We’ve all heard them—the predictable responses that make ethical discussions feel like fill-in-the-blank exercises. “Victor should have been more responsible.” “He should have thought things through.” “He was too ambitious.” But real ethical dilemmas don’t come with tidy answers. And
There’s a moment every year when I realize my students are living Mary Shelley’s story, but they can’t see it. They’re not grave robbers piecing together bodies in secret laboratories – they’re teenagers casually using AI to write their essays,
Day 3 of being snowed in, and I’m sitting here with my third cup of coffee, watching the plows fight a losing battle outside my window. The irony isn’t lost on me that I’m planning my Frankenstein intro – you
There’s a moment in most literature discussions when a student says something really interesting about how power works in a text – a genuine insight about its complexity. Then, inevitably, someone else raises their hand to suggest “Maybe we’re overthinking
Literary analysis has a peculiar history. In the late 19th century, as English departments were first taking shape, they modeled themselves after law schools. The idea was simple: teach students to build cases, find evidence, and prove interpretations – just
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