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Ian Clark is a PhD candidate in English and American Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Answered a Question in The Dead
Here are the passages that describe the moment that Gabriel sees himself in the mirror (they don't have page numbers because they're taken from eNotes' excellent online version of the text): ... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
One of the best quotes about gender in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby comes early on in the first chapter, at which point Daisy discusses her reaction to the birth of her... -
Answered a Question in The Solitary Reaper
The line you're referring to occurs within the first few lines of Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper," and it helps to put it in context: Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland... -
Answered a Question in The Merchant of Venice
To help you better understand Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, here is a quick explanation of some of the basic aspects of the text: The basic plot of the play revolves around the... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Most folks are familiar with the main conflict of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and the famous trial scene that goes along with it. However, there are other, smaller conflicts that... -
Answered a Question in The Snows of Kilimanjaro
"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is one of Ernest Hemingway's most masterfully written short stories, and it has plenty of linguistic style and literary devices embedded in the text to keep even the... -
Answered a Question in The Road Not Taken
I'll answer this question with a personal example, as I can't speak for your unique, individual experience. However, hopefully my own response will give you some guidance and/or inspiration to... -
Answered a Question in Araby
The quote you reference is the final sentence in James Joyce's "Araby," and it is arguably the most important sentence in the whole story, as it illustrates the protagonist's disillusionment with... -
Answered a Question in The Lake Isle of Innisfree
There is little explanation of why Yeats is so hungry for peace in his famous poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree." Rather, Yeats spends most of the poem describing the pastoral beauty and idyllic... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
At first glance, Peter Quince is not a central character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. After all, he's not part of the Athenian relationship debacle, nor does he have a... -
Answered a Question in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Before answering this question, it helps to check out the final stanza in Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening": The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep,... -
Answered a Question in A Modest Proposal
In a nutshell, the problem in Dublin circa 1700 (and the problem Jonathan Swift wrote about in A Modest Proposal) was extreme poverty. The narrator of the... -
Answered a Question in William Wordsworth
Though not one of William Wordsworth's most famous poems, "A Night Thought" is still full of vivid figurative language and imagery. Indeed a rich example of figurative language can be found within... -
Answered a Question in The Solitary Reaper
William Wordsworth's poem "The Solitary Reaper" has a mixed rhyme scheme, with the first and last stanzas following an abcbddee pattern and the middle stanzas following an ababccdd pattern.... -
Answered a Question in Sailing to Byzantium
In "Sailing to Byzantium," Yeats sees the creation of art as a possible method of escaping one's natural old age and mortality. The poem begins with a description of a world of life in conflict... -
Answered a Question in The Second Coming
There aren't really any quotes in "The Second Coming" in which Yeats directly says he wants to prevent change. However, the poem seems to fear coming change in general and so, while it... -
Answered a Question in Kubla Khan
There is no direct reference to the underworld in "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. However, the poem does reference "caverns measureless to man" (4), and this image is central to the poem.... -
Answered a Question in She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
The key lines to answer this question are in the final stanza (lines 9-12): She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is... -
Answered a Question in To Autumn
John Keats' "To Autumn" is full of rich figurative language, and similes are certainly included (as a reminder, similes are comparisons that use "like" or "as"). In fact, one of my favorite... -
Answered a Question in The Destruction of Sennacherib
The line you're referring to is the third line in Byron's poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib." It appears in the first stanza, which I've pasted below: The Assyrian came down like the wolf... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee presents American society in a couple of different ways in To Kill a Mockingbird. First, and most obviously, Lee presents America as a society rife with racial tension, division,... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
This question is a little more complicated than it might seem. At first glance, the heroes and villains of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel seem pretty obvious: Gatsby is the protagonist and the hero,... -
Answered a Question in The Solitary Reaper
Wordsworth's thought process has two main phases in his poem "The Solitary Reaper." His first thoughts tend to be upbeat, as he initially imagines the song "Among Arabian sands" (12) and "Breaking... -
Answered a Question in The Merchant of Venice
In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Antonio and Bassanio seem to have opposite personalities: Bassanio appears to suffer from a dire lack of finances, while Antonio is a successful... -
Answered a Question in Araby
James Joyce's short story "Araby" is, among other things, a tale of a young boy who harbors a secret crush on one of the girls who lives in his neighborhood. Known only as "Mangan's sister" in the... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
