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Answered a Question in Geoffrey Chaucer
In stories from Chaucer such as The Canterbury Tales, it should be clear that Chaucer has a rather dim view of the church. In your paper on Chaucer, you can write about how he satirizes practically... -
Answered a Question in Coraline
Coraline has a number of fairytale elements in the book such as a sense of the normal being twisted, or happy endings. Plus, Gaiman actually mentions fairy tales directly in the introduction before... -
Answered a Question in Twelve Angry Men
The emphasis in Twelve Angry Men is on rationality and reason as a medium for justice. Again and again, many jurors in the case show how they are not rationally focused on the matter at hand,... -
Answered a Question in Big Red
The Big Red, by Jim Kjelgard, is about a character named Danny and his Irish setter, Red. Danny becomes highly attached to Red, and they go on adventures including fighting a bear named Old... -
Answered a Question in The Westing Game
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin, is a mystery novel aimed at children and young adults. It’s about the death of a man named Sam Westing, who then decides to split his inheritance among sixteen... -
Answered a Question in The Catbird Seat
The term for the point of view style in The Catbird Seat is “third person limited” which means that it still uses a narrator of sorts, but the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of one of the... -
Answered a Question in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, is based on the characters from the Shakespeare play, Hamlet. The two characters are something of side characters in the original Hamlet play, but... -
Answered a Question in Prince Caspian
In the book Prince Caspian, by C. S. Lewis, there’s a part where the citizens of the magical kingdom of Narnia, including both humans and animals, are dancing around the lion called Aslan. The... -
Answered a Question in Coraline
In the book Coraline, the main character is a girl who has to face some frightening supernatural beings, such as the “Other Mother,” who is a copy of Coraline’s real mother from a different world.... -
Answered a Question in The Hobbit
In the book The Hobbit, the first chapter contains the wizard Gandalf approaching Bilbo Baggins about going off on an adventure. This is in mid to late April, so in the spring. The next day is when... -
Answered a Question in The Graveyard Book
In The Graveyard Book, the main character, Bod, starts out as a baby whose parents were murdered. The baby wanders into a graveyard, where two ghosts, Mr. and Mrs. Owens, decide to adopt him. It... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
When interpreting Animal Farm, it’s important to recognize that the story is highly allegorical. This means that the dogs, rats, pigs, and other animals and people in the tale represent something... -
Answered a Question in Othello
The obvious motive for Iago is that his boss, Othello, promoted a different soldier, Cassio, instead of Iago, but the text shows that there’s a lot more to it than that. In general, Iago’s motive...