Volume 5 Archives - Chênière: The �Ӱɴ�ý Undergraduate Humanities Review

Academic Accomplishments as a Coping Mechanism in Wit

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:55:26 +0000

By: María Lucía Carrillo “Academic Accomplishments as a Coping Mechanism in Wit” Wit, by Margaret Edson, is a play with a particular capacity to touch its audience. The main character, Vivian Bearing, is diagnosed with stage-four ovarian cancer and has to undergo an exceptionally aggressive treatment. However, this is not the reason the play is […]

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A Clear and Present Danger: Robespierre’s “On the Trial of the King”

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:53:46 +0000

By: Vrixton Phillips “A Clear and Present Danger: Robespierre’s “On the Trial of the King” After the attack on August 10th on the Palais des Tuileries (the building which closed off the open courtyard of the Palais du Louvre until it was burned down during the Paris Commune) the Royal Family of France was imprisoned, […]

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Eugenics in the United States: The Forgotten Movement

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:49:53 +0000

By: Samantha Schexnayder “Eugenics in the United States: The Forgotten Movement” Eugenics as a concept has been around for ages and has continuously evolved in its execution over time. Thinkers such as Plato and Galton as well as leaders such as Hitler have all supported the use of science to improve the human race. Some […]

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Innocence and Imagination: Joseph Addison’s “Pleasures of the Imagination” and Alexander Pope’s “Eloisa to Abelard”

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:48:00 +0000

By: Rebecca Beyer and Victoria Battaglia Innocence and Imagination: Joseph Addison’s “Pleasures of the Imagination” and Alexander Pope’s “Eloisa to Abelard” Joseph Addison’s philosophical essay “Pleasures of the Imagination,” published in The Spectator (1712), takes a wary approach to the imagination. According to Addison, if employed properly, the imagination can be a means for one […]

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Disability Studies Possibilities in Burton’s Edward Scissorhands

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:46:12 +0000

By: Lillian LeCompte “Disability Studies Possibilities in Burton’s Edward Scissorhands” Weird bone structure, exaggerated body features, and dark imagery all permeate the work—live-action or animated—of one of today’s most prolific filmmakers: Tim Burton. In every full length and short film he creates, the man’s obsession with depicting the body in as strange a way as […]

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Unlearning “Compulsory Heterosexuality”: The Evolution of Adrienne Rich’s Poetry

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:40:38 +0000

Angel Chaisson Unlearning “Compulsory Heterosexuality”: The Evolution of Adrienne Rich’s Poetry Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was an American poet and essayist, best known for her contributions to the radical feminist movement. She notably popularized the term “compulsory heterosexuality” in the 1980’s through her essay “Compulsory Heterosexuality and the Lesbian Experience,” which brought her to the […]

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Oh, She’s a Gold Digger

�Ӱɴ�ý State — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:34:15 +0000

Sadie Andras “Oh, She’s a Gold Digger”: The Objectification and Commodification of Black Women in Contemporary Culture Black women in the United States have continually been objectified and commodified because their skin color and gender. Both darker skin tones and women are considered “subordinate” in our society that notoriously “categorizes people, things, and ideas […]

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