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Gothic House Equates to Mysticism
Further into the semester one of my peers had done a presentation on Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. She used the Audley house and its multicultural dimensions for her main analysis. She argued that the multicultural atmosphere of the house has something to do with the phenomenon of time. I want to add…
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Will Scrooge Sustain his Mystical Transformation?
I want to do a brief examination of Ebenezer Scrooge and his relation to mystical experiences. I want to focus on the mystical awakening that Scrooge had-which ultimately is the reason for his character development. I will do this by examining the themes of redemption and transformation. In the novel, Scrooge undergoes a profound spiritual…
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Helen as a Mystical Virago
Now that we have engaged in the interconnection between our fallen Monster and our fallen angel, I want to spin our attention to another Victorian mystic rarely spoken of, who exemplifies pleasurable, spiritual, pain; Helen in Charolette Bronte’s Jane Eyre. When Jane first meets Helen it is at Lowood, a boarding school. She was fascinated…
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Frankenstein’s Monster is a mystic
For my midterm assignment, I wrote an analysis of different scenes and characters within Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and their interconnection with mysticism. I argued that the novel is a spiritual pamphlet that advocates for Protestant Mysticism and critiques the existence of Catholic Mysticism. Now I want to turn our attention to the similarities between, specifically,…
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The Victorian Mystic- A Series
As I sit here reading The Book of Margery Kempe my fingers can’t help but keep on turning back to the page in which she had her vision of ‘continuous miracle births’. Chapter 5 is specifically designated for her description of the birth of Saint Mary and Jesus Christ, which she swears she was a…
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Meet Lydia, The Virago
“On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She…
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About Me!
For ten minutes now I have been scrolling through google trying to find sample-posts on how to write an Introductory blog post. I have found that when I have to write something about myself, I get stuck. Why is that? I am the only person in the world who knows myself best and better than…
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