Natalie Wilson

Friends or Enemies? This is the story of my life since I arrived and Faulkner University. This story is full of ups, downs, wild rides, and crazy people. Some of the parts of my story resemble certain events and people my Great Books class has read about. Books such as The Aeneid and Bacchae . Although this story may read as a text full of drama and manipulation, these characters have changed my life. The main characters in this story are Achates, Juno, and Dionysus. The first character is seanah. This story begins on move-in day. I was so excited to get to Faulkner and set up my room! What I was not excited about was who I was supposed to be living with. About a month before school was supposed to start, me and my future roommate began texting each other trying to get to know one another.  As we were texting, I noticed that Achates, who was soon to be my roommate, and I had numerous differences. This made me extremely nervous because I knew I was going to have to live ...

    Man. Woman. Transgender. Agender. Bigender. Polygender. In today’s society, these are some of the gender variations many people claim to be. All of these genders are, for the most part, accepted throughout our society. No matter what gender a person was born as everyone apparently has a right to change and become the gender they want too. This was not the case during the time period that Bacchae was written. The contrast between men and women is extremely prevalent in this book. In the Bacchae, men had very specific roles as did women and numerous problems arose if these roles crossed between genders.     We first see the distinction between gender roles when the king, Pentheus, finds out that all of the women in his city have left to become Bacchants. King Pentheus says, “These women of ours have left their homes / and run away to the dark mountains, pretending / to be Bacchants. It’s this brand new god, / Dionysus, whoever that is; they’re dancing for him!” (...

What Is Your Plea?       What is your plea? Guilty, not guilty, or insane? In today's society, this is the most important question in our criminal justice system. This is the question that determines your fate.(fate not capitalized for once) This also happens to be one of the greatest questions to be asked in The Oresteia. The character who is on trial is King Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra. Queen Clytemnestra does multiple things throughout the course of the book that can be considered controversial. First, she has an affair with her husband's cousin. Next, she kills her husband and his lover. The answer to the question is all up to how you interpret the book and relate to Clytemnestra.         There are a number of examples that show Clytemnestra should plead guilty. The example that stands out to me the most is found in the book of Agamemnon. As Clytemnestra tries to explain her reasoning for murdering her husband, she admits she had help and w...

Kids at Heart Kids argue. Kids cry.  Kids hold grudges. When you think of a kid you don't necessarily think of Roman Gods. However, in Virgil's The Aeneid, they do just that. They argue. They cry. They hold grudges. You'd think since they are gods they would have a more developed maturity level than a five-year-old. While the gods are powerful beings and looked up to as superior to humans, they are not as eloquent as they lead their followers to believe because they are very petty,  and they interfere in the fate of the humans for their own selfish reasons. Humans tend to be very emotional, impulsive, and passionate creatures. Although the gods in The Aeneid are regarded to be "better" than mortals,  there happen to be multiple instances of the gods making the same rash decisions as humans. For example, Virgil writes in book one, "No, not even now would the causes of her rage, her bitter sorrows drop from the goddess' mind. They festered deep wi...

Hi. My name is Natalie Wilson. I am from Knoxville, Tennessee. I am double majoring in Criminal Justice and Pre-Law. I have 4 siblings. I enjoy reading multiple varieties of books and love to express myself through writing. I am a reserved person and mostly keep to myself. I really hope this college experience will help my grow academically and socially and I cannot wait to see where it takes me.