MLA Commons | Michelle Farley | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/members/michellef1970/activity/ Activity feed for Michelle Farley. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:31:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 59151a8b545ef7b84629d57e4c49fda9 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Journal, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=183 Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:03:18 -0400 My academic studies over the last eight years have proved a great learning curve for me, both academically and personally. I have changed and grown so much in both aspects that describing it is somehow difficult. […]

]]> 0 679bb3b94b3eb732205a197424b7186d Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Research Proposal, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=175 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:20:27 -0400 Frederick Douglas and Human Rights Violations against Women

Abstract

“When the true history of the antislavery cause shall be written, women will occupy a large space in its pages, for the cause of the […]

]]> 0 2557a689f21db229d8ffa7c1c66b817a Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Literature Review, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=169 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:07:41 -0400 My Thesis will be based on Frederick Douglas and Human Rights Violations against Women. Douglass was a slave, fugitive slave, campaigner, abolitionist, author and civil servant. He worked tirelessly to highlight […]

]]> 0 299e344d379c06a88cfb6a04853970d8 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, <strong>Mini-Conference Reflection</strong>, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=165 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 18:13:27 -0400 Frederick Douglass and His Two Wives

Our MA English Modernities Mini-Conference took place last Thursday, 6th April 2023 at UCC. What a fantastic day it was. As I had to present my own presentation via […]

]]> 0 1351a9273ff46d8874701b96e239ee00 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Frederick Douglass, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=156 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 17:12:40 -0400 One of the most interesting and inspiring authors I came across to date is Frederick Douglass. He was a former slave who escaped from Maryland to New York and became a public speaker a Public Speaker, […]

]]> 0 cfcaeb09c1c85f903ec62aa46d45c996 Michelle Farley commented on the post, Blogs by Classmates, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/2023/02/23/blogs-by-classmates/#comment-83 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:49:39 -0400 Hi there,

so many thanks !!
I am trying to follow as much as possible, I really enjoy your posts!!
I think we are in the same group for the mini-conference, so I look forward to working with you!!
Michelle

]]> c25fdc601a1a7ced63ced118526d2106 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, <em>The Inheritors</em> by William Golding, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=151 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:17:17 -0500 Hello all,

I have just finished writing an essay on William Golding’s The Inheritors.

This was a really challenging topic to discuss. I choses a question regarding the fact that it may be “A Lit […]

]]> 0 fed61ca68ae6f576f3bd9ec581c0263c Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Blogs by Classmates, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=141 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:50:01 -0500 While I am busy with my own blog, I have been reading some of the blogs by other students in my class. They are really interesting, and developing so well.

I have posted some of the links here so you can all […]

]]> 0 60d0bf8c4cf8eb2135c06a60bf6fdece Michelle Farley wrote a new post, <strong>Wiki Edit-a-thon</strong>, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=121 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:47:11 -0500 Hello again!

Last week as part of my MA in English we had an assignment to edit a Wikipedia page.

I chose William Golding’s The Inheritors. I recently read this for a module and it is really interesting. I […]

]]> 0 e7087e4ff6b29538f36e8be2c1c82ae4 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, <strong>Gracie….</strong>, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=117 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:24:18 -0500 So before I move on to the next reading, I thought I might share the following I just jingled! I promised a little poem about my dog and best friend Gracie……

Gracie….

When life hands a bad deal

You alway […]

]]> 0 1880960a504d1a20ef5a351ede968c68 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Seminar  “500 years of looking for Richard III with Jeffrey Wilson  and actor Thomas Varga, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=113 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:20:03 -0500 I have just attended this webinar by Illuminations at the University of California, Irvine. The speakers were author and Harvard Lecturer Jeffery Wilson along with actor and writer Thomas Varga. This was […]

]]> 0 11b39c5c9b6303da6759ac052f181f58 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Seminar, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=108 Sat, 28 Jan 2023 20:17:29 -0500 “Spreading the News:  Publicity, Networks and the Dun Emer Press” by Dr. Caoifhionn Ní Bheacháin.

I attended this seminar recently and it was very interesting. It was great to discover that not only was Irish […]

]]> 0 8f62a7344d4ef5aa57c3049f9264d346 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Slavery Cases , Lord Mansfield and the Story of Francis Barber, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=103 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:05:49 -0500 So in my last blog I discussed the issue of slavery in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. I mentioned the ground breaking case Lord Mansfield ruled over regarding the slave James Somerset. Another important case he r […]

]]> 0 c4e9fb3f36160f2d71ec830ae0a70527 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Mansfield Park and Slavery, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=82 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:29:23 -0500 Watch the full movie here or follow me on twitter @MichelleAnneFa2 to view full moviehttps://youtu.be/xuAEPtgelkg

This brings me to my latest essay and Mansfield Park. I discussed the issue of slavery […]

]]> 0 81abf00e99388495e331ecb2de9f8cdc Michelle Farley changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1829730/ Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:45:34 -0500 0 6873ac60ee2a608a30514d6b088d7297 Michelle Farley's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1829729/ Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:31:36 -0500 0 09cae4bc17d91c3399c5490eb91b1397 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, English Essays, Philosophy Essays or a Mixture of Both?, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=16 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:18:18 -0500 Well, after completing all those English essays, I went on to complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Philosophy, also at UCC, last year. This was also a great experience. I read some fantastic texts and studied the […]

]]> 0 abd3d1092353b8f125dde8680da5b149 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, Walking, Writing and Poetry., on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=13 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:50:16 -0500 Writing and walking go hand in hand for me and have for some time now. In 2020-21 I completed a Higher Diploma in English at UCC and I always found that walking helped with my writing. It clears the head and […]

]]> 0 2d6a94d565612393d6a88cdf9f313bcb Michelle Farley wrote a new post, A First Poem, on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=10 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:23:54 -0500 This little poem just came into my head while suffering from the flu. I thought I might share it here.

Lady

Lady Baby, let’s go for a walk

Not today mummy, let’s just talk

With your big brown eyes you […]

]]> 0 4699a5695ef34c18066259fe6956a7f8 Michelle Farley wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Shell's English Blog https://shellfarley.hcommons.org/?p=5 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 19:13:33 -0400 Hello,

Welcome to my UCC Blog!

I’m really new to this, but I am looking forward to becoming a serious blogger and tell you all about the fantastic books and texts I am currently reading.

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