Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Publisher’s Synopsis: In Oscar Wilde’s famous novel, Dorian Gray is tempted by Henry Watton to sell his soul in order to hold on ot beauty and youth.  Dorian succumbs and murders the portrait painter Basil Hallward, who stands between him and his goal.  Though in the end vice is punished and virtue rewarded, the novel [...]

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Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher’s Synopsis: First published in 1886 as a “shilling shocker,” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict.  The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. Review: After hearing [...]

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Review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Because this is a book that I read for class and it’s difficult to really give a short synopsis, I’m going to skip the usual format for my reviews and just talk about my experience reading this book.  Let me start off by saying, that having finally read this book, I can understand why it [...]

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Hamlet

I must admit that whenever I think of Shakespeare, I think of Hamlet as his most pivotal masterpiece.  This is a play that is not easily forgotten.  Its thematic elements are still relevant today.  Even more, it is so layered that even after years of study, you cannot reach the core.  When I first read [...]

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Education

This quarter has been keeping me much busier than I ever anticipated.  I have lots of news to share with you!  First and foremost, I want to let you know that I am the new Assistant Resident Director of Swig Hall effective next year!  This is a promotion from the position I currently hold as [...]

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