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The author of The Great Gatsby introduces the narrator with this phrase. Nick is a modest and courteous person. It evokes sympathy for Nick among readers. Besides, this quote...

The chief clerk is Gregor’s strict supervisor at his job. He visits the Samsas because his subordinate missed the morning train to work. The unfair boss is unhappy with Gregor’s...

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...

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...

In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the main character has received a total of six kisses: one kiss on the first day of trial two on the second three on the final...

Odysseus's fight against the suitors of Penelope is the supreme ordeal of his epic journey.  After the Trojan war and ten years of wandering, he returns home. There, he finds many...

Odysseus knew that the boulder that blocks the way out of the cave was too massive for him and his team to move by themselves. Detailed answer: In the Odyssey book, the main...

Many scholars believe that Othello is based on another piece of art. The play reflects the Italian work, Un Capitano Moro (A Moorish Captain), written by Giraldi Cinthio. Both stories...

The theme that fits Frankenstein best is that humans should not play God. Victor managed to create a living creature. But it came with unintended results. Detailed answer: The...

In the novel, the reader learns that Mr. Earnshaw, Catherine's father, adopted Heathcliff. The protagonist's origin is the central secret of the story. No one knows who Heathcliff's...

Hindley Earnshaw is one of the most essential characters in the book. His actions are the reason for Heatcliff’s anger and treatment of others. This character is a negative person who...

Shakspeare’s Othello is a multifaceted piece of art that addresses numerous social issues. Othello is the first black-skinned character in English literature. Therefore, one of the...

The author of the Necklace is Guy de Maupassant. Detailed answer: Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant is one of the greatest French novelists. He is a master of stories with...

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

The Canterbury Tales describe the Middle Ages, where social classes were extremely distinctive. Chaucer’s characters speak to a widely expansive cross-segment of all pieces of society....

There are a several symbolic items and events in Othello. The main ones are: the handkerchief – love and betrayal green color – jealousy the Willow Song – grief, death. ...

Chaucer’s professional life made him not only worldly and sophisticated but also disappointed with corruption and moral failures. He chose fine literature to channel his views and made...

Kafka's novella is great for exploring existentialist themes. In it, Kafka invites the readers to ponder the essence of existence. Self-sacrifice, estrangement, and duty constitute the...

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...

Being the most dangerous Shakespeare's villain, Iago, hurts a lot of characters. The most vulnerable Iago’s victim is Othello. Seeking revenge, the villain plots an evil plan against...

The loss of Helios, the sun, for Odysseus and his crew, happens when they touch the sacred animals on the island of Thrinacia and dedicate them to the Sun God. To him and the team, it...

The event that leads to the first hanging is stealing some soup by a youth. It happens during the bombing when someone leaves the meal unattended. Another event is the damage to the...

The story shows a gradual mental breakdown of the narrator. She reveals it in her diary and goes mad by the end of the story. The point of view changes to highlight the narrator’s...

At the end of Othello, Iago is alive after surviving Othello’s attack. Cassio places Iago under arrest and subjects him to torture. Does Iago survive the torture? It is up to the...

Blockälteste advises Eliezer to care only about himself and no one else. He is trying to convince the protagonist that this is the only way to survive in a concentration camp. The...

Cathy was the name of two characters in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. One of them is Catherine Earnshaw. She is a female protagonist of the story. The second is Catherine...

By the time the imprisoned Jews were sent to Buchenwald, Eliezer’s father was too exhausted and weak. Having a clear understanding that his father needs support, the boy takes full...

The changes in the wallpaper’s description show how the mental state of the narrator gets worse. The irritating pattern becomes an unbearable sight. Jane believes that there is a...

The author of a poem pays particular attention to the Pentangle or "the endless knot." The Pentangle has several meanings in the verse. It provides the main character with physical and...

Elie Wiesel’s book Night provides an account of his experience in the Nazi concentration camps. The action takes place during WWII. The book’s purpose was to preserve the record of the...

Mr. Darcy makes the first proposal to Elizabeth Bennet when she visits her friend Charlotte and Mr. Collins. Elizabeth rejects the request since she found out that Darcy had ruined...

The grandmother and The Misfit stand in the center of A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Their disagreement represents the man vs. man conflict. These characters are very different, which...

The mysterious character The Misfit does not say his real name. He changed it to The Misfit because of his loneliness. He feels separated from the public because it is unfair to him....

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...

The events described in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein could not occur at that time. To many, the character of Frankenstein is a metaphor. Detailed answer: Frankenstein; or, The...

Gawain comes back to Camelot after a battle with the Green Knight. He wears a green belt on his neck like a scarf. The entire court is happy to see him safe and hear his remarkable...

In Chapter 6 of the novel, Catherine and Heathcliff decide to play on the moors to escape their brother Hindley. However, the only one who returns to Wuthering Heights that night is...

Elie Wiesel described his experience at the Nazi camps in his memoir Night. During his stay there, he observed thousands of German soldiers. The boy identified them by a specific sign...

Being on the train, the passengers already see pipes of crematoria, smoke, and fire. After leaving the train, Elie and his companions smell burning flesh. At this moment, their...

Telemachus' murder of the maids and the goatherd Melanthius can be explained. These people showed a scornful attitude and betrayed Odysseus. His son mocked the victims just as ironicall

In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen uses dance as the setting for the social ritual of courtship. Dance enables people to learn and socialize with each other. It demonstrates their...

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...

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 Canterbury Tales is a selection of stories written by the late 14th-century writer Geoffrey Chaucer. The book is a collection of stories narrated by a group of pilgrims on their...

Hamlet’s character changes after a visit from his deceased father. The ghost reveals the truth about his death—that it was Claudius who killed his father. It affects Hamlet’s behavior...

The lady that tempted Sir Gawain is Bertilak's wife - Lady Bertilak. For three days in a row, she attempts to seduce the knight. However, she only receives several modest kisses. This...

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...

The meeting point for the pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales was Tabard Inn. It is a small inn located in London, Southwark. Twenty-nine pilgrims met together and started their...

In the translation of Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace, the word rapture expresses a high degree of joy. Madame Mathilde Loisel "danced with rapture" in this story. It means that the...

The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has several different plot points and symbols. Some of them can be explained through Christianity. There is a conflict between pagan faith and...