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 Last Lecture
1. People should strive to follow their dreams, no matter the opposition. Pausch encourages young people to not be intimidated by adversity and struggle, even if achieving one's dreams seems an... -
Answered a Question in Flannery O'Connor
Manley Pointer and the Misfit are both morally dubious characters who nevertheless bring about a spiritual re-evaluation in the protagonist of their respective stories. In "Good Country People,"... -
Answered a Question in The Taming of the Shrew
Considering how little we know of Shakespeare as an individual, it is impossible to definitively determine what his purpose was in writing The Taming of the Shrew. Seeing as it is a comedy, one of... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
The strangeness of the opening sentence comes from how fragmented it is, as though the narrator were twitching or shuddering as he spoke. This is precisely the point, of course, since Poe is... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
The 1995 film version is quite unfaithful to the original text. 1. Firstly, the novel begins after Hester has borne Pearl in prison. The opening has her ascending the scaffold with Pearl in her... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus’ pocket watch is a family heirloom, symbolic of his southern heritage. He intends to pass the watch down to Jem when he is old enough. In this way, it represents the continuing of old... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Roger Chillingworth is indeed a false name, firstly because Hester Prynne's last name is Prynne and not Chillingworth. Even as a disgraced adulteress, Hester would retain her husband's last name.... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Since the other two answers have covered most of the subplots, this answer will address how the subplots featuring Ophelia and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern function with the overall story of... -
Answered a Question in Gothic Literature
Oddly enough, gothic literature is often about how things do not change, how the past lingers in the present. Ruin and death often overcome the forces of new life and change. Gothic stories often... -
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
The Globe was significant in the past because it was part of the English Renaissance, a time when theater and the arts flourished. It was also the place where many of Shakespeare's plays saw their... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Polonius believes Hamlet is lovesick over Ophelia. Fearing Hamlet only meant to seduce her without marriage since the prince and Ophelia are not social equals, Polonius ordered Ophelia to cut off... -
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
By and large, this version is quite faithful to Sophocles’ drama. The filmmakers make no major revisions to the story nor do they alter themes, so I can see why this part of the question is hard to... -
Answered a Question in The Wanderer
Much like the epic poem Beowulf, "The Wanderer" is an elegy for the pagan warrior tradition of the Anglo-Saxons. While many of the speaker's laments are universal (ex. missing someone he can... -
Answered a Question in Oliver Twist
Women serve quite an important role in Oliver Twist. The women in the novel typically serve as maternal figures for Oliver. Mrs. Mann is an anti-mother figure, selfish and abusive toward the... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Pearl was fascinated by the scarlet letter and came to associate it strongly with her mother. Pearl is presented in an almost supernatural light throughout the book, often acting more like a spirit... -
Answered a Question in Oliver Twist
Mrs. Mann's punishing the orphans when they ask for more food has less to do with discipline and more to do with covering up her own embezzling. She takes for herself some of the funds allotted to... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
The narrator is portrayed as an intelligent, sensitive man trying not to lose control of himself as he is subjected to true horror. His narrative voice and diction suggest he is an erudite man, one... -
Answered a Question in The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is neither purely good or evil. In the beginning, he is a rather nasty person, tyrannical and abusive. He forces young brides to sleep with him on their wedding nights and challenges men... -
Answered a Question in The Tempest
Though Prospero loves Miranda, he is a controlling father, one who is determined to keep her under his persuasion. He keeps Miranda in ignorance about their true identities as exiled nobility until... -
Answered a Question in Jane Eyre
In chapter 10, Jane wonders about procuring employment outside of the Lowood school. She stays up late one night and tries to figure out how she could get a job without having a vast network of... -
Answered a Question in Le Morte d'Arthur
The ending seems fated because the characters go out of their way to prevent their tragic destinies. Earlier, Merlin prophesied that Arthur would be killed by Mordred, so the spirit of Gawain... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A classic is a piece of work which remains appreciated and lauded over a long period of time. It has been almost two centuries since The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn saw its initial publication,... -
Answered a Question in Uncle Tom's Cabin
In addition to Tom and Eva, the Quakers are also Christlike figures in Uncle Tom's Cabin. They uphold the values of pacifism and compassion, and they are vehemently opposed to slavery as an... -
