Sarah's Humanities Blog

Most of the monster stories that we read challenged gender roles, especially Dracula. In the story, Lucy gets destroyed by Dracula because she becomes tainted by a blood transfusion from 4 different men. Mina also becomes tainted, but is redeemed because she is the “angel of the house” or the “perfect woman”. Johnathan Harker is… Continue reading Gender

If I could leave one piece of literature out of Hum 101, it would probably be The Charge of the Light Brigade. I understand why it is necessary to read, but it is so depressing. I also did not love the Invisible man. I think that it was lacking as monster story. There was no… Continue reading best and worst

The Victorians really did love their technology. While they did not have the iPhone and WiFi, they were pioneering the way for things just like that. The Great Exhibition showcased all of the new technology that was being produced all over the , and the Victorians ate it up. We don’t have anything like the… Continue reading New Technology

Dracula is much different that the vampires that I posted about in my last blog. He is very animalistic, he has hairy palms and hairy everything really. In my mind I was expecting a silver fox type, older but still handsome, and boy is Dracula the exact opposite. He is kind of gross, when I… Continue reading Johnathan Harker is no Buffy

When I think about vampires, I automatically think of The Vampire Diaries, a tv show on the cw that ended a few years ago. My friend and I watched it together on Netflix. It had two brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore, who were extremely handsome, and were vampires, so they stayed young forever. They were… Continue reading The Vampire Diaries

Today many people try to keep their youth for as long as they can, just like Dorian Gray. Whether it be by plumping wrinkles or by just acting childish, there are many ways people of today combat their aging. My mom thinks that I am delusional, but I see wrinkles forming in my forehead already… Continue reading The Fountain of Youth

If I found a way to be invisible, I would probably be disappointed. Every situation I think of that would be cool or fun, wouldn’t be too much fun once I think about the consequences. My first thought was to travel the world, but then I would be traveling alone and who would take my… Continue reading

The story of Jekyll and Hyde is so interesting and universal because it explores the sides of good and evil. It shows us that if we lean into our evil side, it will grow and vice versa. Every good story has a bad guy, but what is interesting about this story, is that the bad… Continue reading Jekyll and Hyde

My favorite “Monster” movie is probably Casper the Friendly Ghost. Particularly the one with Hillary Duff. This has always been my favorite ‘scary movie’ for a few different reasons. The first is Hillary Duff’s red overalls that she wears. I have always wanted a pair since I first saw this movie. The second is that… Continue reading Casper

Learning about the Victorians has shown me how much society has not really changed. We like to think that ‘the times are a changin’, and they are, but very slowly. We still have the same institutional things, like government and prison, that have not changed very much at all. When I hear about political things… Continue reading Just a Little Philosophy for your Tuesday