Andrew Kriegh Instructor: Patrick Phillips
"The Stall Wall, A Window Into the Human Soul"
A witty analysis of the genre of writing on the walls of bathroom stalls that focuses on the importance of anonymity and the genre's similarities to blogs, twitters and chat rooms.
Jordan Decker Instructor: Meghan Kuckelman
"Lingering Shadow"
An essay which examines the author's Catholic religious education through the ideas of Paolo Friere and Susan Griffin.
Kelsey Hunter Instructor: Maria Polonchek
"Provoking Images: Are Photographs of Nude Children Morally Defensible?"
An essay that examines the complex issue of photos of nude children being displayed as art in a culture where "pedophilia is so sensationalized and child nudity is taboo"
Lara Pracht Instructor: Heather Emge English 203
"Representation of Motherhood in Chick Literature"
An essay that explores the traditional attitudes towards motherhood advocated in these novels, seemingly at odds with their attempts to empower women.
Kate Colvin Instructor: Brian Daldorph English 210
"The Lady of Shalott"
An essay that explicates Tennyson's poem as set to music and sung by Lorenna McKennitt, seeing the lady as exemplifying an artist sacrificing for her art.
Joshua Meier Instructor: Megan Kaminski English 210
"Dickinson Poem Explication"
An explication of Emily Dickinson's poem "I heard a fly buzz -- when I died" that focuses on the poet's use of the mundane, everyday fly to put death into perspective.
Leanne Tracy Instructor: Megan Kaminski English 210
"Empowered by Man or Encumbered by Fragility"
An essay that contrasts Elliot's perspective of "extreme introspection" in " The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with Whitman's persona who is empowered by the world in "Song of Myself
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