• nora (a doll's house) - chooses to put self-worth in front of any societal judgments of her leave-taking
  • ophelia (hamlet) - an example of the destruction societal limitations can bring to a character
  • emilia (othello) - is she iago's tragic flaw?
  • othello - is love othello's tragic flaw? (according to iago)
  • elizabeth bishop: fictional vs autobiographical
  • jiko, nao's grandmother and the art of finding purpose in simplicity. planting gardens and meditating, showing love and respect to all things (my grandmother is like this)
  • for ambrose, who is probably still lost in the funhouse
  • caitlin from david vann's aquarium who is so beautiful in her trust and her love, and who dreams of building love between her mother and her grandfather like a bridge of stones over dangerous rapids. caitlin who wants to trust above all else
apr 18 2013 ∞
jan 20 2016 +