David Morrison
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B.A. Law with extensive knowledge of and expertise in English Literature, History, and Philosophy.
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Answered a Question in William Butler Yeats
Father Gilligan is a parish priest living and working deep in the Irish countryside. He is a dedicated man, assiduously ministering to his parish, despite the fact that his parishioners keep dying... -
Answered a Question in A Doll's House
I assume that you're referring to the Ibsen play A Doll's House rather than the Katherine Mansfield short story of the same name, as a ring is an important symbol in the play rather than the story.... -
Answered a Question in Night
The exact line from Elie Wiesel's Night is: The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion. This statement is meant to be taken figuratively, not literally. The... -
Answered a Question in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Kennedy's record on civil rights was something of a mixed bag. Initially, his approach to the question was piecemeal. As a Democrat, Kennedy knew that he was reliant on Southern white supremacists... -
Answered a Question in The Things They Carried
Jimmy takes Martha out on a date to the movies. The fact that it becomes their one and only date gives you some idea as to how successful it was. The film they go to see is Bonnie and Clyde, a... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come provides Scrooge with a frightening glimpse of the future. He shows him how people behave towards a horrible old miser who has only just passed away. Certainly no... -
Answered a Question in Aeneid
Book 4 is pivotal to the book's thematic structure. Aeneas's quest is a heroic one; he has been charged with the sacred duty of founding a new city, a city that will one day become Rome. Like any... -
Answered a Question in Oliver Twist
Mr. Bumble, the beadle, names the poor, wretched children of the workhouse in alphabetical order. As 'T' is the next available letter in the alphabet when Oliver is born, Bumble comes up with the... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 2 of Lord of the Flies Ralph tells the boys that they'll need to build a signal fire if they're going to be rescued. Jack, without being asked, immediately volunteers himself... -
Answered a Question in Othello
Jealousy, or "the green-eyed god" as Iago calls it, is Roderigo's chief motivation for hating Othello. There's also more than a hint of injured pride in Roderigo's feelings. He'd been assiduously... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Maycomb's disease" is racial prejudice. It's rife in the town, just as it was throughout the South as a whole. Atticus, however, is different in that regard, which allows him to represent Tom... -
Answered a Question in Growing Up Asian American
Mainly because from any early age, Noda's whole identity as a Japanese-American is the subject of a mixture of incomprehension and stereotyping from white society. She wears an identity that people... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
There are two main reasons for Tom's depression. First of all, his conscience is still nagging him to tell the truth about what happened to Dr. Robinson that terrible night in the graveyard. Tom... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
To a large extent, it's a sign of insecurity. Like a lot of members of the new rich, Gatsby is acutely aware that the old money families look down on those who worked for their wealth rather than... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The conversation between Lady Macduff and her son is significant, as it shows the intimate link in the play between the political and the personal. It's all too easy for us to become so immersed in... -
Answered a Question in Letter from Birmingham City Jail
Generally, King is disappointed in the white church because they don't see the bigger picture; they don't really understand what the struggle for civil rights involves. The churchmen approach the... -
Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
In chapter 22 of Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Bear ties Crispin to a tree while he goes off in search of food. Unsurprisingly, Crispin is not too pleased about this. However, Bear has his... -
Answered a Question in The Duchess of Malfi
In the first case, when Bosola tries to capture the Duchess, he's wearing a mask. This is a sign that he's simply carrying out Ferdinand's orders. He personally has come to admire the Duchess for... -
Answered a Question in Much Ado About Nothing
The relationship between Hero and Leonato is a close one. Hero is Leonato's only child; not surprisingly, she is his pride and joy. As with any father of the time, Leonato is very much a creature... -
Answered a Question in Ulysses
There is a fundamental tension throughout the poem between Ulysses's continuing taste for adventure and exploration, and a desire to face up to his old age and mortality. Ulysses (or Odysseus as he... -
Answered a Question in A Mystery of Heroism
The statement implies that Fred Collins is not used to being brave or heroic. This is a whole new experience for him. As he risks his life to go fetch some water, he starts turning over in his mind... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
Jim and Della are very poor, and they live in a run-down, shabby apartment. But their marriage is incredibly strong, based as it is on a deep mutual love. Christmas is coming, and so Jim and Della... -
Answered a Question in John Donne
Donne's "Satire 3" is a characteristically learned and witty meditation on the subject of religion. Religious matters were hugely important in Donne's day, and the question of which religion to... -
Answered a Question in A Visit to Grandmother
Charles simply says to Chig that they might as well drop in on his mother as well as his brother. He says it so casually, it all seems so sudden. And the fact that the proposed visit wasn't in... -
Answered a Question in The Fall of the House of Usher
