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Frankenstein is both a Gothic and romantic novel. It refers to romantic literature. Mary Shelley follows the characters' feelings and tragic experiences. She chooses strong words and...

Some of the most colorful metaphors in Othello come from the antagonist – Iago. He compares Othello to an old black ram, Desdemona to a white ewe. Iago even calls the act of and the...

Emily Brontë wrote only one book during her lifetime. It is called Wuthering Heights. She is also credited with writing several poems. Her work is regarded as a classic of English...

Hunsford Estate is a fictional place from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The clergymen William Collins and his wife, Charlotte, live there. However, the owner of the estate is Lady...

During a forcible dialogue between Hamlet and Gertrude at the end of act 3, Polonius revealed his presence. The protagonist pierced the tapestry hoping that Claudius was hiding behind...

Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, says that the travelers left their illusions behind once they got out of the train in Auschwitz. They had to leave all their belongings before going...

Hamlet features many characters, among which Gertrude is the crucial heroine. She is presented as a multifaceted character, plus her portrait changes throughout the play. However, Act...

When describing the wallpaper, which acts as a symbol of the protagonist's confinement, the author uses Proverbs 18:24. She alludes to the character's need for self-reflection. By the...

Henry Clerval, Victor Frankenstein's close friend, helps the main character overcome months of fever in Chapter 5. To conceal the illness from his family, Henry takes on the...

The novel's narrator, Nick Carraway, is a young man born in Minnesota. Yale-educated and World War I ex-military, Nick comes to New York City to learn about the bond business. ...

Hospitality is the most popular topic the author alludes to in Odyssey. The reception's importance is present in several lines throughout the poem, but the most vivid example is...

The Canterbury Tales is one of the well-known works of English literature. Written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century. It remains popular up till nowadays. It is a collection of...

Though Gatsby is a fictional character, it's hard to believe someone in the '20s could afford such a lavish life. Some people speculate that he was a drug dealer, and some say that he...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a chivalric poem written in Arthurian tradition. The story is considered a classic of English literature. However, the story might appear confusing...

After twenty years of absence, Odysseus returns from his long wanderings. Penelope wants to ensure that the man is Odysseus. The man has changed over twenty years. So, she conceives a...

A novella is a short story, compared to more detailed narrative forms. There are not many characters, and it includes one storyline. It depicts an unexpected plot twist or ending. The...

The main character is a young Parisian woman named Mathilde Loisel. She looked dissatisfied with her life before losing the necklace. The reason was that she wanted to be an aristocrat...

Cyclops Polyphemus pleaded with Odysseus to return to the island. At first glance, because he wanted to befriend him and wished him only well. However, Polyphemus wanted to deceive...

William Shakespeare is believed to have written his tragedy Othello between 1603 and 1604. Actually, it is impossible to determine the exact year. So, scholars use the date of...

In the Odyssey, Odysseus follows Circe's advice to seek out Teiresias. He travels to Hades to speak with the prophet's ghost and learn how he can return home. What does Teiresias tell...

The Canterbury Tales is commonly recognized as Geoffrey Chaucer's key work, his opus magnum. The collection of stories is written almost entirely in verse. Yet, there is an exception...

In Homer's poem, Calypso is a nymph. She kept Odysseus imprisoned on the island of Ogygia for seven years. The goddess symbolizes temptation. Calypso offers Odysseus immortality if he...

The book Night rarely focuses on positive emotions or actions. It includes only a few scenes that reveal hope as one of the themes. One example is a French girl helping Elie despite...

Michael Cassio, or simply Cassio, is one of Florentine's soldiers in the Venice army. At the beginning of the play, Othello promotes him to chief lieutenant. He is a man of gentle...

In Homer's Odyssey, the main character is the hero archetype with his cunning and brave nature. During his quest, he overcomes many obstacles in his way by deceiving monsters,...

Foreshadowing is a powerful literary device that Fitzgerald used to keep the reader intrigued! At the end of chapter 1, Nick sees Gatsby standing at the shore, trembling. He was...

The Creature from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is an intelligent being. Despite being brought to life by the questionable actions of the protagonist, his mind is human-like. He is not...

The stanza pattern used in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a Middle English chivalric romance, is called the “Bob and Wheel.” This pattern occurs when a short line (“the bob”) is...

The author narrates the story from a third-person point of view. Despite this fact, the grandmother is in focus almost all the time. The narrator reveals her trail of thoughts to...

Technically, Pitty Sing caused the accident that led to the family’s death. But the actual cause was somewhat different from the wretched cat. Its owner took the pet on the trip, which...

Lockwood’s character is the narrator of the novel. It means that the readers perceive various events from his point of view and judgment. His narration frames the story of Nelly Dean....

The first reason why Frankenstein feels that he has the right to kill the Monster is that it is his creation. The second reason is that the Monster caused a lot of harm to him and his...

The story of Elie Wiesel’s family described in his famous book Night is worth attention. They suffer much because of Nazism, which causes millions of deaths across the globe. His...

After turning into a bug, most of the obstacles that Gregor from The Metamorphosis encounters are physical. The newly-attained insect body is foreign and hard to control. It...

The unhappy ending is the dramatic convention. The author would utilize it to kill Hamlet at the end of the play. Hamlet can be considered both a comedy and a tragedy. So, such a...

Tiresias is a character from Homer's Odyssey. He is also well-known for Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus the King, and Ovid's Metamorphoses. In Homer's epic poem, the protagonist meets...

The Necklace, written by Guy de Maupassant, does not explicitly indicate when it takes place. Since it was written in 1884, the story should take place during the late 19th century....

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka was written in 1912. It served as a depiction of his negative life experiences. It was published in 1915, Kafka read a section of this short story to...

The Yellow Wallpaper was written in 1892. Back then, women did not have the fundamental right to be responsible for their lives and well-being. Men were the ones to decide what a woman...

The term “Moor” is used by Shakespeare to separate Othello from other characters according to his culture and race. Moreover, the word Moor highlights the issue of racial prejudice in...

As the front is closer and closer to Buna, the concentration camp is ordered to evacuate in a few days. However, before the evacuation, the Nazis order people to wash floors and clean...

There is a moment when Nick realized that "the Middle West now seemed like a ragged edge of the universe." Then, Nick decided to move to New York and start a career in the bond...

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the author utilized the stanza pattern called Bob and...

The woman behind the wallpaper in Gilman’s short story represents the personality of the narrator. Throughout the plot, she falls into madness and seeks an escape. That’s why she...

Zeus tells Athena the story of Aegisthus. He wants to show her that the gods do not always have control over humans' actions, and that justified revenge is acceptable. Detailed...

The actions described in the story take place during the Postwar Midcentury. The story is set between the late 40s or early 50s of the twentieth century. This fact influenced the...

Elie Wiesel's challenging experience in concentration camps during the Holocaust compelled him to write the book Night. Such events leave no room for fun and positivity. The tone that...

While working as a nurse, Eurycleia finds herself talking to a beggar. He claims to be a former soldier who fought in the Trojan War with Odysseus. Eurycleia, yet, does not recognize...

Emily Brontë foreshadows the further plot to hint at future events and add to the mystery. But some predicted events have already happened because the narrative is nonlinear....

Darcy’s proposal begins with a strange phrase because of his previous dislike of Elizabeth’s family. The class intolerance made Darcy hide his feelings. That is why the request was...