Symposium: the Great Books Symposium Journal
A Wright College Publication for Community College Students
Dear Wright College Community, The purpose of the Great Books Symposium Journal is to provide a platform for community college students to publish and share their analyses of great literature. These are the words that come to […]
Shaun Sunkara There are two opposing ideas concerning a person’s fate or destiny. One is that humans have complete control of their own destinies and that there is no such thing as an irreversible fate. […]
Izaki Metropoulos Elizabethan Pneumatology and King Hamlet’s Specter The character of the Ghost in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is undoubtedly a reflection of Elizabethan superstition; shrouded in ambiguity, the nature of the Ghost obscurely amalgamates with […]
Allen Loomis Several arguments made by critics of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet explain Hamlet’s hesitation to avenge his father, and one is his madness. Although there is textual evidence to support the madness argument, the preeminent […]
Amanda Jiang grew up in Southern China. In addition to being the Editor-in-Chief of the Great Books Symposium Journal, she is the President of the Great Books Student Society, the Vice President of the Gateway Scholars […]
Alisa Scott Discrimination and a fear of the unknown have led to the unique, disturbing phenomenon of feeling hatred for one’s own ethnicity. A conditioned perception of oneself can potentially distort reasoning and cause destruction. […]
Joanna Vaklin Power can be defined as the ability to influence, and often it is connected with wealth, opulence, and fame.[1] One might suggest that in order for power to exist, an individual must acquire […]
Amanda Jiang In 1963, Lionel Abel coined the term metatheatre in his work, Metatheatre: A New View of Dramatic Form. The term begins with meta, a prefix that denotes transcendence, and ends with theatre, a […]