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 History
Four connections between the treaty-making process, federal policies of Native American removal, and the Doctrine of Discovery are Western colonialism, a belief that Indigenous peoples are racially... -
Answered a Question in Literature
The themes of class division and tradition versus modernity in Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie highlight the tensions that have afflicted life in Pakistan since its founding. These themes are... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche's baths symbolize a cleansing of her soul and an escape from the harshness of a world that has rejected her. Blanche takes regular baths throughout A Streetcar Named Desire, ostensibly to... -
Answered a Question in Jean-Paul Sartre
What the quotation means is that the lives we lead, and what we put into them, are all that there is. As a militant atheist, Sartre did not believe that there was anything else beyond the... -
Answered a Question in Earle Birney
The theme of “David” by Earle Birney is whether or not euthanasia is consistent with our long-standing notions of human autonomy. The eponymous character has had a serious rock-climbing accident... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
Miss Emily's house is rich in symbolism, representing, among other things, the Old South, which is passing away, as well as the enclosed, hermetically sealed world in which Emily lived out her... -
Answered a Question in Blood Brothers
Willy Russell creates a contrast between Edward and Mickey when they first meet in act 2, scene 2 by showing us that each one has something the other one doesn't have but desperately wants. Mickey... -
Answered a Question in John Milton
The Christian theme in John Milton's poem “On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough” is that the soul's joy in heaven ultimately takes priority over man's earthly existence. Milton may lament... -
Answered a Question in A Soldier's Play
The antagonist in A Soldier's Play is the murder victim, Sergeant Waters, an African American soldier who despises any Black person conforming to white racist stereotypes. Inevitably, this attitude... -
Answered a Question in The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
A parallel could be drawn between the child in Omelas and the existence of extreme poverty in the midst of wealth that is a hallmark of Western societies. It is often the case that people will try... -
Answered a Question in Goblin Market
Rossetti tries to change women's predicament by showing that transgressing society's rules doesn't necessarily lead to an unhappy ending. Laura certainly transgresses society's rules by gorging... -
Answered a Question in Black Robe
In Black Robe, the situation between Daniel and Annuka is very complicated in that, though they are very much in love, there are a number of obstacles in their path. First and foremost, Daniel is... -
Answered a Question in Never Caught
Ona Judge initially found it difficult to adapt to freedom in rural New England, as she could only find backbreaking domestic work as a domestic laborer. Though incredibly glad that she's put her... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is an African American man falsely charged with the rape and assault of Mayella Ewell, a white woman. In those days in the Deep South, such an accusation was... -
Answered a Question in Ruskin Bond
Arguably the most important theme of Ruskin Bond’s “The Kite Maker” is the loneliness of old age and how it reduces people to a less dignified state. The eponymous kite maker, Mehmood, is now... -
Answered a Question in Ted Chiang
In "The Great Silence" by Ted Chiang, the author criticizes humankind for wanting to communicate with extraterrestrial beings while ignoring the many species here on earth. The narrator of the... -
Answered a Question in The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty is one of mutual antagonism and grudging respect. Each man acknowledges the other as the best in his field; Holmes as a detective, Moriarty as... -
Answered a Question in Blood Brothers
Russell presents some of the differences in social class in Blood Brothers as being by-products of the enormous gulf in economic opportunity between the working and middle classes. In fact, the... -
Answered a Question in The Door in the Wall
Wallace's job is more important to him than going to the door because he's now an adult and therefore has more important things to attend to than some enchanted garden he used to visit when he was... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
The speaker's role in "Poetry" by Marianne Moore is to define what poetry or, to be specific, good poetry ought to be. In the longer version of "Poetry" in particular, Moore attacks what she calls... -
Answered a Question in Running in the Family
One of the literary techniques employed by Michael Ondaatje in Running in the Family is that of mixing fact and fiction, which is used to highlight the incomplete nature of his family's history.... -
Answered a Question in Literature
The primary function of setting in literature is to create a world in which a story takes place. The setting can be in one place—and a very small place at that—or it can range widely over many... -
Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman
These statements can indeed be applied to Death of a Salesman, because Willy Loman tries hard to maintain his dignity in the face of adversity but is ultimately destroyed by an environment in which... -
Answered a Question in Byzantium
In "Byzantium," Yeats explores the relative superficiality of life in contrast to the permanence of art, which, unlike life, endures. Yeats invites us to enter into the ancient city of Byzantium at... -
Answered a Question in Olive Senior
In the works of Olive Senior, one of the main factors influencing language in the Caribbean is social class. In "Country of the One Eye God," for instance, we have a stark contrast between the... -
