Viktor Petruschin
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Answered a Question in The Grapes of Wrath
Family is the central character in The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck begins by showing us how the Joad family, which represent many of the families from Oklahoma, who are struggling to stay together... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Change is an extremely huge theme in A Christmas Carol, as it was during the Victorian era. So much was changing during this time, as we see with regards to the Carol. First, the change in Scrooge... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
What might be mistaken for "strange" about the "the master" is that he "is a person of an excellent disposition" and is " a noble fellow." What makes the master so noble and excellent, according to... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play does not know. For instance, the first lines of Act 1, scene 6 present an excellent... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Actually, this passage is spoken by the Ghost of Christmas Present after Scrooge witnesses the Cratchit family at Christmas, and more so when he sees Tiny Tim for the first time, for Scrooge sees... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
If you have been following along with the plot and character development of Scrooge, you have noticed that at the beginning of story Scrooge is described as " a squeezing wrenching, grasping,... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
The two benefits to mankind that Walton feels he will contribute by travelling to the North Pole are as follows: The first benefit that Walton will contribute to mankind by safely navigating to... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Since the focus of figurative speech will be on Macbeth's soliloquy of Act III, scene i, that will narrow it down immensely. The first figure of speech used by Macbeth is irony, for he fears... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
To say that Scrooge is in anyway similar to Cratchit, would be the same as saying that evil is the same as good, or that hate is the same as love. But if one looks closely at the aforementioned... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Ali Baba, Robin Crusoe and Friday are allusions to characters from other books, books that were favorites of Dickens, but in the novella they are childhood favorites of Scrooge. Ali Baba comes from... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Before we make a connection with Macbeth's famous Act V soliloquy with earlier events, let us take a look at it first: There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
In the beginning of the play it is Lady Macbeth who has power over Macbeth, but as the play develops, the power shifts to Macbeth. The first demonstration of Lady Macbeth's power is revealed in her... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
By showing Scrooge his dismal future where he dies without anyone showing him any compassion such as the Former businessmen who are indifferent to Scrooge's death Former housekeepers who pawn his... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Remember that Scrooge resides in the Victorian era, a time when "hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts." And Scrooge is quite aware of this, and do not forget Scrooge's business... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Here are few possibilities. The first possible reason would be to allow the imagination of the viewer to envision just how Macbeth may have assassinated Kind Duncan, and maybe it would have been... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
"Stave IV" is the nail in Scrooge's coffin; it makes certain that Scrooge's change is permanent, for in it he sees his demise in the form of his grave which is described as overrun by grass and... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
A metaphor compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as." So, the metaphor in Macbeth's question,"Why do you dress me / In borrowed robes?" is the Thane of Cawdor's title. A "robe" is a... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Throughout the entire play, Shakespeare uses plant or agricultural imagery to develop characterization and plot. If you remember, King Duncan tells Macbeth, when he first sees him after the... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Banquo's statement comes just before Macbeth murders Duncan; Macbeth's visit to Banquo's chamber is to find out if he can trust him after the murder for he asks him If you shall cleave to my... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
The creature is more human than Frankenstein because he takes complete responsibility for his actions, respects life more than Frankenstein, which is apparent by Frankenstein robbing graves to... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
There is no doubt that they are real, for they manifest themselves in front of Macbeth and Banquo, but Banquo has doubts, for he asks Macbeth in Act I, scene iii, Were such things here as we do... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Macbeth is a bloody play from beginning to end, so most of the themes and the characters are developed by the "blood" motif, and Shakespeare wastes no time in developing Macbeth's character with... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Let's see. Dicken's may have written this novella to ensure that the Christmas holiday didn't fade away as it was during the Victorian era. He may have written it as an outrage against the hundreds... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The significance lies in the fact that Malcolm is now the heir to the throne, something that wasn't told to Macbeth, nor was he told when he would become king. So, Malcolm is now a new obstacle for... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
This apostrophe by Lady Macbeth is by far the best scene in Act I. After she reads Macbeth's letter that prophesies of him becoming king, she walks upon her ramparts and speaks to the "spirits that... -
Answered a Question in Ode to a Nightingale
Despite being a romantic, who emphasized emotion over reason, that is to say that Keats relied on his emotions rather than his intellect when writing his poetry, Keats was suffering from... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Macbeth's words reveal that he is more bent on becoming the king of Scotland by murdering Duncan than before. If you recall in scene 3 of Act I after Macbeth has the "horrid image" that "doth... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Out of the three spirits that visit Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past is the strangest. Dickens spends a lot of time describing this one, much more than the others. But the lesson that this... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
This statement reveals a couple of things about Scrooge. First, it reveals his cold-heart; he would rather see the poor people die instead of helping them, and by dying, they would be doing a... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Have you ever heard of the old saying "For whom the bell tolls"? This famous statement was coined by John Donne, a famous Renaissance poet. The bell is s symbol, of not only our mortally, but it... -
Answered a Question in Paradise Lost
In "Book I" of Paradise Lost Milton gives us some very memorable images of hell; many of them allude to the Bible, and others from his own mind. Here are some of them: "bottomless perdition" (I.... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
There are many reasons to admire and enjoy Dickens's writing, and this passage from A Christmas Carol reveals this. To establish the jollity of this Victorian Christmas, Dickens likens chestnuts to... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Another glaring difference in the deaths of Tiny Tim and Scrooge is revealed in the descriptions of their grave sites. Tiny Tim's grave site is described by Bob Cratchit as a "green...place" that... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
One of the best ways to learn about a particular era of a country is through literature like A Christmas Carol, and the Carol can be looked at as an incredible historical piece, for it takes place... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
At this point in the novella, Scrooge is a completely changed man, but Cratchit doesn't know it, so Scrooge plans on playing a joke on Cratchit. When Cratchit sneaks into the office a whole... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Here are a few quotes that reveal that Macbeth does have free will: "if chance will have me King, why chance may crown me / Without my stir" (I, iii, 143-145) " Stars, hide your fires; / Let not... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
The only ghost Scrooge attempts to vanquish is the Ghost of Christmas Past, and he attempts to get rid of it by placing the "extinguisher" over the top of it and pressing it down to the ground,... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Another metaphor that sets a ghostly mood for this ghostly tale is when Dickens states that because of the dense fog the "houses opposite [Scrooge's office] were mere phantoms." A "phantom" is an... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
The rooms in which Scrooge resides are as empty and "gloomy" as Scrooge's soul. Dickens tells us that the rooms "were a gloomy suite of rooms." The adjective "gloomy" is... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Hamlet's thoughts upon hearing about his father's ghost from Horatio can be found at the end of act 1, scene 2, in a very short soliloquy; in that soliloquy Hamlet states that "All is not well. / I... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Actually, this quote is from "Stave III," and what is "heaped up upon the floor" is every imaginable food that was eaten at Christmas time during the Victorian era, such as "turkeys, geese, game,... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Remember, Macbeth is a tragedy, so it is important for Macbeth to be introduced as a hero in the play to not only develop character but to develop the plot of this tragedy. The entire... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Cratchit simply asks Scrooge for Christmas Day off, with pay of course. Scrooge begrudingly gives him the day off, but not without a lecture and not without an attempt of making Cratchit feel... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
There are many metaphors in Chapter XVI; the forest is a metaphor for Prynne's freedom from the hypocrisy and persecution of the colony; the sunshine is a metaphor for Pearl's... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
It seems that Dickens couldn't make his mind up on this one. First he tells us that "the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light." But...