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Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
Indeed, General Zaroff is a very opinionated character. Zaroff holds himself in extremely high regard and sees himself as above humanity. This allows him to excuse his behavior and actions... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
Insanity means that you are partially or fully incapable of rational thinking and reasoning. An insane person performs actions without considering the consequences or how it affects other people.... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
The 1931 classic horror film Frankenstein is what many of us think of when we think of the story of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. Which is a shame, because the movie actually deviates very... -
Answered a Question in Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Blake's poem "Infant Sorrow" is an eight-line poem taken from his collection Songs of Experience. The poem is written from the perspective of a baby being born into the world, which is... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
It's definitely true that Prince Hamlet set his undoing in motion by not acting as quickly as he should have. Certainly, acting quicker would have made his plan for revenge go smoother for the... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
The classic text Beowulf uses several kennings (or compound two-word metaphors) to describe characters and actions in the story. "Hand-spurs" refers to the claws on Grendel's hand. The word spur... -
Answered a Question in Medea
In Greek myth, Jason was a hero who led the Argonauts on a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece for the king of Iolcus, Pelias. On this journey, Jason met the sorceress Medea, and the two eventually... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
We don't know the exact year that William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, but it's generally believed to be around 1599-1602 (the turn of the 17th century). The Elizabethan era, the time period in... -
Answered a Question in The Cop and the Anthem
In the short story "The Cop and the Anthem" by O. Henry, the homeless man Soapy tries desperately to commit a crime that will land him a few months of prison time at Blackwell's Island (a former... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
There is an epic simile toward the end of Book IV of The Odyssey, on lines 790–794. It describes Penelope lamenting the fate of her son after she hears about the suitors' plan to ambush Telemachus... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Juliet's nurse is a comic relief character in Romeo and Juliet, but she also plays in important part in helping Juliet to marry her true love, Romeo. In act II, scene 5, the nurse tells Juliet... -
Answered a Question in To Build a Fire
The 1902 and 1908 versions of Jack London's story "To Build a Fire" share a similar premise but differ in terms of plot details and overall mood and tone. The 1908 version (the more widely known of... -
Answered a Question in Slaughterhouse-Five
The novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is filled with satirical jabs at the United States and its relation to war and violence. The novel deals primarily with events that happen during... -
Answered a Question in Literature
The setting of a story is often a factor in allowing the story's conflict to happen. Sometimes, the conflict arises (at least partially) due to the nature of the setting influencing the characters...