Image Williams Prize Where's the Love? Jefferson in the Woods in Jefferson in Paris Thomas Jefferson's interest in aristocrat Maria Cosway is well-known, but the way the relationship is portrayed to evolve in James Ivory's film "Jefferson in Paris" is intriguing. During a supposedly romantic scene in a forest, Jefferson proclaims his profound love to Maria. At first glance, the scene seems to be a heartwarming exchange, but with closer analysis of the context, music, atmosphere, dialogue, and body language, an eerie uneasiness is observed. Is Thomas Jefferson really being the honorable man we want him to be? View Item
Williams Prize Literary Manifestations of the Organic World This essay discusses the manipulation of the organic, "natural" world in 19th century American literature. In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, the organic world is tapped into in order to better enhance the plot as well as develop each work's characters. This essay compares and contrasts the three authors engagement with the "natural" world and analyzes how each author used it to enhance their work. View Item
Williams Prize Regionalism and Realism in 19th Century American Literature This essay divulges into the literary masterpieces of the popular 19th century American authors Mark Twain, Kate Chopin and Henry James. Influenced tremendously by the times, Twain and Chopin employed regionalism in their works while Henry James used realism. This essay defines both regionalism and realism as well as highlights the similar and different ways in which they were incorporated into Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chopin's The Awakening and James' Daisy Miller: A Study. View Item
Image Williams Prize The Woman, the Myth, the Legend: Tracing Pocahontas Through History An examination of artists' renditions of Pocahontas through history, and observations of the implications of said renditions. View Item
Image Williams Prize "Arthritis, that's what it is": An Analysis of Alzheimer's Denial I desperately want to share my past with her, reminisce with her, recount how she role played in my childhood reality. We are past that. It's her turn to fantasize, but I cannot seem to play along as well as she did. I need to understand her reality before I can enter it. I need to understand Alzheimer's before I can comfort her. When presented with the opportunity to interview, analyze, and gain a better understanding of how illness impacts a patient's life, I knew my gram's inability to discuss Alzheimer's directly made her a difficult subject for the interview. I chose her anyway. View Item
Image Williams Prize Sharing Cultures, Sharing Stories, Sharing Lives, Sharing Respect: An Examination of the Gift Cycle in "Fools Crow" Although Welch uses Fools Crow and Fast Horse to depict how actions within the gift cycle and telling stories simultaneously construct and strengthen the American Indian identity, the story gift embodies the personal investment, emotions, and history of the storytelling – this enables the culture to survive and flourish by passing on their traditions and culture through the medium of telling stories. View Item
