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• Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men

  Of Mice and Men is replete with examples of loss. In fact, most, if not all, of the characters have experienced loss in the...

• Answered a Question in Julius Caesar

  The theme of fate versus free will is very evident in the play Julius Caesar, especially when it comes to whether or not...

• Answered a Question in Julius Caesar

  Julius Caesar is known for it's speeches, rhetoric, and propaganda. Both Brutus and Marc Antony give speeches dripping with...

• Answered a Question in The Monkey's Paw

  Part II of "The Monkey's Paw" takes place the day after Mr. Whites makes his first wish, two hundred pounds to clear the mortgage. The...

• Answered a Question in How I Learned to Drive

  In the play How I Learned To Drive, Cousin Bobby, also know as B.B. for "Blue Balls," is the protagonist Li'l Bit's cousin....

• Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird

  Chapter 26 takes place after Tom Robinson's unfair trial and subsequent death. Scout is back at school, and her teacher Miss Gates...

• Answered a Question in Sonnet 30

  William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 30" is about the speaker feeling dejected when remembering past woes and losses. For example, in the...

• Answered a Question in Shakespeare's Sonnets

  Scholars believe that Shakespeare's sonnets were based on his personal relationships, namely with the Fair Youth (Sonnets 1-126), and,...

• Answered a Question in Animal Farm

  Most animals in Animal Farm represent real people from the Russian Revolution and the USSR. Old Major, for example, is a...

• Answered a Question in The Declaration of Independence

  Thomas Jefferson uses a persuasive but formal style when writing "The Declaration of Independence." He uses long, compound and complex...