Jack Welch
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I'm a master's candidate in English and Information Studies who primarily studies literature, film, and library sciences. I've worked in libraries for five years and enjoy aiding in people's learning processes, especially about the arts.
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Answered a Question in Hamlet
Shakespeare’s art of characterization—his power of creating personality through diction, revealing psychology through the words his characters speak and think—is the essence of his genius, and the... -
Answered a Question in Othello
Obviously, the entire narrative of Othello builds toward a horrific act of misogynistic violence: Othello's murder of Desdemona in the play's final scene. This crime is presaged by the painful... -
Answered a Question in Othello
This moment is perhaps the most important turning point in Othello, and the climax to the lengthiest scene in the play. In the space of 461 lines (from "Ha? I like not that" to "I am your own... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
There are two scenes in which the witches deliver prophecies to Macbeth (in Act I and Act IV), and in both cases his future actions and their outcomes are guided by what he learns from them. By... -
Answered a Question in Othello
Observing Brabantio's distress over what he regards as the loss of his daughter in marriage to Othello, as well as the strength and genuineness of Othello and Desdemona's affections for one... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare, of course, was not generally a creator of original narratives - his plays were usually adapted from existing sources, and the core of his genius lay in the creation of profoundly... -
Answered a Question in Bob Dylan
"Blowin' in the Wind" really inaugurates in some ways the rich vein of powerfully evocative, sometimes surrealist imagery that runs through Dylan's lyrics. Many of his songs are narrative works... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
In a general sense, the various monsters confronted in the Odyssey serve as tests of Odysseus's cunning and resolve. Each one presents a unique type of obstacle to the adventurer, tempting or... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The exact length of time spanned by the events of Macbeth is unclear and is open to the interpretation of readers, audiences, directors, and actors. The 11th century Scottish king Mac Bethad,... -
Answered a Question in Literature
Orwell wrote an excellent essay titled "Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool" in which he contrasts the Christian desire for release in death and salvation in another world with the dark humanism he finds...