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 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In chapter XIV Huck Finn and Jim are discussing kings. The subject of Solomon comes up: I read considerable to Jim about kings and dukes and earls and such, and how gaudy they dressed, and how... -
Answered a Question in History
Strictly speaking, the events of October 1917 constituted an insurrection rather than a revolution. Since February, Russia had been ruled by a dual power arrangement consisting of a predominantly... -
Answered a Question in W. H. Auden
In life, there are those who act and those who sit back and observe. Both archetypes are present in "Oh, Where Are You Going?" The passive character, the "reader," tries to dissuade the active... -
Answered a Question in Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe received numerous literary awards over the course of his long and successful writing career. He won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2010 for his collection of autobiographical... -
Answered a Question in European History
On the whole, one would have to say no. That's not to say that the famous rubric was a complete sham. A corrupt, bankrupt system was replaced by one in which there was far greater participation by... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
The portrayal of men in Pride and Prejudice is suitably complex. On the face of it, men in Regency England were completely dominant. Married women had virtually no civil rights as we... -
Answered a Question in History
The chief advantage of incumbency is that of name recognition. An incumbent running for re-election no longer has to go through the long, arduous, expensive business of trying to establish their... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
There is no one answer to this question as there are a number of contributing factors involved. Much depends on the political opinions of each individual. Snowball, for example, would say that the... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
Monsieur Loisel works as a minor official in the Ministry of Education. It's not a bad job. It doesn't pay much but it does put food on the table, even if the food in question often happens to be a... -
Answered a Question in Letter from Birmingham City Jail
The letter was written by King in response to "A Call for Unity," a statement by a group of white clergymen from Alabama. In the statement the clergymen acknowledged the existence of widespread... -
Answered a Question in Aeneid
The motivations for the respective voyages are different. Aeneas, a Trojan warrior, is one of the few to escape his home city while it burns at the hands of the Achaeans. He now has no homeland,... -
Answered a Question in Moll Flanders
In his preface to Moll Flanders, Defoe states that his intention is to convey a serious moral. Yet, explicit moralizing is notable by its absence in the relating of Moll's bawdy,... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
To a large extent, Hamlet's vacillation is expressive of his double role as both a Christian and a Renaissance prince. He seems constantly torn between these two significant aspects of his... -
Answered a Question in A Farewell to Arms
A code hero, or a Hemingway hero, is an archetypal character that crops up regularly in Hemingway's work. Even people who have never actually read any Hemingway have a good idea of what his stock... -
Answered a Question in The Second Coming
Yeats had a rather strange, esoteric idea of historical change. In very broad terms, he believed that history developed in a specific pattern which he visualized according to gyres or spirals. Each... -
Answered a Question in The Landlady
Dahl effectively creates tension by setting a nightmarish tale in a seemingly normal, everyday environment. The story takes place in a cosy bed and breakfast in the beautiful, ancient city of Bath.... -
Answered a Question in Medea
The main difference between the two Medeas is that Seneca's version is much more of an active character. There's no weeping or wailing at Jason's abandonment; just a determined, full-throated cry... -
Answered a Question in The Gettysburg Address
The main significance of the Gettysburg Address lies in the following words: That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
There are lots of similes in Hamlet. As I'm sure you already know, a simile is a figure of speech in which two things unalike are compared using the words "as" or "like." Simple examples would... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo has been banished from Verona after killing Tybalt in a street brawl. Originally, he was going to be executed, but the prince graciously commutes his sentence to banishment. Romeo, however,... -
Answered a Question in History
The Directory was a five-man committee that took power in France after the fall of Robespierre. Its immediate aim was to restore some semblance of order to a country wracked by the widespread chaos... -
Answered a Question in Edgar A. Guest
As with many of Guest's verses, this is little more than a Horatio Alger story in stanzas. The poem's central conceit is that each and every one of us is born with the same "equipment," the same... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
What constitutes a good father is notoriously difficult to pin down with any degree of accuracy. Furthermore, in examining this question, we need to acknowledge the huge cultural differences... -
Answered a Question in Look Back in Anger
The ending of Look Back In Anger has generated a good deal of critical controversy over the years. For some critics, the ending feels somehow tacked on; an artificially sentimental final... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
The knothole in the tree is Boo Radley's sole link with the outside world. He fills it with a number of objects, which is his unique way of reaching out to Jem and Scout. When returning home from... -
Answered a Question in Richard Cory
