Essays

The concept of gender is a very complex and open-ended notion that continuously evolves as society changes. The history of gender includes a variety of perspectives on what it means to be associated with a particular gender and the expectations that come with it

It's 2008, and it's my first day of middle school. I look around the cafeteria, waiting for the bell to ring for first period, and I realize how alone I am. I didn't understand why my mom forced me to come to a school where I knew no one.

Geoffrey Chaucer, considered to be the greatest English poet from the Middle Ages, uses a London dialect of Middle English in his work. Through Chaucer’s unique work in The Canterbury Tales, he presents to us a fabliau in The Miller’s Prologue and Tale. A comedic tale that is bawdy, scatological and obscene, and that also contains crucial aspects of sex.

Tzvetan Todorov has interpreted The Turn of the Screw as a fantastic literature due to its ambiguity and the continuous hesitation from the reader as the story unfolds