Don't despair your mother loves you. Don't be proud because she has to.
One thing the reader should know about The Ramayana is that like my own writing, it is full of detours, digressions, and flashbacks. Based on my admittedly limited experience with The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita this complex structure appears to be characteristic of the genre. Sometimes these techniques can be disorienting. One minute you’re... Continue Reading →
Do you remember the moment you realized The Lion King, Strange Brew, and the 1992 Robin Williams classic: Toys were all adaptations of Hamlet? I do. I don’t actually remember the exact date and time, but it was definitely in Mrs. Rowe’s 12th Grade AP Lit class. She loved Hamlet and made us read it... Continue Reading →
Unsurprisingly, Enkidu’s death deeply disturbs Gilgamesh. Anyone who has ever lost a close family member or friend knows the hole that is left in one’s life. There are the obvious facts of their physical absence and all that comes with it. The gestures of love and kindness that you’ve taken for granted. The idiosyncratic behaviors... Continue Reading →
On the evening of December 3, 1872 George Smith stood before the Society of Biblical Archeology inside The British Museum and read the text of his exciting new work: The Chaldean Account of The Deluge. His words echoed far beyond that meeting. The excitement raised that evening resulted in multiple expeditions to the Middle East... Continue Reading →
In the first half of the Iliad, Homer creates dramatic tension between the historic role every audience member knows Achilles plays in the Trojan war and the fact that he is now sitting on the sidelines with a declared intention to return home. What will entice him to return to battle? Does his rage subside?... Continue Reading →
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