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Fairy tales seem to strike wonder and curiosity in the minds of readers, but there is more to them than what meets the eye. Fairy tales illustrate the rules to a patriarchal system in which women are typically always subservient to men. Those who are…

Autonomy, as a concept, has typically been associated with the term "self-governance", but there has been many inconsistencies in a true definition among many philosophers. However, it is Thomas Hill's definitions which provides a well-rounded…

Manipulating and controlling everyone around her, Hedda Gabler is an unlikeable character, but this doesn’t mean she can’t be a sympathetic or understandable one. When first introduced to Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, a reader or audience member can…

The stigma that accompanies mental disorders in the modern age contributes to the widely held belief that they are completely negative. However, based on Darwin's (1860) theory of evolution, it seems as though such a large flaw would have been made…

Oxygen radicals and the reactive by-products they create have long been indicated in the disease pathways of metabolic disorders, given that they have the potential to react with the key components of proteins and thus disrupt their functioning. One…

This exhibit explores the history and presentation of fairy tales through the medium of children's picture books. Specifically focusing on the fairy tales "Cinderella" and "Beauty and the Beast". This exhibit will examine the way that the stories are…

Comprehension of the Roman experience is conceived through the exploration of antiquity: close examination of artifacts and ideas that the Romans encountered in their everyday lives. Myriad ways in which the city was perceived to the ancients stemmed…

In 1824 CE, William Blake was commissioned to illustrate the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Amongst 102 illustrations, Blake devoted two thirds to the Inferno. Within the scholarship on Blake, the prevailing analysis of his illustrations shows his…