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The scene of a conversation between Polonius and his son takes place before Laertes leaves for France. People are inclined to judge others by their appearance. So, Polonius advises...

Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Brontë. It notably influenced the development of English literature. The book is known as one of the best stories of late...

The Yellow Wallpaper contains several controversies. But the central conflict is the opposition between society and a man. This struggle of two concepts reflects modern problems as...

Throughout Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet goes on a quest to take revenge against his father’s murderer. Some characters support Hamlet, while others scheme against him. Laertes is one of...

Nick is a first-person narrator in the novel. He describes Gatsby's car to have a creamy color, bright and extravagant with multiple windshields. It appears to be as pompous as its...

Racism is a minor topic in A Good Man Is Hard to Find. The short story is filled with words like "nigger" and full of creepy white characters. The author is often accused of racism,...

Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship in Shakespeare’s Hamlet is complicated. The prince had genuine feelings towards Ophelia before his father's death. Following his mother's second...

Melantho is not a well-known character in the poem. She is Penelope's maid and the sister of Melanthius in Odyssey. In the poem, Melantho betrays Penelope. She appears to be more loyal...

The Buna Werke, also known as Auschwitz III, was a factory. Here, Nazi leaders sent Jews for work. For Elie and his father, working in Buna became the only opportunity to avoid the...

The Yellow Wallpaper is told through the perspective of a woman who is slowly driven into insanity. First, she lacked human contact. Second, she was unable to distract herself from...

Writers use imagery to create a special mood and images related to the plot. Flannery O’Connor describes the forest, sky, car, and characters to create the desired effect. Her imagery...

The plot of the novel by Mary Shelley, is constructed on the conflict of heart and intellect. Victor Frankenstein faces the challenge of choice: to have a family or to have fame and...

Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights because she needed to give way to her passions. She was eager to unveil the wild side of an English person’s personality. She also strove for...

Prometheus and Frankenstein suffered for their deeds. They attempted to create a new life and faced the results of their actions. Both of the characters suffered from disregarding the...

Desdemona is a daughter of a powerful Venetian politician, educated and gentle. She became a wife of a general in the Venetian army, Othello, which is also prestigious. Her...

Victor Frankenstein creates a monster and promises him a bride of his kind not to be lonely. But the scientist changes his mind. He fears that male and female creatures will procreate....

Although it may appear to be challenging to determine the setting of “The Necklace”, the author leaves some clues. They help identify that the story takes place in France, namely...

The story of Gawain Poet’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight takes place in King Arthur’s Britain during the middle ages. Britain at that time is described as a land of wonders and...

The excerpt from part 2 that best describes Odysseus’ weakness is “I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer.” This line establishes Odysseus’ excessive pride. It reflects on...

He grabbed the branch of a fig tree that grew above the whirlpool and hung there until Charybdis began to spew water. Together with water came the mast of the ship, clinging to which...

The wallpaper is the screen onto which the narrator projects her fears. Its pattern makes her anxious about invisible supervision. At first, her condition is disquiet. Then it turns to...

In the Odyssey - Amphimedon, the desire to avenge the suitors motivated Odysseus to dress like a beggar. Odysseus’ disguise allows him to find out people’s true attitudes toward him....

Odysseus swore an oath to protect Helen of Troy and her family at all costs. It made him leave Ithaca and go to the Trojan War. Detailed answer: Odysseus is an important...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper takes place between the late 1890s and early 1900s. The main reason is that the story depicts Gilman’s own life. Thus, it is a...

By the end of the story, Victor loses all his humanity due to his desire for revenge. The monster killed everyone the scientist loved, making the wrath even worse. Detailed answer: ...

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the main character accepts a challenge from the Green Knight with dignity. Why? Because he is eager to protect the honor of the Knights of Round...

The primary use of the dramatic convention in act 1 scene 2 is the introduction of a significant conflict. Claudius states that he has married the widow of his brother, King Hamlet. It...

The most common theory is that Jane is the unnamed protagonist and the narrator. Gilman uses an unreliable narrator to show her rapid mental health decline. The character refers to...

Bianca is Cassio's lover, who plays an essential role in the play's tragic development. She participates in Iago’s scheme against her will, helping Othello believe that Desdemona is...

The resolution of the short story reveals that the loss of the Necklace was an imitation. But Madame Loisel worked so hard to compensate for it. Loisel and her husband spent ten years...

Odysseus is a dynamic character who learns how to be patient and humble throughout his journey. However, after returning to Ithaca, the transformation into an old man is when he truly...

In Chapter 5, Nick sets up the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy. And the ex-partners behave in a highly stiff and stressful way. It is evident that both experience some discomfort and...

In the play, the phrase “the green eyed monster” referrers to jealousy. In Act 3, Scene 3, while trying to make Othello envious, Iago uses this phrase. The villain plants the seeds of...

Victor Frankenstein appears sympathetic and ambitious at first. Everything changes when he decides to create a living creature. His motivation to make a new life was selfish, which he...

In contrast to the Iliad, the second work of Homer, the Odyssey, contains many allusions. They are mostly related to ancient methodology. Allusions help evaluate characters’ trials and...

There are various assumptions about the title of the story by Flannery O’Connor. However, the main idea of the novel – good vs. evil – gives hints to explanation. In literal...

Othello kills his wife Desdemona as a result of a delicate plot designed by Iago. When he becomes overwhelmed with jealousy, he plans to kill her while she is asleep. However, she...

English moors are an area of barren strips of land covered with grass and heather. In Wuthering Heights, they are described as an empty and bleak territory. Their central role is to...

At the beginning of the book, Eliezer has a strong religious faith, which contains the meaning of his life. He hopes to study the tradition of his people deeply in order to find...

Daisy and Tom Buchanan are a perfect match for each other. But it's not due to personal traits of character, shared ambitions, or sincere, romantic feelings. They deserve each other...

The narrator appears to be naive, yet in reality, he is very observant. He sees peoples' real personalities vividly. Moreover, he uses dramatic irony to describe the characters, their...

Act 1, scene 1 of Hamlet, sets the tone for the entire play. The sense of suspense and fear is created through the ghost. It’s a character that looks like the deceased King of Denmark....

Hamlet gets wounded at the duel with Claudius and tells his last words to his friend Horatio. The prince reflects on Denmark's political situation and leaves a remark, "the rest is...

The Odyssey and the Iliad are known for the courage and intelligence proclamation in a warrior.  These are the best qualities that shape him as a man. It glorifies honor as the most...

Phemius is a bard of Ithaca. He sings a sad song about the Trojan War to the suitors of Penelope. The role of Phemius in Homer's Odyssey is to show the importance of oral storytelling...

Myrtle Wilson does not have a central role in the narrative of The Great Gatsby. However, she is still an essential part of the novel. It is evident that Myrtle is lively and...

Homer's Odyssey presents several divine characters. Among them are Poseidon, Athena, and Hermes. Similar to his mythological role, Hermes serves as a messenger. In the myths, he is...

In chapter 6, Gatsby reveals that he wants to reunite with Daisy. He wishes to forget the fact that she was with Tom for the last five years. He is willing to pretend that these years...

Upon learning of his father’s death, Laertes feels immense grief. He immediately tries to find the one responsible for the act. He is shown full of anger and sadness at the same time,...

The editions of 1818 and 1831 are different in quite a few aspects, one of which is the number of chapters. The new version contains a different story of Elizabeth and several changes...