Tabula Rasa

'Tabula Rasa' is a Latin term which stands for a new beginning, or a fresh start... some might even go so far as to refer to 'Tabula Rasa' as a form of rebirth. Many characters undergo a 'Tabula Rasa' in our texts this quarter: whether it be Avey retracing and reclaiming her African heritage after Jay's death in Praisesong, or even perhaps the death of Abuelita in The Moths by rising to another plain of existence. In very nearly all the texts, it is fairly easy to find some example of a character whom undergoes a 'Tabula Rasa' in some form or another.


--Rachel Robles