Anaphora: And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked;... And he was rich—yes, richer than a king— And admirably schooled in every grace: The repetition... -
Answered a Question in History
Luther's primary grievance against Rome was theological. His doctrine of justification by faith alone immediately put him at odds with the Church. He held that individual believers could only be... -
Answered a Question in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Headless Horseman could possibly symbolize the exotic strangeness and superstition at the heart of rural life. Ichabod Crane, though not originally a rural-dweller, is nonetheless wracked with... -
Answered a Question in The Articles of Confederation
The United States had changed. Unfortunately, its form of government had not. The Articles of Confederation had proved remarkably effective for the exigencies of the Revolutionary War. But they... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Miss Caroline Fisher is a weak, inexperienced teacher. As such, she appears insecure in her abilities. So when Scout shows up for her first day at school, and is clearly able to read and write,... -
Answered a Question in The Fire Next Time
African Americans have never needed to subscribe to dominant myths because they were born into a harsh reality of oppression, marginalization, and prejudice. The creation of myths is a privilege of... -
Answered a Question in History
The Renaissance was essentially a cultural movement which sought to revive ancient models of pagan learning. Central to the Renaissance was the idea of the Renaissance Man, an archetypal individual... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
Deception is an important theme in "Lamb To the Slaughter." The transformation of Mary from a meek, submissive housewife to a devious killer is testament to this. Dahl plays with established gender... -
Answered a Question in Immigration and Nativism in the 1920s
Nativists, as they were called, were profoundly hostile to immigration. They thought that immigrants constituted a threat to the way of life they valued and cherished. To them, immigrants were... -
Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman
It wouldn't be completely accurate to describe Death Of A Salesman as a comedy. Although there are some isolated comedic moments , it would stretch the meaning of the word to describe the... -
Answered a Question in Dante's Inferno
It may seem a tad unfair to confine gluttons to hell, as Dante does. But one must bear in mind that gluttony was one of the seven deadly sins and as such was a very serious matter indeed during the... -
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
A messenger brings what appear to be glad tidings to Oedipus. His father, King Polybus, has died of old age. There is an air of relief around the court. It would seem that Tiresias's prophecy now... -
Answered a Question in Iliad
Achilles is in a state of high dudgeon. He feels that his honor has been impugned by Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Agamemnon has appropriated Briseis, Achilles's comely concubine, in compensation for... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
In chapter 24, Aunt Alexandra is holding a meeting of her missionary circle. Although the assembled ladies discuss the church's missionary work in Africa, they still voice prejudiced remarks about... -
Answered a Question in Othello
Act 3, Scene 3 is the fateful moment in the play when Iago plants the first seeds of suspicion in Othello's mind. As always, Iago is remarkably subtle, using sly hints and innuendo to carry out his... -
Answered a Question in The Canterbury Tales
Both tales are strongly moralistic in tone, albeit with different messages to convey. This is perhaps related to the differences in character between the two narrators. The Wife of Bath is a... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
A simile is a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between one thing and another, using the words "like" or "as." Examples include "As brave as a lion" and "As quiet as a mouse." In fact,... -
Answered a Question in Thomas Gray
Nominally, Thomas Gray is considered as a neo-Classical poet. Yet, there are elements in his work which are proto-Romantic, that point towards the radical departure of Wordsworth, Coleridge et... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
With Madame Forestier's sparkling diamonds adorning her pretty neck, Mathilde Loisel feels like a star. She's always thought herself so much better than her lowly petit... -
Answered a Question in To Autumn
Ostensibly, Keats's "To Autumn" is a paean of praise to this most inspirational of seasons. But, as is always the case with Keats, there is considerably more to this than meets the eye—a richer,... -
Answered a Question in History
The Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because they thought it vested way too much power in the hands of the federal government. The American colonists had just fought a war against what... -
Answered a Question in The Open Window
There is a truly delicious irony in Vera's name. Vera is the Latin word for truth, and yet this mischievous young lady has shown herself constitutionally incapable of telling the truth. A chronic... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Mrs. Dubose is a deeply unpleasant old lady who lives down the street from the Finches. Scout describes her as "plain hell." It's not surprising she feels this way when you consider how thoroughly... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
Foreshadowing is a literary technique whereby the author drops subtle hints of what is going to happen later in the story. There are many examples of this in The Great Gatsby, but here are... -
Answered a Question in House of the Spirits
Initially, Blanca is quite happy in her marriage to Jean. But, as she discovers some rather unpleasant facts about his sexual predilections, she sees a totally different side to him. The precise...
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