Symposium: the Great Books Symposium Journal
A Wright College Publication for Community College Students
Nina Astorino Throughout history, humanity has been obsessed with the idea of sin, an obsession which spans from most traditional religions to many works of literature and film. Original sin in the Christian doctrine refers […]
Madeleine Iaco “Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter?” (2.4.201-02). And doth not rosemary improve most recipes? Used long before Shakespeare’s day, the herb rosemary has a long history of culinary flavor, […]
Izaki Metropoulos The legacy of poet George Gordon Byron carries with it many associations, primarily those of controversy. He was, to quote Clara Drummond, the definitive nineteenth-century “bad boy”: a man known for his gambling habits, […]
Roberto Pacheco A great work of poetry reflects the relationship between writer and muse, admirer and beloved, creation and beauty. Additionally, there frequently exists an underlying, hidden message among the eloquent trappings of the writer’s imagination. Often, the […]
Dear Wright College Community, The Great Books Program is thrilled to introduce the sixth edition of the Symposium Journal. This journal serves as a platform for community college students to share their analyses of great […]
Julia Borrell Pozo In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago is one of Othello’s most trusted officers and, simultaneously, a destabilizing, untrustworthy force. Scholars have disagreed as to whether intentional malevolence or irrational hatred drives Iago’s actions. […]
Allison Dell Otto Taken as a triptych, T. S. Eliot’s poems “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “Sweeney Erect,” and “The Waste Land” offer a compelling, disturbing set of theses regarding the possibilities of […]
Amanda Jiang In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the reader meets Sofya (Sonya) Marmeladov—a daughter, a prostitute, and the partner of Raskolnikov. George Pattison calls her a “holy anorexic,” a popular figure of the good-hearted […]
Alisa Scott A conflict’s advancement within a novel is the direct result of a protagonist’s decision-making process. When an antihero is motivated by his or her vices, he or she may demonstrate a story’s deeper […]
Maria Nguyen The ability to seize power is not always apparent to the one who holds it. One’s use of power contributes to how effectively one’s desires are obtained through others. While Alisoun is the […]