Sarah LescaultAug 3, 202212 min readLiterary Catharsis: Revenge in Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia," "Usher," and "The Cask of Amontillado"Image found on Google Images; all rights belong to the image owner. Feared, reviled, murdered, violated, betrayed, prematurely entombed –...
Sarah LescaultAug 2, 20228 min readIf Guilt and Justice Touched Your HeartSociety’s Culpability and Judgement in Isabel Allende’s “If You Touched My Heart” Isabel Allende’s “If You Touched My Heart” weaves...
Sarah LescaultJan 17, 20217 min readThe Fictional Romance Moments Getting Me Through Another Pandemic YearI am a lonely, single woman who has only ever experienced romance through fiction. So, when a global pandemic hit that made dating and...
Sarah LescaultJul 10, 20204 min readAustenland as the Definitive Austenite AdaptationAustenites are no strangers to adaptations, reinterpretations, spin-offs, and, in some cases, rip-offs of the novels they adore. The...
Sarah LescaultJul 7, 20205 min readDisney Films Need to Stop Emulating Ideas of Sexuality from 19th-Century NovelsThe year is 1992. Bill Clinton has become President, Disney has opened a theme park in France, and Christian Bale is two years away from...