made to bear the blame for others2.
(Old Testament) a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sentinto the wilderness to be destroyedverb
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Taylor Knowles edited the blog post The Danteum in the group
American Studies: 7 years agoAs I’ve been sick at home with Bronchitis, I decided to do some research into other forms of adaptations of Dante and his Divine Comedy, and came across the Danteum. As you’ll see in the many links I’ll have pasted below, the Danteum was Giuseppe Terragni’s proposal to Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, to build a monument in honor of the Poet in…[Read more]
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Taylor Knowles wrote a new blog post Slavery and the Prison System in the group
American Studies: 7 years, 1 month agoEver since we read the article in class, and made the connections between the prison system and slavery, I’ve been interested in reading further into this. And so in the process of researching, I found this […]
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Taylor Knowles wrote a new blog post Women and Mental Illness in the group
American Studies: 7 years, 1 month agoIn class today, I brought up the dichotomy of two forms of protection utilized by the women in Morrison’s works- those with mental walls, and those wielding physical weapons. It seems to be the case that the […]
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Taylor Knowles joined the group
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Taylor Knowles wrote a new post on the site Medieval Studies 8 years, 7 months ago
In February 2015, the New York Times released a post titled “Rats may be Exonerated in European Plague, Say Scientists with a Gerbil Theory.” In the short post, they detailed the possibility that the origins of […]
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Taylor Knowles started the topic Gerbils, The Bubonic Plague, and Medieval Illness in the forum
Medieval Studies 8 years, 9 months agoIn February 2015, the New York Times released a post titled “Rats may be Exonerated in European Plague, Say Scientists with a Gerbil Theory.” In the short post, they detailed the possibility that the origins of the Black or Bubonic Plague that ravaged Europe periodically in the 1300’s up to the 1800’s when it disappeared had its origins in Asia, r…[Read more]
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Taylor Knowles became a registered member 8 years, 9 months ago
