Dolly Doyle, M.A.
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College instructor, writing tutor, and journalist with a M.A. in English. I currently work at a library, and write fiction, poetry, and criticism. My big passions are literature, cinema, and history.
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Answered a Question in The Bronze Bow
Daniel is a young man consumed by vengeance. His father and uncle are crucified by the Romans. His mother dies shortly afterward, leaving both Daniel and his sister, Leah, orphaned. Their... -
Answered a Question in The Bronze Bow
The resolution of a story follows the excitement of the climax. The climax, the highest point of dramatic tension, usually presents a choice or final test for the protagonist. In The Bronze Bow,... -
Answered a Question in The Bronze Bow
The climax is the point of highest dramatic tension in a narrative. It can occur when the main character is at their lowest point or when they must make a choice that changes everything. In The... -
Answered a Question in The Road
The lightning man is a person who was struck by lightning. The man and the son encounter him on the road during their journey. The lightning man is a horror to look at: his hair is singed, and his... -
Answered a Question in The Road
The father contracts a devastating cough by the end of the novel. It impacts his ability to scavenge, hunt, or travel, forcing the boy to take on the protector and provider role his father had... -
Answered a Question in The Road
The man's wife dies before the start of the novel, committing suicide to escape the brutality of the postapocalyptic world. She believed that, at the very least, she would be a distraction to her... -
Answered a Question in The Road
In The Road, the man and the boy encounter a dog during their travels, which has somehow managed to survive this long. Though both the man and his son are starving, the man promises his son that... -
Answered a Question in The Road
The woman appears in the penultimate paragraph of The Road. She is obviously a maternal figure, offering the boy affection; however, she serves a spiritual function as well. She tries teaching the... -
Answered a Question in The Road
At the end of The Road, the father and son essentially reverse the roles they had assumed throughout the novel. The father becomes dependent due to an injury, and the son takes on the dual roles of... -
Answered a Question in A Red, Red Rose
The imagery in "A Red, Red Rose" largely evokes nature. The beloved is compared to a red rose in full bloom, which is a traditional symbol of romantic love, and the month of June, the start of... -
Answered a Question in A Red, Red Rose
The last line in "A Red, Red Rose" is meant to emphasize the strength of the speaker's love. It reads as follows: And I will come again, my luve, Though it were ten thousand mile. For unspecified... -
Answered a Question in A Red, Red Rose
While it appears to be a simple and standard love poem on the surface, “A Red, Red Rose” is a portrait of the complicated nature of romantic love. It gets its meaning through to the audience via... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
Throughout his time in the woods, Goodman Brown undergoes a gradual spiritual disintegration. The sight of Goody Cloyse speaking in a genial manner to the devil represents the first major blow to... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
The presence of Goody Cloyse in the forest represents Goodman Brown's first step into total spiritual disillusionment. Goody Cloyse is the woman who taught Goodman his catechism when he was a small... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
Goodman Brown's walk in the forest changes his life completely. He sees the entire community in which he lives attending the devil's communion ceremony, including respected religious authorities... -
Answered a Question in The Monkey's Paw
A flashback is usually a scene depicting previous events in a story. It is usually depicted as a straightforward scene. "The Monkey's Paw" does not have a traditional flashback in this sense,... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
It would appear that Goodman Brown's entire community attends the devil's communion in the forest. However, at one point, Deacon Gookin mentions other attendees will be coming from Falmouth,... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
At the start of "Young Goodman Brown," Goodman Brown is very much in love with his new wife, Faith. She is pretty, affectionate, and seemingly innocent. Goodman projects a lot of his religious and... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
The gathering in the woods is what is often called a Black Mass, a satanic inversion of the usual Christian ceremonies of worship. Whatever the denomination, most Christian groups gather together... -
Answered a Question in Young Goodman Brown
Goodman Brown ultimately dies of old age at the end of the story. However, even though he has a loving wife and several children and grandchildren, he does not die content or happy. He is unable to... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
Laura gives Jim the broken glass unicorn shortly after he tells her he cannot call on her again because he is engaged. When a stunned Jim asks why she wants him to have it, Laura replies that it's... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
Tom is arguably a heroic figure, though a flawed and tragic one. He is free-spirited and creative despite the squalid conditions in which he finds himself. The opposition of his mother, chained to... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
The climax of The Glass Menagerie occurs during a scene between Laura and Jim. The Wingfields have put their hopes on Jim, expecting he will court and then eventually marry Laura, who would seem to... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
The glass menagerie is the play's ultimate symbol of Laura Wingfield's complicated personality. The fanciful nature of the menagerie evokes Laura's flights of fancy. She is someone who often... -
Answered a Question in The Demon Lover
