At first glance in Wole Soyinka’s play, Death and the King’s Horseman, it seems like women are given a powerful role, but this soon changes as the story goes on. There are several different women in this play, all with different social statuses and power. Some women can do things like speak their mind, while… Read more Project 1 — Women in Death and the King’s Horseman
Category: Projects Spring 2022
Death and the Kings Horseman Character Profiles
For my project I thought back to my childhood to a computer strategy game I used to and still sometimes play: Battle for Middle Earth 2, Rise of the Witch King. Each character/hero/unit has special abilities that can help them on the battlefield and are accurate to the Lord of the Rings movies. I get… Read more Death and the Kings Horseman Character Profiles
When Generations of Oppression Collide: Essay #1
Emily Philbrook Professor Helms Currents in Global Literature 3/2/2022 When Generations of Oppression Collide There is an inevitable divide that lies between the advancements of new generations into a progressing world and the strength of the older generations who have endured. The world is always changing, and often, there is hesitation to change along with… Read more When Generations of Oppression Collide: Essay #1
Pilkings Property Management: A BBB Review
I chose to design a webpage for a fictional company that could reflect Simon Pilkings’ doings from Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horsemen ”Pilkings property Management”, in a modern context. I drew my format and inspiration from the Better Business Bureau in which many different companies are reviewed and graded based on a number of… Read more Pilkings Property Management: A BBB Review
UNESSAY #1 — Death and the King’s Horseman: Props, Costumes, and Set Design
by Kayla Orthman For my first Unessay, I decided to outline the basics of a hypothetical production of Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka. As someone who is heavily involved in theatre, this is an idea that really jumped out at me. Planning a production is incredibly complicated and requires a lot of… Read more UNESSAY #1 — Death and the King’s Horseman: Props, Costumes, and Set Design
My First Project: The World Keeps Ending, And the World Goes On.
I have always had a profound interest in artists and writers when they use their respected mediums to portray a moral or message through a topic like the apocalypse. The world as we know it is coming to a stand still, civilized society as we know it crumbling to the ground. Anything that has to… Read more My First Project: The World Keeps Ending, And the World Goes On.