Answered a Question in Literature
In "On the Discrimination of Romanticisms," Arthur O. Lovejoy attempts to challenge his readers' preconceptions about the meaning of Romanticism. Lovejoy's main argument is that Romanticism is a... -
Answered a Question in Running in the Family
The role of stories and storytelling in Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family is primarily that of a coping strategy to deal with unpleasant memories. To a considerable extent, Ondaatje... -
Answered a Question in King of the Bingo Game
The story's point of view with regard to fate and free will is that one is not in charge of one's own fate and that free will is largely fictitious, whatever one might think. The protagonist in the... -
Answered a Question in Iliad
In Book 12 of The Iliad, the Trojans interpret the sight of the eagle dropping the blood-red snake after being attacked by it as an omen that the Achaeans still have some fight left in them. The... -
Answered a Question in History
According to The American Yawp, volume 1, chapter 9, American democracy changed in the 1820s by becoming more open to ordinary people, who participated in the democratic process as never before.... -
Answered a Question in History
The major points of the Nazi Party's 25-point Program were those that would determine how the Nazis would act when they came to power. For instance, Point 1 states the desire to unify all... -
Answered a Question in History
European powers' main reservation towards allying with the American Patriots was that doing so would antagonize Great Britain, which at that time was the most powerful country in the world. As for... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
One important quote from Amir in The Kite Runner is the following: I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn’t... -
Answered a Question in Internment
The American government permanently identifies Layla as a Muslim by treating her as a second-class citizen. Initially, this involves forcing her and her family to observe a nightly curfew. But... -
Answered a Question in Penelope Fitzgerald
In “The Axe,” by Penelope Fitzgerald, we have a ghost story that also engages in a spot of social criticism, demonstrating how modern-day business practices can reduce loyal workers to ghosts of... -
Answered a Question in Internment
The novel is set in a dystopian future when a repressive Islamophobic government takes power in America and forces Muslim Americans into internment camps. The book's epigraph comes from one of Ali... -
Answered a Question in Our Town
In the above quotation, the most significant idea that can be found is that there is a large gap between the generations. Mrs. Gibbs is worried that her son, George, is becoming lazy and is... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
In “Iris,” Sujata Bhatt pays a generous tribute to the power of the imagination, as symbolized by the all-too-brief appearance of the sun. The speaker of the poem is an artist in the process of... -
Answered a Question in Margaret Laurence
One could argue that Laurence contrasts her prairie town to the nation as a whole by consciously constructing a quintessential prairie town for every Canadian. The fictional prairie town of... -
Answered a Question in By the Waters of Babylon
John breaks the law by traveling east, crossing the river, and going to the Place of the Gods. In John's defense, one could argue that this is a case of his breaking the letter of the law rather... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
The phrase "mistake of destiny" implies that Mathilde believes that she has ended up in the wrong social class. Believing herself to be of noble blood, despite there being no evidence to that... -
Answered a Question in Charles
Laurie's mother doesn't feel too comfortable about her son's first day at kindergarten, not least because it precipitates a noticeable change in his personality and demeanor. All of a sudden, a... -
Answered a Question in Helen Keller
What one learns from "Three Days to See" is how much of a zest for life Helen Keller had despite her challenging disabilities. If given three days of sight, she tells us that she would make the... -
Answered a Question in John Stuart Mill
According to John Stuart Mill, the biggest difference between modern life and the past is that, in the former, there is a much more individuality and lifestyle choices. As a liberal, indeed as one... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Puritan society's definition of "sun" affects the individual within society by making him or her think that God's favor is upon them. What complicates this understanding is the fact that the... -
Answered a Question in The Man with the Hoe
Society treats the man with the hoe and others like him very badly indeed, turning him into a "slave of the wheel of labor." The ordinary worker has been reduced by the demands of society and his... -
Answered a Question in The Wars
The representation of violence in The Wars is paradoxical in that violence is given to the reader as both a source of chaos and order. In terms of chaos, the violence of the First World War,... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
Appropriately enough, the pacing of "The Tell-Tale Heart," the story's tempo, resembles that of a human heart. At first, when the unreliable narrator appears relatively calm, the pace of his words... -
Answered a Question in Cathedral
In "Cathedral," the narrator's reaction to Robert's impending visit is decidedly unenthusiastic. He gives two reasons for not being enthusiastic about Robert's visit. First of all, he doesn't know... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
Odysseus's main goal is to return to Ithaca, from which he's been absent for twenty years. A quotation from the text that backs up this claim comes from lines 11–13 in the Samuel Butler translation...
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