There are many different types of love represented in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and certainly more than three. However, in this answer, I'll focus on the types of love that I... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
Beowulf engages with many Christian themes, and it especially makes use of the Biblical stories of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. If you don't know who these individuals are, here's a quick... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
One could certainly say that Bottom is a fool in A Midsummer Night's Dream, especially since he seems relatively oblivious to the reality of his situation throughout the play. For... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
Much (although not all) of Gatsby's tragic end is embodied in his obsession with Daisy Buchanan. Though Gatsby has spent the greater portion of his adult life loving Daisy, his love ultimately... -
Answered a Question in A Walk in the Woods
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson spends a great deal of time meditating on the state of America's wilderness. He has many different feelings when faced with the vast woodlands of the... -
Answered a Question in The Hobbit
The goblins and wolves make the first proper attack in the Battle of the Five Armies in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. It's worth noting that, in determining who the actual five armies are in... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
In chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes the heat wafting over the city, pointing out repeatedly that conditions are both boiling and scorching. Fitzgerald emphasizes... -
Answered a Question in The Things They Carried
Before answering this question, it's important to understand that it's quite difficult to say anything definitive about Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Indeed, the book's confusing... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
One of the most baffling moments in Flannery O'Conner's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" occurs near the end, when the grandmother insists the Misfit is a "good man" despite repeated examples to the... -
Answered a Question in I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth discusses the transformative peace to be found in places of natural beauty. The narrator begins the poem in an unhappy state, but his mood is... -
Answered a Question in She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
Despite its compact form, William Wordsworth's "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" is a dense poem that incorporates many layers of meaning. As such, it can be quite difficult to paraphrase,... -
Answered a Question in The Playboy of the Western World
This passage occurs in Act II of J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. More specifically, it comes from the portion of Act II in which Christy tells the story of the time when he... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
Based on the two choices you have, it would be most accurate to say that F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a satire critiquing American ideals. On the one hand, F. Scott... -
Answered a Question in Gulliver's Travels
The answer to this question depends on your particular perspective. Some readers find Jonathan Swift's satirical attack to be witty and insightful, while others might find his writing to be... -
Answered a Question in She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
Though "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" is a short poem, William Wordsworth manages to pack a huge amount of meaning into its brief lines. There's a lot going on in this poem, and so it's... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
Calypso is a powerful nymph living on the island of Ogygia in The Odyssey. After the last of his companions die, Odysseus washes ashore on Calypso's island. The main conflict of this portion of the... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
Great question. For the most part, Beowulf's character is similar to other epic heroes like Achilles, Aeneas, and Hector. Like these three men, Beowulf is a courageous and skilled fighter who leads... -
Answered a Question in The Merchant of Venice
Before answering this question, it's worth pointing out that The Merchant of Venice is not traditionally considered to be one of Shakespeare's tragedies; rather, it's often known as a "problem... -
Answered a Question in The Solitary Reaper
It's often argued that the main idea of William Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" is the representation/examination of how even the most ordinary people, things, or occurrences can access a more... -
Answered a Question in Riders to the Sea
It is possible to see Bartley as a Christ figure in J.M. Synge's Riders to the Sea, and all of the potential examples you reference in your question are excellent reasons to subscribe to the... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
An excellent example of Jane Austen's use of dialogue in Pride and Prejudice occurs early in the first chapter (on the first page, in fact, and sourced from eNotes' superb online library): “My dear... -
Answered a Question in Heart of Darkness
In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Kurtz can be seen as something of a tragic hero. It's suggested that his original intentions were relatively honorable, and so his eventual decline into... -
Answered a Question in The Taming of the Shrew
In Act 1, Scene 1 (after the Introduction) of The Taming of the Shrew, we meet Lucentio and Tranio, two men recently arrived in Padua. Based on Lucentio's opening speech, we can assume much... -
Answered a Question in Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver meets the Lilliputians during the first voyage in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. The Lilliputians are a tiny people, standing at about half a foot high, and their petty... -
Answered a Question in To Autumn
As always, it's difficult to say what the single most important message of a particular work of literature is, and John Keats' "To Autumn" is no different. However, it is possible to say...
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