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Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter can definitely be considered a timeless classic. First of all, it gives very good insight into what residing in the Puritan culture was like. Moreover, it offers perspective into... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Capulet turns on Juliet because she states that she will not marry Paris and, in fact, hates Paris. Capulet believes he has found Juliet a very worthy husband that abides by the belief that... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
While Snowball and Napoleon created the basics of Animalism as a team, along with Squealer, as their power increases, so do their disagreements on how Animal Farm should be run. The two... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
In Act 1 Scene 1 we learn that Horatio does not believe Barnardo and Marcellus, who claim to have seen a ghost walking around at night near the castle. They beg Horatio to stay so he can see for... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
There are several conflicts in the novel. The main one being man vs. society. Hester violated the rules of her society and is severely punished for her actions daily. She must bear the burden upon... -
Answered a Question in General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
The Prologue takes place the night before the assembly commences their pilgrimmage. They are spending the night at the Tabard Inn. This is where the narrator first examines and details the... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
The chief symbol in Crozier’s poem is blatantly the swan. The girl’s “innocence” is a black swan, not the traditional white, because she’s not the traditional lady she was raised and expected to be... -
Answered a Question in Persuasion
The state of the marriage can reveal not only the individual's level of happiness, but the amount of effort and faith he or she is willing to put into it. A peaceful marriage suggests... -
Answered a Question in When I Have Fears
The pen is a symbol of the speaker’s creative power. It is the manner in which he can express all of his ideas and intelligence and share them with the world so that he may remain even after his... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies was written because of Goldin's experience with World War II. The book also takes place during the war and we see traces of the world at war outside of the island. We do not know... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Macbeth and insanity lies within your interpretation of the play and providing relevant examples. Macbeth's tragic flaw is ambition and that leads him to commit extreme and cruel acts. From the... -
Answered a Question in The Indifferent
Although Donne is relating the poem directly to romantic relationships, the poem can be taken much further to deal with the subject of constancy or inconstancy in other aspects of life. In the... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Ibis
When thinking about protagonists and antagonists it is helpful to think of the hero vs. villain scenario. Brother is the sole narrator of the story as well as the only dynamic character so we can... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Ibis
The narrator, known only as "Brother," is cruel to Doodle in various ways. He wheels Doodle around much too fast and Doodle falls out of the little cart. He takes Doodle up to see the coffin that...