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Answered a Question in A Wrinkle in Time

Meg compared all the women to a row of paper dolls.  She notes that their dresses...

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The Awakening

Answered a Question in The Awakening

Edna struggles with a number of Creole attitudes and cultural norms. In the...

Answered a Question in A Tale of Two Cities

In the chapter entitled "The Shoemaker", there are several indications...

Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour

A critical feminist view of this short story focuses on female oppression in 19th...

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The Story of an Hour

Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour

A critical feminist view of this short story focuses on female oppression in 19th...

Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus and Alexandra are two very different people.  The only similarity I can...

Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus tries to emphasize the lack of medical attention for Mayella for two...

Answered a Question in Things Fall Apart

In chapter 2, Achebe tells the reader that, "Darkness held a vague terror for...

Answered a Question in The Crucible

I completely disagree with this statement.  Conflict is inevitable - we will all...

Answered a Question in Shooting an Elephant

In the first line of "Shooting an Elephant", Orwell answers this...

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Answered a Question in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Slaveholders wanted to strip slaves of anything that might give the slaves a sense...

Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The narrator of this novel is Huck Finn himself.  He is a young boy without a...

Answered a Question in King Lear

The relationship serves to characterize both Goneril and Regan.  Neither has the...

Answered a Question in Macbeth

No the Macbeths do not have any children, and this becomes a significant factor in...

Answered a Question in English teachers

Oh, my heart hurts at the thought of giving up my books - I can't imagine.  I...

Answered a Question in English teachers

I agree with #4 - a distinction between what is good and what is popular must be...

Answered a Question in Literature 101

I do agree that madness and 'great wits' are very close.  Those who have great...

Answered a Question in Literature 101

No - I don't believe he deserves to die.  As a character, he is foolish,...

Answered a Question in English teachers

I love teaching with movies - I've often used them instead of novels when I don't...

Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies

Chapter two reveals a few qualities of Piggy.  The reader can see that he is a...

Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

A reader can tell that Jim and Huck are friends by the end of chapter 9 very...

Answered a Question in Macbeth

Malcolm displays several characteristics that would make him a fit ruler.  First...