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Answered a Question in Twelfth Night

I presume she must have had a mother at some point - or how could she be alive?...

Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies

Ralph, early in the novel, makes more of a concession to the idea of enjoying the...

Answered a Question in William Shakespeare

That's not a quote from Shakespeare's Henry V, but a quote from the real Henry V....

Answered a Question in Twelfth Night

He hardly has one. He's one of Orsino's servants, and he first appears having come...

Answered a Question in Paradise Lost

This is from the bit in Book 2 where the various devils are putting their cases to...

Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream

It's a fascinating title which provokes several questions. Is the whole play a...

Answered a Question in An Inspector Calls

Well, they don't really. Birling is a strong traditional, conservative, British...

Answered a Question in Macbeth

Macduff has just learned that Macbeth has had his wife and all of his children...

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Annabel Lee

Answered a Question in Annabel Lee

That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;

Answered a Question in William Shakespeare

The answer to your question is "yes", but only if you assume that Shakespeare's...

Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream

I don't think so, no. You're absolutely right that Hermia and Helena (we're not...

Answered a Question in Macbeth

Duncan, King of Scotland. Macbeth, after he hears from the witches that he is to...

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Ben Jonson

Answered a Question in Ben Jonson

I'm not quite sure. It's an odd mix of the absolutely colloquial and personal, and...

Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck, in fact, has spawned an adjective all of his own "puckish". And if you look...

Answered a Question in Macbeth

OK, so we're looking here at the apparitions scene: Act 4, Scene 1. Let's go one...

Answered a Question in Macbeth

For this one, you need to look at what they say to Banquo in Act 1, Scene 3: ...

Answered a Question in Hedda Gabler

This one used to be a massive problem in Ibsen criticism and everyone went a bit...

Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream

DEMETRIUS: These things seem small and undistinguishable,...

Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet

No, you're absolutely right: in Act 1, he gives Paris the clear information that...

Answered a Question in The Merchant of Venice

Portia's father has insisted that all suitors to her must choose one of the...

Answered a Question in Othello

Quite a lot of the play takes place at night. The play begins at night, with Iago...

Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies

Right at the very start of the novel, three of the boys go on a mission (after...

Answered a Question in Julius Caesar

In their big argument, Cassius is talking about how noble and loyal he is. Brutus...