
Elizabeth Junker
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Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The Nurse seeks out Romeo at Juliet's behest, as an intermediary. She comes to find Romeo, to give him a warning about abusing Juliet's trust, and basically to see what Romeo's intentions towards... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
This is the opening to Hamlet's soliloquy in which he shows some insight into his own character. He knows he is a procrastinator, yet cannot bring himself to do what needs to be done. He says: Now... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
First, to understand this passage, it's helpful to understand the definition of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony occurs when both the audience and one or more of the characters in a play know... -
Answered a Question in E. B. White
The complete quote is: The collision and intermingling of these millions of foreign-born people representing so many nations and creeds make New York a permanent exhibit of the phenomenon of one... -
Answered a Question in Shooting an Elephant
"Shooting an Elephant" describes an incident in George Orwell's early life, when he was working in Burma as a sub-divisional police officer--in other words, as a lower-ranking government official... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
As Hamlet opens, the situation in Denmark is politically somewhat unstable. There has been a recent coup for the throne: it transpires that the new king, King Claudius, uncle of the titular... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
This particular passage in The Catcher in the Rye comes at the end of Chapter 14, following Holden's interaction with the prostitute, Sunny. Holden arranges with Maurice to have a prostitute... -
Answered a Question in Emily Dickinson
In "Success is counted sweetest," Dickinson writes: Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell the definition So clear of victory In this context, "purple Host" refers to... -
Answered a Question in Hatchet
In the novel Hatchet, the protagonist, Brian, is traveling via plane from his mother's home in Hampton, New York, to visit his father in the oil fields of Canada. Brian's parents are recently... -
Answered a Question in The Open Boat
Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" begins with the following passage: None of them knew the color of the sky. Their eyes glanced level, and were fastened upon the waves that swept toward them. These... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
In Macbeth, Act I, Scene III, we find ourselves once again on the heath with the Three Witches, where the following dialogue takes place: FIRST WITCH. Where hast thou been, sister?... -
Answered a Question in The Woman in White
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins may not be the first detective novel ever written, chronologically, but it is certainly one of the earliest. The earliest Western mystery novel is probably E.... -
Answered a Question in The Birds
At the very beginning of the story, we read: On December third, the wind changed overnight and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow, soft. The earth was rich where the plow had... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
A Domestic Novel is a type of fiction that was prevalent in the early-to-mid-nineteenth century, and was primarily read by women. The Domestic Novel has certain defining characteristics, among... -
Answered a Question in Lines Written in Early Spring
In "Lines Written in Early Spring," the speaker is reclining in a grove, listening to birdsong and enjoying the spring flowers, when he begins to feel rather sad: he cannot help but contrast the... -
Answered a Question in History
The answer to this question covers such a vast expanse of time, territory, and peoples, that in this particular forum I will only be able to give you the broad strokes—however, I will also gladly... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Jem initially tells Scout that the items left in the tree must have belonged to “some bus child,” but before putting the items in his trunk for safekeeping, “…he looked for a long time at the...