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    Post Colonialism and "The Romanoffs"

    "The Romanoffs," an anthology series found on PrimeVideo follows the lives of self-proclaimed descendants of the Russian Romanov dynasty. Episode One, "The Violet Hour," depicts an elderly woman, Anastasia, living in Paris in need of a new caregiver, Hajar. A topic of interest is the treatment of Hajar, a nursing student and Muslim. Various interactions between Anastasia, Anastasia's family, and Hajar reopen the topic of Western Imperialism/Post Colonialism and the Middle East. One particular scene involves Hajar confessing to Anastasia's nephew that their one-nightstand (where Greg pursues a hesitant Hajar) produced a pregnancy, where Hajar's family demands a restitution of sorts at the symbolic invasion of their daughter. (I immediately thought of the symbolic rape of the Nile with the occupation and construction of the Suez Canal by Britain.) Greg responds with "I should be mad, but I'm not…" This also introduces the age-old notion of women bearing the responsibility of unplanned pregnancies.

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      I love studying the Transcendentalist poets! In a British lit class we discussed the transcendentalists’ belief in the “sublime,” almost literally a high achieved from being in nature. That subliminal state, they believed, brought one closer to the divine. Also within the movement was the creation of utopian societies which focused on an austere lifestyle and self-sufficiency; Louisa May Alcott’s father, Bronson Alcott, along with Thoreau and Emerson participated in this offshoot of transcendentalism. Although Bronson was horrible with finances, so his “experiment” I believe Louisa called it, failed and created some resentment in her youth.

      Coleridge, The Hippie: Romanticism and The Counter Culture

      I love this discourse! This also reminds of the Transcendentalist poets of this time period who believed in the “sublime,” almost literally a high achieved from being in nature. That subliminal state, they believed, brought one closer to the divine. Also within the movement was the creation of utopian societies which focused on an austere lifestyle and self-sufficiency; Louisa May Alcott’s father, Bronson Alcott, along with Thoreau and Emerson participated in this offshoot of transcendentalism. An example of this within LM Alcott’s work is in the lifestyle of the March sisters; however, the Marches lived during the Civil War, so their austere lifestyle could be perceived as a war-time occurrence/anomaly.

      Travel and literature: Broadening your horizons

      Fascinating perspective! One could argue that an overarching exercise in denial is that of change within the south, more specifically fear of change and maintenance of the status quo. A Streetcar Named Desire also explores that theme through the symbolism of Stanley–young, most-likely of Eastern European descent, and of a lower socioeconomic status–seemingly “invading” the old southern family represented by Stella and Blanche.

      Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Internal Guilt