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 Three Musketeers
The major external conflict in the story is the ongoing struggle between the Musketeers and Cardinal Richelieu's guards. This external conflict is related to D'Artagnan's own inner conflict. He's... -
Answered a Question in Iliad
The differences between Hector and Achilles derive from their respective origins. Achilles is half god, half king, son of Thetis the sea nymph and King Peleus. This helps to explain why there's a... -
Answered a Question in The Renaissance
It may seem strange to suggest that Luther was a figure of the Renaissance, with its inquiring spirit and its taste for classical models of learning. Yet the appellation of Luther as Renaissance... -
Answered a Question in The Miller's Tale
"The Miller's Tale" is a wonderfully bawdy comic creation, featuring naked bottoms, wind breaking, and an adulterous liaison. It also provides another take on the subject of marriage... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
After Snowball is driven from the farm he is used as a scapegoat for every conceivable ill. Napoleon's dictatorship becomes ever more repressive and there are growing food shortages thanks to his... -
Answered a Question in Dover Beach
A dramatic monologue is one that gives us an insight into the speaker's thoughts. Dover Beach is an extended meditation by Arnold on the status of religion in mid-Victorian society, but... -
Answered a Question in Warriors Don't Cry
Link, like a lot of Southern white children at the time, was raised by a black nanny. In his case, it was Nana Healey. Nana is a kind, caring, considerate lady who takes very good care of Link. He... -
Answered a Question in Henry V
Henry V takes place against the backdrop of The Hundred Years' War, which, as the name suggests, was a long, drawn-out conflict—a particularly brutal one at that—between England and France.... -
Answered a Question in History
It is not surprising that both Madison and Jefferson were such staunch opponents of the Alien and Sedition Acts. In addition to both being Democratic-Republicans—and therefore naturally hostile to... -
Answered a Question in John Adams
As a staunch Federalist, President Adams was a firm believer in a strong federal government. To him, the United States was no longer a loose collection of states (as had been the case under the... -
Answered a Question in Annie John
Annie's relationship with her mother is arguably the most important relationship in the book. At the start of the story, Annie is as close to her mom as any child could be. The whole world revolves... -
Answered a Question in Ancient Greece
Theater was hugely important for the Greeks. Today, we tend to look at theater primarily as a source of entertainment; the Greeks wanted to be entertained too. But for them, these performances had... -
Answered a Question in As You Like It
The short answer is the physical kind. Touchstone, the court jester, is a cynical old so-and-so who does not have much time for the courtly, romantic variety of love displayed so fervently by... -
Answered a Question in Oliver Twist
There are a number of themes in Oliver Twist but here are two of the most important: The evils of the workhouse system—Workhouses were established in early nineteenth century Britain as a... -
Answered a Question in Roman Fever
Dramatic irony is a literary device whereby the reader knows something that the characters do not. At the same time, we cannot know too much, as that would spoil the ending. So a skillful author... -
Answered a Question in Formalistic Criticism - Poetry
Formalism, in all its various manifestations, looks to a text as precisely that: a text. Not as a cultural artifact, nor a piece of autobiography, nor an expression of one's cultural, ethnic, or... -
Answered a Question in Marbury v. Madison and the Marshall Court
Under Chief Justice Marshall, the US Supreme Court became a major player in American government for the first time, far more important than anyone could possibly have envisaged. After arrogating to... -
Answered a Question in Ode to a Nightingale
As with all Keats's odes, the "Ode To A Nightingale" explores the relationship between a number of antitheses: art and life; the immanent and the transcendent; and the permanent and the... -
Answered a Question in Othello
Act 3 of Othello is pivotal for the development of the play as a tragedy. This is the place in the drama when Othello finally starts to internalize the lies and deceit that Iago has been... -
Answered a Question in The New Deal
The Second New Deal was closely connected to the prevailing political pressures facing FDR at the time. For one thing, the first New Deal hadn't made anywhere near enough of an impact on the... -
Answered a Question in History
"Unalienable rights" or "inalienable rights" is another way to describe "natural rights." This is a reflection of the Founding Fathers' ideology. They believed that all human beings are given a... -
Answered a Question in Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
In Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, the word "becalmed" refers to a ship without wind in the sails and which therefore cannot move. Nat's toiling away as an apprentice chandler when he hears the... -
Answered a Question in History
Jefferson and Hamilton each had competing visions of what they wanted the United States to be. Jefferson's ideal was of a republic with weak Federal government (in domestic but not foreign... -
Answered a Question in History
The Reign of Terror came out of a period of great political turmoil and conflict. The crowned heads of Europe had waged war on revolutionary France, and there was a growing sense of patriotism... -
Answered a Question in History
Marbury v Madison (1803) is arguably the most important legal case in American judicial history. Why? Because the case established the principle of judicial review, the power of the United... -
Answered a Question in European History
