Chelsea Osborne
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I earned my BA in Ancient History and Classical Civilizations from the University of Texas at Austin, and I am very nearly graduated from my master's program in Classics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
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Answered a Question in The Black Cat
Removing the cat’s eye is the beginning of the end, so to speak, for the narrator. Until that moment, the cat had thus far escaped his drunken cruelty, so this act signifies that the narrator had... -
Answered a Question in Twilight
Although there are many themes within both Twilight on its own and the series as a whole, love seems to be the most important. The entire story revolves around the love between Bella and Edward;... -
Answered a Question in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ends with a final battle at Hogwarts (not counting the epilogue, which I will discuss at the end, too). While Harry searches the school for the final horcrux... -
Answered a Question in The Fall of the House of Usher
In The Fall of the House of Usher, the narrator is going to visit Roderick Usher, a friend of his from childhood. Roderick had sent him a letter, requesting that he come visit because... -
Answered a Question in The Hunger Games
While she is in the Games, Katniss relies on Gale and Peeta to help her survive in different ways. While Gale represents Katniss' practical knowledge and skills, Peeta represents her more... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
For this answer, I have included a few links; two of them give characteristics of epic heroes, and the other talks about Odysseus' role as an epic hero. It seems that there are a lot of different... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
Although most people think of a protagonist as the "good guy" or the hero of the story, a protagonist is simply the main character. I have provided a couple of links explaining what a protagonist... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
When Pluto started to avoid the narrator in "The Black Cat," the narrator became angry. When the narrator first started taking his drunken anger out on his wife and pets, Pluto managed to avoid it,... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
I think that the biggest change to the plot if the story did not take place in the catacombs would be Montresor's method of murder. For instance, say Montresor took Fortunato to his house instead.... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The simple answer is also the most obvious one: he does not like his prison, as it is a prison. The less obvious answer is a little more tricky. He quickly rules out that he is not dead, but he... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
In "The Black Cat," there is really only one woman: the narrator's wife. Unfortunately, we do not see much of her as an individual character, but she does serve an important purpose. The first time... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
In Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, the first two dangers the narrator has to overcome are the titular pit and pendulum. When the narrator first wakes up in his cell, he is surrounded by absolute... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
The night the narrator hung Pluto, his house and everything he owned went up in flames. He, his wife, and a servant barely made it out of the house with their lives, but everything else was... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
The first thing that comes to mind when looking for remorse in The Black Cat is when the narrator hangs Pluto. After he hangs the cat, he says that he experienced "a half-sentiment that seemed, but... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The part of The Pit and the Pendulum that I always find the most suspenseful is the part about the pendulum. It starts with the narrator noticing that the painting of Time on the ceiling had a... -
Answered a Question in The Fellowship of the Ring
When we first encounter this poem in The Fellowship of the Ring, its meaning is unknown, but we later learn that it is about Aragorn and the re-forging of the shards of Narsil. At the Council of... -
Answered a Question in Twilight
The first interaction between Bella and Edward is at the beginning of Biology class right after lunch. During lunch, a chatty girl named Jessica Stanley directs Bella's attention to the Cullens, a... -
Answered a Question in Lemony Snicket
The Wide Window is the third installment of The Series of Unfortunate Events. Like all the books in the series, it focuses on the three Baudelaire orphans (Violet, Klaus, and Sunny) and their... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
In the lore of ancient Greece, it was believed that anyone who looked upon the true form of a god or goddess would die because the sight would be too overwhelming to handle. That is one reason... -
Answered a Question in The Hunger Games
In most of the districts, there is no protocol. Usually, they wait to ask for volunteers until after they introduce who has been chosen, but clearly that is not set in stone because Katniss... -
Answered a Question in The Phantom of the Opera
There are a lot of important characters in the Phantom of the Opera, so I will try to list them all: The Phantom of the Opera (aka Erik, the Opera Ghost, and the Angel of Music): titular... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
There are not many characters in Poe's The Cask of Amontillado, but there are a few: aside from Montresor, there is Fortunato, Luchesi is mentioned by name only, and Montresor's absent servants. I... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
At the beginning of the story, this unfortunately does not indicate much about the state of the narrator's mind because he is stuck in absolute darkness in his cell, and thus it is impossible for... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The solution to Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum is ultimately the narrator's rescue. For the majority of the story, the narrator finds himself trapped in a cell, imprisoned by the... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
