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Damaging Ramifications to Unprocessed Trauma: Intergenerational Alcoholism in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury
Full text linkIn my essay, I examine how James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury display how dysfunctional patterns of behavior by alcoholic fathers perpetuate intergenerational patterns of emotional immaturity and stunted individual development for their oldest sons. I explore parental alcoholism’s negative effect on a child through the characters of Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Quentin Compson in The Sound and the Fury. I investigate the similarities between Stephen and Quentin, who, just like Joyce and Faulkner, are each the oldest sons of alcoholic fathers in families facing social and economic hardship in response to national change. I analyze Stephen’s father, Simon Dedalus, and how his alcoholic behavior contributes to Stephen’s shame and worthlessness, fueling his obsession with defining his place in the world. Additionally, Quentin’s father, Jason Compson’s, alcoholic behavior feeds Quentin’s unstable sense of purpose through his desire to arrest time. Unable to cope with the decline of his family’s legacy, Quentin carries his grandfather’s watch, a symbol of his desire to arrest time. His unstable sense of purpose leads him to feel hopeless, ultimately reflected in his suicide. As products of intergenerational alcoholism, Stephen and Quentin’s perceptions and experiences reflect Joyce and Faulkner’s own struggles as children of alcoholic fathers
When I Thought We Were Timeless - Cello Duet
Full text linkIn the Spring 2025 semester, Madeline Berger completed a semester-long composition project within her composition lessons. The piece, When I Thought We Were Timeless is a cello duet inspired by themes of timing and connection. The two cellos are representations of people meeting throughout a lifetime. At certain moments, they connect, only go along their separate ways. The piece showcases a non-traditional form of music notation where there are no measures, and dotted lines to show the musicians when to play together, which helps to represent the timeless nature of the piece. The piece continues within this timeless world, but the moment the piece ends, it succumbs to the idea of existing within time, therefore not actually being timeless at all
The Correlation between Endemic Poverty and Climate Change Impacts: How low income communities are affected by climate change.
Full text linkClimate change is one of the great problems that today’s society faces, but for some people, the effects of climate change will be felt more strongly than for others. This paper investigates the link between socioeconomic status and climate change, especially how the effects of climate change can exacerbate poverty and health risks in low-income areas. Two case studies will be used in this paper. One is the effects of the 1995 Chicago heat wave, and the other is the effects of the 2022 Kentucky floods. Each of them had a disproportionate impact on low income communities and were especially difficult to recover from. The paper also explores climate justice and how the people and places hit harder by climate change can grow and recover. Overall, this paper focuses on interactions between climate change and low income areas and how the two can exacerbate each other
Sibelius Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Movement One
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Gibble-Gabble: A Digital Literary Blog
No full textGibble-Gabble is a digital literary blog created as a sanctuary for readers who appreciate intellectually challenging literature. This project delivers diverse content through video essays, opinion pieces, listicles, book recommendations, and elements of photojournalism. It establishes a unique space in the online literary landscape by blending formal academic analysis with magazine-style journalism and personal essay elements, creating content more substantive than traditional blog content yet more palatable than scholarly writing. Through thoughtful literary engagement with classics and contemporary works of merit, Gibble-Gabble criticizes concerning trends in online literary spaces: the increasing prevalence of vapid romance novels, the promotion of unsustainable consumerism through book hauls on TikTok, and declining literary standards through self-publishing on social media. Gibble-Gabble\u27s distinct voice combines formal elements reflecting high-brow literary appreciation with conversational, snarky commentary that builds authenticity and credibility with readers. While initially conceived for English students and former academics longing for traditional pedagogical discussions, Gibble-Gabble has evolved into a more broadly accessible platform for anyone passionate about the artistic merit of literature. Gibble-Gabble\u27s content varies, from visual storytelling to video essays to curated book recommendations and visually engaging photojournalism, appealing to different interests and online engagement preferences. Future development plans include regular posting and expanding outreach through social media platforms to connect with more book lovers disillusioned with the current literary trends
“Already My Heart Misgave me”: Doomed Fantasy and Children in James Joyce’s “Araby” and William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”
Full text linkWhile rarely put into conversation, William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” and James Joyce’s “Araby” have a remarkable amount to say to one another. These parallel portraits of childhood each follow a young boy, Sarty Snopes and a nameless narrator respectively, struggling to find emotional clarity within a repressive society. While far from either authors’ most blatant critique of Southern or Irish culture, both stories subtly weave in the confining forces of Catholicism, imperialism, patriarchy, and poverty. To cope with the drudgery and cruelty of their surroundings, the boys retreat into fantasies of love and heroism. These idealizations allow the boys to survive psychologically but are doomed to fail, forcing the children to confront their own powerlessness. This essay argues that these children’s futile quests for moral and personal fulfillment reveal the toll and tragedy of growing up in societies that value conformity, silence, and detachment over morality, intimacy, and emotional honesty
I Let the Ocean Hear My Song
Full text linkThis chapbook manuscript focuses on themes of sexual identity and yearning. The sequence of poems follows a speaker who indulges in the delusion of being in a romantic relationship with someone they were once friends with. In the manuscript, the speaker must sort through his emotions and accept his truth to have closure from this friendship. The sequence encapsulates a variety of forms. One recurring form throughout the sequence is the alignment of text on the page to signify conversations between the speaker and his imagined lover. The speaker’s dialogue is aligned to the left, and the imagined lover’s dialogue is aligned to the right. Furthermore, the text alignment to the right side of the page is used to showcase the attraction the imagined lover has on the speaker, which is showcased in the poems “Ghosts” and “The Let Down.” Overall, these poems represent the turmoil of being in love with an idealized version of a person over who they are in reality
Nunsense Promptbook
Full text linkPeyton Helene McCarthy\u27s promptbook submission for her Senior Project in stage management (SM): SMing UMW Theatre\u27s fall 2024 production of Nunsense by Dan Goggin
NOTE: SM documentation templates and formatting included in Peyton\u27s promptbook were directly provided and/or inspired by Brandon Prendergast\u27s professional paperwork and intellectual property
IDITAROD’S EFFECT ON MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1 DISEASE PROGRESSION IN A DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER MODEL
Full text linkMyotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by CTG-repeat expansion in the DMPK gene, leading to skeletal muscle weakening and wasting. Irisin, a muscle-secreted cytokine released during exercise, promotes muscle growth, repair, and metabolism. Given irisin’s role in promoting muscle growth, we explored how activity-induced Idit expression impacts muscle function in a Drosophila model of DM1. Healthy control (CUG20) and DM1 (CUG250) flies were generated using the UAS-Gal4 system. CUG20 and CUG250 flies underwent a three-week exercise regimen, with the goal of increasing levels of Iditarod protein, the fruit fly homolog of irisin. Following exercise training, muscle function was assessed by climbing velocity (cm/sec) and flight landing height (cm) in a flight cylinder. Significant main effects of sex and exercise were shown observed in climbing velocity; however, data did not show a significant difference between the climbing or flight performance comparing repeat length or exercise. Since large variation in behavioral measures could account for the non-significant results, power analysis was conducted and revealed that the sample size used in this study was too small. Completion of this project at appropriate statistical power will highlight whether exercise-induced expression of myokines like irisin can act as therapeutic targets in DM1
Becoming Lead Artist for Peter and the Starcatcher
No full textIn completion of THEA 492, this website holds my work throughout my time as the Lead Artist for Peter and the Starcatcher at the University of Mary Washington. Here are the documented journals throughout the process, paper work I worked with, works in progress, the finished product, and a final reflection