As with so much else in the Enlightenment, the key test was reason. The legitimacy of government was derived not from God or tradition, but from whether it was rational and reflected humankind's... -
Answered a Question in O. Henry
There are a number of literary devices in the story, but the most important one is irony. The whole situation is profoundly ironic, leading to the surprise ending. In other words, there... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Napoleon and Snowball have a radically different understanding of what the pigs' control of the farm should mean. Snowball is more idealistic; he genuinely believes in the political principle of... -
Answered a Question in The Waste Land
Modern culture, as envisaged by T.S. Eliot, is irredeemably fractured. In the years following the First World War, when The Waste Land was written, many of the old certainties had... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
I assume that you're referring to Animal Farm by George Orwell. Squealer is effectively the pigs' chief propagandist, devising ever more elaborate (and unconvincing) justifications for... -
Answered a Question in Recitatif
Maggie can be seen as a symbol representing Roberta and Twyla's mothers. Both are in some way responsible for the girls being brought up in a children's home: Roberta's mom is responsible because... -
Answered a Question in Ruined
There is no doubt that Ruined contains elements of both tragedy and melodrama, but particularly the latter. The Oxford English Dictionary defines melodrama as: A play, film, or... -
Answered a Question in History
Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or give me Death" speech of 1775 is one of the most famous and memorable orations in American political history. At the time, revolution was in the air, and the... -
Answered a Question in The Gettysburg Address
The occasion of the Gettysburg Address was the dedication of a new National Cemetery for fallen Union soldiers at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln's purpose in writing and giving the... -
Answered a Question in The Declaration of Independence
The three most important sections of the Declaration of Independence collectively represent an argument encased in a logical, dialectical structure that culminates in a synthesis. What does this... -
Answered a Question in The Alchemist
The alchemist tells Santiago a story about the Roman Emperor Tiberius. One night an angel came to Tiberius and told him that the words of one of his sons will live on for generations. One of... -
Answered a Question in The Rainbow
In The Rainbow, Ursula Brangwen receives a gift of two poetry books, one by Meredith and the other by Swinburne. The gift is significant, as it is highly symbolic of how Lawrence treats... -
Answered a Question in The Alchemist
The power of action. It's not enough to have dreams; you have to be prepared to take action to make those dreams come true. The Crystal Merchant is a Muslim and yet has never been on the Haj... -
Answered a Question in Gulliver's Travels
Many of the best satirical quotations in Gulliver's Travels relate to Swift's insinuated political commentary. As someone cynically disillusioned by his own unhappy involvement in the world... -
Answered a Question in Triangle
The prevailing economic philosophy of the time was laissez-faire. Essentially, this meant that governmental authorities should not interfere in private business. Decisions relating to working... -
Answered a Question in Great Expectations
From his very first visit to Satis House, Pip realises that he has entered another world. This is clearly a very special place, a very unusual place, which Pip finds utterly fascinating. Pip feels... -
Answered a Question in European History
Although it is not accurate to suggest that the Reformation led directly to the Enlightenment, we can nonetheless speak of it as being highly influential. For one thing, both movements displayed a... -
Answered a Question in Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St.Vincent Millay uses repetition and alliteration to convey the emotional force of the poem. The narrator symbolizes the way in which intelligent women of the time were often patronized and... -
Answered a Question in Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson's Inaugural Address is a classic exercise in political rhetoric. It is an exemplary piece of rhetoric, to be sure, one sorely needed in the aftermath of a bruising, rancorous election.... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
Poe wants us to get inside the tortured mind of a murderer, the better to understand him. The style in which he writes "The Tell-Tale Heart" constantly pushes us to an emotional response in... -
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
The dramatic structure of Oedipus Rex is intimately related to its status as a tragedy. In other words, the way in which the play is structured is designed to serve the time-honored... -
Answered a Question in Slave Narratives
Slave narratives had existed in various forms for many years prior to the 1830s. Despite some inevitable differences between individual testimonies over time, it is possible to identify certain... -
Answered a Question in The Articles of Confederation
Over the course of time, the inherent weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were cruelly laid bare as America developed both as a trading nation and as an international power. However, there... -
Answered a Question in Tuck Everlasting
For Winnie Foster, the woods represent a rare taste of freedom. She is an only child and feels like she is constantly being monitored by her parents. She feels stifled, and she wants nothing more... -
Answered a Question in Crusade for Justice
In parts of the country where lynching was common (particularly the South) the practice was often justified on a number of grounds. The most common of these was that lynching was a necessary means...
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