In "The Fall of The House of Usher," Poe doesn't specify precisely how Roderick dies. As a master of suspense, he wants to keep us guessing, forcing us to use our imaginations. This is the... -
Answered a Question in History
In Mein Kampf Hitler puts forward a fairly crude tripartite hierarchy of races. At the top of the pile are the Aryans, what he refers to as the "culture-creators:" the superior race... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
It comes as something of a surprise to us when Tom agrees to help Huck free Jim. It is also a surprise to Huck. He knows that Tom does not have much time for abolitionists. Though Tom has always... -
Answered a Question in Waiting for Godot
With Beckett, it's best not to get tied down to one particular meaning. At certain points, all that you can do is put forward your own interpretations and hope for the best. Having said that, some... -
Answered a Question in As You Like It
Both Jaques and Touchstone are fools, but in different ways. Touchstone is an official fool, a jester at the court of Duke Frederick. But he is a very witty, intelligent man, someone who displays a... -
Answered a Question in Don Quixote de la Mancha
Don Quixote's character is permeated by idealism. Though strictly speaking, that idealism is solely related to his persona as an errant knight rather than to the real Alonso Quixano underneath. In... -
Answered a Question in The Conservative Resurgence
One factor was the decline of the post-war economic consensus in Western capitalist countries. For many years parties across the political spectrum had committed themselves to certain economic... -
Answered a Question in Oedipus
For many years there's been a fairly intense debate raging in academia as to precisely what constitutes Oedipus's tragic flaw. It's not possible to provide a definitive answer to the question here,... -
Answered a Question in The Wave
Mrs. Saunders is a highly intelligent woman, very clued-up when it comes to politics. She's very supportive of her daughter, Laurie, and is genuinely proud of her enormous popularity and success at... -
Answered a Question in Judith Wright
A "bullocky" is a slang Australian expression for a cattle drover. The poem as a whole can be seen as a somewhat ambiguous tribute to the first white European settlers in Australia, who often made... -
Answered a Question in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The opium den is an important symbol in The Picture of Dorian Gray. In Victorian England, opium was perfectly legal but every bit as deadly as its notorious derivative, heroin. The taking of... -
Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman
The Lomans' refrigerator is an important symbol of the shallowness of materialism. Willy bought the fridge on hire purchase, and though he still hasn't finished paying for it, it's stopped working... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
Cassius is a very devious and manipulative individual. He's committed to the conspiracy against Caesar but knows that it's important to have Brutus on board. Brutus has a genuine commitment to the... -
Answered a Question in The Vendor of Sweets
The cousin is presented as quite a complex character in some respects. He comes across as a bit of a drifter, someone without a job or any obvious means of support; he is something of a social... -
Answered a Question in The Stranger
The reference tells us that the story is set during wartime. Specifically, it is set in French Algeria during the Second World War. France had been speedily conquered by German forces, and a large... -
Answered a Question in Buried Onions
Coach has a tattoo on his back that says, "The Good Shepherd." The phrase is taken from the Gospel of John 10:11-18, where Jesus says: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
In act 1, scene 4 Romeo's friends want him to go with them to the Capulets' feast, but he is really not in the mood for entering into the party spirit. He'll go along with them, but without much... -
Answered a Question in An Essay on Criticism
Decorum can be defined as behavior that is in keeping with good taste and propriety. It was a very important concept in neo-classical poetry. The general consensus in the 18th century was that... -
Answered a Question in The Stranger
Meursault is a nihilist. This means that he doesn't believe in anything, be it God, love, or country. It is not surprising, then, that he is so emotionally detached from everyone, including both... -
Answered a Question in A Corner of the Universe
Prior to the story Adam has been staying in a home for the mentally disabled. Unfortunately, the home has to close, so Adam comes to stay with his niece Hattie Owen and her family. Adam's... -
Answered a Question in The Zoo Story
Jerry has only just sat next to Peter on a park bench before he starts talking to him without being prompted. The men are complete strangers and yet Jerry has no compunction whatsoever in... -
Answered a Question in History
We've reached act 3, scene 3 and Claudius is down on his knees in prayer. He opens his heart to God and expresses his sense of guilt at having murdered his brother, Hamlet's father. All murder is... -
Answered a Question in The Lady, or the Tiger?
The king is regarded as "semi-barbaric" in the sense that he has been influenced by his distant Latin neighbors. His ideas are described in the tale as "polished" and "sharpened" by Latin... -
Answered a Question in The Stranger
Raymond Sintes is a foil to Meursault. This means that he provides a contrast to the protagonist, emphasizing certain characteristics of his. If Meursault is amoral, his neighbor Sintes is... -
Answered a Question in The Hours
I think what the title is getting at is the difference between time in qualitative and quantitative terms. Let's look more closely at this. Most of us are familiar with the expression "quality... -
Answered a Question in Rebecca
Maxim is very much a hero in the Byronic mold. That is to say that he stands apart from human society, cold and unapproachable, dashingly handsome, but with something dark and brooding about him....
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