Answered a Question in The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh's demigod status makes him more powerful than other people, but it also alienates him from them. At the beginning of the poem, he is a tyrant. He uses his power to bully, rape, and kill.... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
The relationship between Egeus and Hermia is not an affectionate one. Egeus regards his fatherly role in tyrannical terms. He does not appear to want to hear Hermia out on her desire to wed... -
Answered a Question in Literary Terms
The initiating event (sometimes called the inciting event) of a story is the event which sets the plot/central conflict in motion. It is not necessarily the point where the protagonist is drawn... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
In act three, scene one, Bottom's head is transformed into that of an ass, and then Titania, influenced by the love potion, becomes infatuated with him. The most important quotations in this scene... -
Answered a Question in The Wanderer
The wanderer is sympathetic because his situation is one most humans would not want to find themselves in. His exile bereaves him of his family, friends, and society. His isolation is both social... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
As has been mentioned by the other answers, the dragon in Beowulf represents absolute evil. It is greedy (hoarding a trove of gold) and destructive (killing many people). This is the opposite of... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
Cassius discredits Caesar in a variety of ways in this scene, mainly by downplaying what skills or qualifications he might have to be considered a fit ruler. For example, Cassius tries to make... -
Answered a Question in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Religious undertones exist both in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and in the series as a whole. As mentioned in the other answers, Harry is a Christ figure, a chosen one who is destined to... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
The most important characters in Beowulf are the titular hero, King Hrothgar, Wiglaf, and the three monsters Beowulf faces, Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and the Dragon. Beowulf is significant because... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
Beowulf and Hercules are classic mythical heroes: both have remarkable strength and serve as heroic ideals for their respective cultures. Beowulf is the epitome of the noble warrior and the... -
Answered a Question in A Clockwork Orange
The central difference between the book (with the original ending intact) and the Kubrick adaptation is the ending. In the book, Alex grows up and changes his evil ways, deciding to settle down and... -
Answered a Question in The Awakening
The Awakening is considered an example of literary realism because of its use of local color (already covered in detail by the other answers) and the ordinary, everyday nature of its characters.... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
As has been mentioned, the audience is given little in the way of physical description of the dragon. We are largely left to infer its nature and appearance from its actions and feelings, as well... -
Answered a Question in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
There are two problems solved in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH: Mrs. Frisby's and the rats'. The rats are able to get Mrs. Frisby out of her predicament by moving her cinder block house behind a... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
In short, Rainsford denies the existence of feelings in the animals he hunts because he is convinced that since animals allegedly have no reasoning, their lives have lesser value, and there is no... -
Answered a Question in A Tale of Two Cities
Mr. Lorry is by his very essence a businessman, approaching every task with courtesy, purpose, and tact. When Dickens describes his garments, we see he is elegant and conscious of making a good... -
Answered a Question in Medea
Antigone and Medea are both strong-willed women in defiance of a male-dominated world. Antigone acts against the laws of her uncle Creon, giving her brothers a proper burial and allowing them... -
Answered a Question in Peter Pan
If you're talking about the 1953 Disney animated version, then the differences between the two works are largely minimal as far as faithfulness to the letter of the text goes. For example, in the... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Gothic literature usually involves two broad ideas: 1) the sense that the past always lingers in the present, haunting the living emotionally, psychologically, and sometimes even physically... -
Answered a Question in The Epic of Gilgamesh
The gods in the Gilgamesh story want obedience above all else from their human subjects. They expect humans to observe rituals and prayers, as well as to conform to righteous behavior in order to... -
Answered a Question in The Monkey's Paw
The "it" Mr. White doesn't want in his home is his dead son, Herbert. One must remember that the previous wish Mr. White made—that he receive two-hundred pounds—went horribly wrong, since he got... -
Answered a Question in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Rising action comes after the exposition (which sets up characters, setting, and tone) and before the climax (the point of highest dramatic tension). Basically, this is where, after getting to know...
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