Linnea Archibald

At the end of Frankenstein, Victor and the monster both come to death. Victor dies on Captain Walton's ship while running from the monster. Right before he dies, however, he has just agreed to...

Frankenstein's monster relates to Milton's Satan specifically. In chapter 15, the monster learns to read by finding books at the DeLacy's home. He takes several books, but says that "Paradise Lost...

As mentioned already, Victor does use the body parts of the dead in creating his monster, however, he also uses pieces of dead animals. The line about "the dissecting room and the slaughterhouse"...

In The Great Gatsby, much of Jay Gatsby's pursuit of material things is driven by his love for Daisy and for the ideal that she represents. In chapter five, Nick observes that,  "He...

In Chapter 9 of The Hobbit, Bilbo does show compassion toward the Wood-elves in one particular, small way. When he sneaks in to free the Dwarves from their cells, he manages to take the keys from...

Prior to the Civil War, Romanticism held its sway over literature and art; however, the post-war world had seen too much carnage to go back to the Romantic idealistic world portrayed in the...

In Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" (1805), he uses direct addresses to the audience to emphasize the importance of the scene. The implied audience (i.e. the reader) is to pay attention more...

During the High Middle Ages, women began to have a more important role in society partly because of the Church's endorsement of marriage as a sacrament - i.e. an outward sign of a spiritual truth...

Shylock's character in Merchant of Venice is very complicated, especially in today's post-holocaust age. First, during the beginning of the play, Shylock's personality traits include very...

Dante's Comedia is a thoroughly Christian work with deep ties to theology, church tradition, and Biblical allusions. The number three is highly significant in Christian tradition in that...