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Jean Rhy's Wide Sargosso Sea is more popularly known as a depiction of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Ey... more Jean Rhy's Wide Sargosso Sea is more popularly known as a depiction of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, as the inspiration behind it lies in Bronte's depiction of Rochester's Creolean wide, Bertha. Though the novel is seen more as a feminist novel taking on a primarily female perspective of the time, important to note here is the fact that this novel also depicted an interesting meld of displacement -an important theme in the Caribbean backdrop.
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The Carrollian, 2018
Recent times have witnessed a rise in the existential dilemma; where amidst urbanization and cybe... more Recent times have witnessed a rise in the existential dilemma; where amidst urbanization and cyberism, one recounts the underlying urge to satisfy the 'curioser' and 'curioser' curiosity behind one's own existence. Despite the purposelessness of purpose, we, as rational human beings still wander. In this article, I trace Alice's wanderings starting from Alice's Adventures Underground till Through the Looking Glass in order to elucidate the paradox of Darwinian behaviorisms on an Absurdist backdrop and showcase the character of Alice as an 'absurdist' metaphor and duly present Carroll's works as an absurdist drama in essence. This shall be considered primarily through Albert Camus' notion of the Absurd, as elucidated in his essay, 'The Myth of Sisyphus', along with due analysis of the philosophy as portrayed through Absurdist theatre. The paradox of purpose and purposelessness in this perspective, will be analyzed through an interdisciplinary lens that will combine elements of Absurdist philosophy along with evolutionary psychology, as proposed by John Tooby and Leda Cosmides.
An aspect of String theory, as proposed by Physicist Michael Green, suggests that every matter th... more An aspect of String theory, as proposed by Physicist Michael Green, suggests that every matter that exists in a universal spectrum does so as a collection of minuscule strings that cannot be seen by the naked eye. These strings operate on a microscopic level and encompass
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