Dayna Balistreri

The subtitle of Middlemarch is A Study in Provincial Life because the novel focuses in on the inner workings of a small town and the inter-relatedness of each member of the town. Middlemarch is a...

The genre of The Canterbury Tales is hard to pin down. It is certainly poetry—other than the two prose tales, the work is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. The Canterbury Tales are...

The French Revolution took place in France from 1789 (beginning with the Storming of the Bastille) to 1799 (ending with the Reign of Terror). A Tale of Two Cities, though published in England in...

This is a rich passage with a lot to analyze. The creature is angry that Victor will not create a female companion for him, and therefore, he is threatening Victor and saying he will seek revenge...

Interesting question. While Othello is virtuous and driven by duty and Iago is wicked and driven by rage, both, in a sense, act irrationally when threatened in an area in which they feel...

Jane Eyre is written in Modern English. Jane Eyre was written in 1847, during the Victorian period in England. Modern English is the form of English used from around 1500 onward, so even...

A Tale of Two Cities takes place against the backdrop of the French Revolution (1789–1799) and the years leading up to it. The revolution is generally considered to have begun with the Storming of...

Imagery helps us make mental pictures by appealing to one or more of our senses. It might be a useful exercise to underline each image you see (or hear, smell, etc.) as you read the poem. For...

Setting is extremely important to Dickens. The word "Dickensian" for many conjures images of a bustling, crowded London full of factories, men in top hats, child laborers, and soot. Although this...

Yes, his sources are valid. Diamond cites scholarly journals and books published by university presses. He includes a thirty-page "further reading" section at the back of the book to point readers...

Victor Frankenstein works relentlessly for nearly two years with the "sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body." He cares for nothing else and deprives himself of sleep as he works, but...

The Remains of the Day is a wonderfully moving book with many themes to choose from. Here are some of the major ones you might want to consider: Change over time: The Remains of the Day is as much...

Modernism, in the context of 20th century British literature and culture, is a term that refers to a major cultural shift at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe and the United States that...