Cole Elliott ERH-481 1 December 2017   Senior Capstone Reflective Essay   The Senior Capstone Project began with far-reaching ideas and inclinations that activated my mind at the beginning of the fall semester of my senior year at VMI. Through engagement in preparation exercises the previous semester, I was prepared slightly in what I wanted […]

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Cole Elliott ERH-481 13 December 2017   William Faulkner’s The Bear and the Southern “Rite of Passage”   William Faulkner’s The Bear exemplifies southern culture in a clear and concise way. Telling the story of a boyhood hunting expedition, the short story captures the South’s methodology of bringing a boy along and—through the passage of […]

Cole Elliott ERH-481 13 December 2017   Senior Capstone Project: Literature Review   LaBudde, Kenneth. “Cultural Primitivism in William Faulkner’s ‘The Bear.’” American Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, 1950, pp. 322–328. JSTOR, JSTOR,  jstor.org/stable/3031223.   LaBudde’s source provided me with a unique look at the southern culture aspect of The Bear. Given that the story is written […]

Cole Elliott MAJ Brown ERH-481 11 September 2017   Capstone Project Proposal: “William Faulkner’s ‘The Bear’”     Background & Rationale In COL McDonald’s Southern Literature course, I had the opportunity to examine the South’s various cultural contexts and the overall Southern experience evoked by the many Southern writers of the 20th century. In our […]

Cole Elliott ERH-321 13 December 2017   Final Shakespeare Research Essay: Reflective Tag   The Final Research Essay for the course was one where I was able to draw on a previous essay regarding Othello where I examined patriarchy and marriage within the play. Having previously looked at the topic, I worked to develop further […]

Cole Elliott ERH-321 13 December 2017 Help Received: None   Research-Informed Analytical Essay: Marriage and Patriarchy in Othello   Often characterized by the uneasy, unsuccessful transition of power to a Moor, William Shakespeare’s Othello taps into much further social issues than just race. The transition of Othello taking over is certainly a central piece to […]