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8
What is the purpose of Owl Eyes in Great Gatsby?
Jul 5 '17 at 20:48
6
What does the phrase “the silent imputation of parsimony” mean in The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry?
Aug 2 '17 at 19:44
6
What reference is Shakespeare making in Act 2 Scene 2 of Macbeth?
Jul 26 '17 at 15:40
6
The meaning of “The rest is silence” in “Hamlet”
Jul 19 '17 at 20:55
5
What kind of name is Vardaman?
Aug 11 '17 at 15:53
4
What is the significance of the words of the prophets being written on the subway wall?
Jul 13 '17 at 3:43
4
What does Holofernes deer epitaph from Love's Labour's Lost mean?
Aug 11 '17 at 15:23
4
Does Portia subconsciously influence Bassanio's choice of casket?
Jul 6 '17 at 2:48
4
Did Thomas Wolfe keep a diary?
Jul 5 '17 at 19:20
3
Ray Bradbury says Fahrenheit 451 isn't about censorship. Is he right?
Aug 16 '17 at 18:54
3
Is Frou-Frou's death a foreshadowing of Anna's in Anna Karenina?
Jul 3 '17 at 17:35
2
In To Kill a Mockingbird, what does “let the dead bury the dead” mean?
Aug 2 '17 at 20:28
2
What is the name of the writing style in “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens? Why is that style used?
Jul 31 '17 at 14:17
2
What concept of love does Tolstoy suggest in Anna Karenina?
Jul 26 '17 at 18:24
2
What is the benefit in the Prologue “spoiling” the play in Romeo + Juliet?
Jul 26 '17 at 14:49
2
What does this 'Each that we lose takes part of us' quote from Emily Dickinson mean?
Jul 24 '17 at 2:40
1
Why are the magicians who captured Morpheus “rubbish”?
Aug 8 '17 at 17:30
1
Terms for structural analysis of a non-linear narrative
Aug 4 '17 at 20:07
1
Why is The Dreaming a simple place compared to Hell?
Aug 1 '17 at 19:39
1
Why does Night say Desire and Morpheus are alike?
Aug 1 '17 at 19:20
1
Understanding passage from Scarlet Letter about “keeping with the scene”?
Jul 28 '17 at 19:03
1
What does the line “The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them.” mean in The Gifts Of The Magi?
Jul 23 '17 at 0:24
1
What was the original “The Sound of Silence” about?
Jul 9 '17 at 3:45
1
Could Levin have a friend like Oblonsky in real life?
Jul 5 '17 at 18:38
1
At which pole did Byrd's adventure take place?
Jul 5 '17 at 18:16
0
What is the quote “We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe” trying to convey?
Jul 3 '17 at 22:49
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What are genres? Are they a useful concept?
Aug 16 '17 at 15:53
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Why is the future “a safe, sterile laboratory”?
Aug 13 '17 at 4:14
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What is the message of Poe's “Eleonora”?
Jul 5 '17 at 18:01
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What is the distinction between literature and genre? Is such a distinction useful?
Jul 31 '17 at 3:03