Allyson McHugh

Anastasius II was pope from during the middle ages (496-498). He was widely believed to have been a heretic. Deacon Photinus, a member of the Church of Constantinople, taught him to believe that...

Yes, Rainsford did really kill General Zaroff. In the story, it says, "The general made one of his deepest bows. 'I see,' he said. "Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The...

Curley is also powerful because he has a role of power in that he is the boss's son. Because he is lacks self-confidence, he abuses this power, by bossing the farmhands around and intimidating...

Montag does not actually die within the pages of Fahrenheit 451. At the end, he has joined a new society of "book people," who live in the woods. His death is staged, however, by his old society....

One could argue that we know Holden has matured when he returns home, instead of running away. Near the end of the novel, Holden decides that he needs to go west; he even writes Phoebe a note...

Mirrors are a motif throughout Fahrenheit 451.For instance, at the beginning, Clarisse is described as a mirror. Also, when Montag really starts to examine his life and society as a whole, he...

Mr. Nuttle leaves in a hurry because he is frightened. Vera has told him a story about why Mrs. Sappleton leaves the window open, saying that Mrs. Sappleton believes her missing husband...

We learn about the cruelty of the young early on. Clarisse comments on how many teenagers die in car accidents, get into vicious fights, and kill themselves by overdosing. Toward the end, as...

Meeting Clarisse starts Montag's change. Her curiosity and questioning is so unique that Montag is struck by her. He had never met someone who asks "why" instead of "how," who knows that there...

It depends because what Holden thinks and how he acts often contradict each other. Holden is generally polite to people, including a classmate's mother he meets on the train, the nuns he...

The creature is born like a fully grown newborn; despite its size, it knows nothing of the world. It can be argued that the creature's mind is like a "blank slate" and that it only learns...

That's a tough question! I suppose you could argue that both Pi and Macbeth are introduced as rather innocent characters, but  through their journeys become more ruthless. When we meet Pi,...

Holden keeps Allie's baseball glove because it is a reminder the kind of person his brother was: intelligent, friendly, and inventive. The glove has poems written all over it because Allie wanted...

The nurse and Friar Lawrence have different attitudes towards love. As comic relief, the nurse focuses more on the sexual aspect of love: she prefers Paris to Romeo because she says that Paris is...

"The point" of Dante's journey is to save his soul from a fate similar to those that Dante pilgrim witnesses in hell. The journey is supposed to prove what Christians would have been taught on...

Marlow is talking about "civilizing" the Congo. He believes that by going he is an emissary of light to the natives. Since Marlow has yet to go to the Congo, his beliefs reflect the belief of the...

As a servant in the Capulet house, the nurse is both a mother-figure and a friend to Juliet. For the audience, she is great comic relief. The nurse bumbles through conversation, digressing from the...

This is a response Macbeth has to what the witches have told him. He is basically saying that he trusted their message and therefore he himself is "damned." He says that those who believe the...

Macbeth has just discovered that King Duncan named his son Malcolm as his successor, which creates another obstacle for Macbeth to overcome. He has decided to do what he needs to in order to become...

Slim is introduced to the reader as having a "gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any...

Because Framton does not know anything about the Sappletons, Vera is able to play a joke on him. She tells Mr. Nuttel that Mrs. Sappleton's husband and his two brothers went hunting one day and...

In Chapter 27, someone also breaks into Judge Taylor's house. Because Bob Ewell is so upset and embarrassed, we can assume that he is to blame. Additionally, the Ewell family is caught throwing...

It is also believed that the seven rooms of seven colors may represent the seven deadly sins, which are: sloth (laziness), lust, gluttony (eating too much), avarice (greed), pride, anger, and...

Dante is very clever! All of his punishments correspond directly to the sin. For example, Lucifer, the greater sinner of all, is in the lowest level of hell, where he sits stuck in a frozen lake....

Macduff leaves Scotland to join Malcolm's army in England. Malcolm fled earlier when his father, King Duncan, was killed, because he was afraid that he would be next. Once Macduff realizes how...

It is interesting that the Doctor answers Macbeth's question regarding his wife with the male pronoun "him." The Doctor should say that Lady Macbeth needs to minister to herself, but because he...

Willy goes to Howard's office hoping for a non-traveling sales job (per the request of his wife), but Howard tells him that no job is available. He is almost ignoring Willy, and even refers to this...