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• Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye

  Well, an overall ironic element is Holden's desire to preserve the innocence of the young. Yet while he goes about trying to...

• Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby

  To piggyback on that excellent answer, I would like to add the following. "Her voice is full of money" is absurd as a definition, but...

• Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman

  Biff tells Hap that he has come to the conclusion that the Lomans never tell a word of truth in that house. The house itself is built...

• Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker

  "They lived in a forlorn-looking house that stood alone and had an air of starvation. A few straggling savin-trees, emblems of...

• Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman

  One of the metaphorical deaths in the play is the death of the image Biff has of his father. He believes his father to be all powerful...

• Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman

  Charley is saying that once one is immersed deeply in the business world, they are forever unsatisfied. A promotion or a raise only...

• Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby

  Owl eyes sits drunk in Gatsby's library, marveling at the lengths to which Gatsby has gone to create a false persona. He sees the...

• Answered a Question in Poetry

  Lyric poems were initially told, or sung, to the playing of a "lyre", a musical instrument. This gave them a sing-song effect and a...

• Answered a Question in Macbeth

  The classic tragic flaw is an over-reaching sense of pride. Watch for the protagonist to pursue a noble cause humbly and then at a...

• Answered a Question in The Lesson

  The biggest question left by the author is whether or not the narrator will be too stubborn to allow herself to learn and be shaped by...