When the narrator (a man named Montresor) first sees Fortunato at the carnival, he claims that he was so pleased to see Fortunato that he almost could not stop himself from shaking the man's hand,... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
In the second period of The Pit and the Pendulum, the narrator reveals that he has a very interesting opinion regarding death: he considers it immortality. At first, he is talking about losing... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The first two dangers faced by the narrator of this story would be the pit and the pendulum, so the story is aptly named. When he first wakes up in his pitch black cell, he starts trying to... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
For a while, the narrator did a pretty good job of saving himself. He was lucky enough not to fall into the pit while he was exploring the pitch black cell, as he fell to the ground close enough to... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
In his reaction to the spread of the Red Death, Prince Prospero reveals a few things about his character. Prince Prospero gathers one thousand of his friends and flees to a walled-off abbey to... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
At the very beginning of The Black Cat, the narrator tells his readers that he is currently awaiting his own execution for the crimes he committed. He does not specify where exactly he is, but I... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
Poe impressed upon the reader the significance of the clock by waiting until the end to speak about it and the effect it had on the guests at the party in detail. He describes the colorful rooms... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
Prince Prospero had the (ultimately futile) idea to hide inside a fortified abbey in an attempt to stay safe from the disease that was killing so many of his people, so he and one thousand of his... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
When the prince and his courtiers sealed themselves in the abbey, they were trying their best to avoid the terrible disease that was ravaging their land, so they were obviously willing to go to... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
Unfortunately, the answer to this question is not in Poe's narrative, which is actually not that surprising. The stories that Poe writes often have mysteries within them, or at least some... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
Ultimately, the resolution is that the narrator did not die in the torture chamber. He started off by trying to create his own resolution: he covered the ropes that were tying him down with food so... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
"But I must first render you all the little attentions in my power", is something a host might say to their guest. In a normal situation, the host would want to give the guest anything they might... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
Perhaps the biggest example of dramatic irony within The Cask of Amontillado is the overall plot in and of itself: Montresor is planning on killing Fortunato, which we learn at the beginning of the... -
Answered a Question in The Hunger Games
That depends on if you are talking about the first book of the series or the series as a whole, so I will attempt to answer both. In The Hunger Games the book, one very big decision that sets in... -
Answered a Question in The Black Cat
Although Pluto had previously escaped the narrator's drunken fury, one night he was not so lucky. He had taken to avoiding the narrator because of his drunkenness, which the narrator was conscious... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
The chimes from the clock send a wave of unease over the guests at the party. When the clock chimes, the musicians stop playing, leaving the chimes to be the only sound throughout the rooms. Poe... -
Answered a Question in The Hobbit
There are a few things that could be considered symbolic for Thorin: an oak branch, a map and key, and the Arkenstone. The oak branch is a bit obvious, as it is the source of his epithet... -
Answered a Question in The Hobbit
The point of view in The Hobbit is the third person point of view, meaning that the story is told with words such as "he", "she", "it", and "they" (rather than words such as "I" or "me", which are... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
In order for you to come up with a thesis statement, you need to first have a topic of discussion. A thesis statement is meant to concisely summarize what you intend to talk about in your paper, so... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The pit in "The Pit and the Pendulum" could symbolize a few things: despair, fear, or even Hell. The depth of the pit, which was so vast that it took a few seconds for a small piece of the side of... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
In general, excessive luxury and constant merriment are common companions for royalty, so Prince Prospero had probably become accustomed to that kind of lifestyle at a very early age. In addition... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
The ebony clock is located within the room decorated in black and red. Poe describes the room as being filled with black velvet, which fell down from the ceiling, covering the walls, and gathered... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The third (and also the final) torture that the narrator suffers through is the closing of the walls. By that point, he had already survived the darkness and the pendulum. The darkness was the... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
In "The Masque of the Red Death," Prince Prospero seals himself and his one thousand guests inside the abbey to escape the fatal disease that was terrorizing his land. The Red Death was a... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
There is no real "correct" answer to this question, unfortunately, but there are some things that can be speculated upon. For instance, at the end of the story, the narrator is saved from his death... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
There are many quotes about the ebony clock in The Masque of the Red Death. Just after the paragraph describing the colorful rooms and what they contained, there is an entire paragraph about the...
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