Ryan McCrorey, J.D.

The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 and, along with many of Fitzgerald's works, became a lasting encapsulation of what the New York Times, in Fitzgerald's obituary, called "that decade of...

Bartley sets off on the storm-tossed sea to travel from the island where he lives to go to Galway, a city in Western Ireland. At the beginning of the play, Cathleen and Nora talk about "the young...

Paradise Lost is a long epic, and to assess whether or not Blake is correct in his assessment that Milton unwittingly presents Satan as the hero, you will have to closely examine both what Milton...

Othello is a complex character who displays some conflicting traits, including a mix of bravery and cowardice. His general circumstances seem to speak to his bravery. We know that he is a renowned...

In order to find a symbol that will connect the three stories about childhood in Dubliners, you will likely find it helpful to compare the themes of the stories first and then focus on the ways...

Edwin has the ability to track Querig, and Wistan uses him to find the dragon. A baby dragon bites Edwin while he is held by the ogres. According to Sir Gawain, due to this wound, "the desire will...

In literature, when we talk about the uncanny, we are often talking in terms of Freud's famous definition of the uncanny in his essay of that title. Freud claims that "the 'uncanny' is that class...

Ta-Nehisi Coates includes many photographs throughout Between the World and Me, but before you can jump into an analysis of a single photo, you may want to think about some more general questions...