Teagan Corkery

In chapters 4–6 of George Orwell's Animal Farm, we see the implementation of Napoleon as leader of the animals. Snowball has been expelled by Napoleon's dogs, so now there is no resistance to...

Muckrakers were American journalists in the Progressive Era (the 1890s–1920s) who sought to expose corruption, primarily in politics and business. The name is a reference to Paul...

The bandage that Jacob Marley removes is one wrapped around his head and chin. The bandage is first referred to as a kerchief, and it's something Scrooge does not pick up on right away....

The central character in Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye is Pecola Breedlove, a young girl who prays for blue eyes, as she sees blue eyes as a symbol of beauty. Pecola has grown...

Yes, it can certainly be argued that the first paragraph of Anton Chekov's short story "Gooseberries" is ironic. According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, irony is a "language device, either...

Pecola Breedlove is the central character in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. The lack of love in Pecola’s life began when she was born. Her father, Cholly Breedlove, is an angry man who feels...

There are two examples of why Grendel was so perturbed in the epic poem Beowulf. First, examine Grendel's origin. He is a descendant of Cain, a Biblical figure who murdered his own brother in...

It could be argued that Myrtle is the only living being in the valley of ashes. She is described "as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering," another fire reference to go along with...