After being frightened by the idea of reuniting with her possessive and mysterious former lover, Mrs. Drover decides to hail a taxi. The notion of interacting with the taxi driver— who will surely... -
Answered a Question in The Demon Lover
Mrs. Drover looks into the mirror after reading the letter from her former lover. She sees nothing more than her own reflection, but the passage is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it gives... -
Answered a Question in The Demon Lover
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows more about a situation than the characters in the story do. A great example of this would be the typical horror movie scenario in which a character enters... -
Answered a Question in Antigone
Irony is a major literary device used in Antigone to examine the way women are diminished in society. In this case, irony refers to the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually... -
Answered a Question in A Worn Path
There are several antagonists in "A Worn Path." The initial antagonistic force is the path itself. Phoenix is an elderly woman, making the physical exertion of travel much harder for her than it... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet's take on gender roles incorporates both traditional and subversive elements. Verona society is undoubtedly patriarchal, with men expected to fight to defend the honor of their... -
Answered a Question in The Stranger
The Stranger's absurdist and existential themes infiltrate every aspect of the story, including in its presentation of French colonial rule of Algeria at the time of the novel's setting. Camus... -
Answered a Question in The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann is basically Liesel's foster father once her biological father is taken to a concentration camp for his communist sympathies. Hans takes this new role seriously. While Rosa can be... -
Answered a Question in The Book Thief
The Book Thief contains several themes, but if one is chief among them it is that suffering and chaos do not diminish the beauty and value of life. Throughout the book, characters suffer greatly.... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
Interestingly for a poem about death, Dickinson never describes Death as a physical presence in great detail. The speaker uses no direct adjectives to describe Death at all. Instead, he is... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
The speaker could not stop for Death because she has been too busy living and experiencing life. She mentions that, when Death "kindly" collects her in his carriage, she opts to put aside her labor... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
The role of Immortality in the poem is ambiguous, perhaps the subject of fiercest debate regarding "Because I could not stop for Death." It is possible that Immortality is another personified... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
Emily Dickinson's depiction of death is ironic because of how gentle and genteel it is compared to the usual presentation of death in the arts. Most cultural depictions of death are unpleasant.... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
Personification is when an abstract concept is given an anthropomorphic form. Emily Dickinson's poem personifies death as a kindly carriage driver. This presentation differs sharply from the usual... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire was never formally banned from the theater, where it was a great success that ran for 855 performances before closing, though when it was adapted for film in the early... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche blames Stella for the loss of Belle Reve. While she does not appear to believe Stella's presence would have stopped the unfortunate course of events, she does think Stella abandoned her in... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley dislikes Blanche for a variety of reasons. He calls out her lying and snobbish attitude repeatedly. However, the one thing he appears to resent most about her presence in the house is its... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche's husband Allan kills himself because of Blanche's reaction to his homosexuality. The teenage Blanche was madly in love with Allan when they were first married, attracted to his good looks... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche has been waging a war on reality. She lies about her age. She lies about why she needs to stay with Stella and Stanley. She lies about her values and... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
The short answer would be that Blanche blames everyone but herself for her troubles. However, she especially blames her sister, Stella, for leaving Belle Reve during its period of decline. In the... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
The tragic flaw which brings Blanche low is her unwillingness to face reality. Blanche has had a hard life, losing her young husband to suicide, losing Belle Reve, and losing most of her family.... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
The internal conflict which propels the tragedy of A Streetcar Named Desire is Blanche's war on reality. Blanche is a highly sensitive and romantic woman, averse to any kind of crudeness or... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a tragic drama. Tragedies involve a character (usually from a high social position) experiencing a reversal of fortune, leading to their downfall. This character is also... -
Answered a Question in She Stoops to Conquer
From the first scene of the play, the Hardcastles are shown in conflict over the question of their preferences. Mrs. Hardcastle loves the city. She enjoys going into town and meeting with people.... -
Answered a Question in She Stoops to Conquer
Mrs. Hardcastle's main complaint against her husband is that he almost never takes the family into town to "rub off the rust a little." Mrs. Hardcastle is a fashionable and sociable woman, obsessed... -
Answered a Question in She Stoops to Conquer
When She Stoops to Conquer was written in the late eighteenth century, sentimental comedies were popular. These comedies featured simple morality and earnest, if one-dimensional, characters. Oliver...
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