The rivalry between Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann about who will be Tea Party queen reminds me of the 1950 Betty Davis film All about Eve. The parallels are so delicious that I have to share them with you.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Palin, Bachmann, and All about Eve
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Classic Lit and Transformative Epiphanies
A student wrote, “By forcing myself to examine my ideas and Dr. Faustus more carefully and within the lens of my experience, I had several epiphanies that I feel were transformative both to my essay as well as to my understanding of my experience with depression.”
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Viola, Lost in the Friend Zone
If literature can change our lives, then there should be something in the play that would help get these women out of their friend zones. Imagine Twelfth Night reframed as a “Dear Abby” column dispensing relationship advice to young adults.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Relgionships, She's the Man, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
