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Literature Realism William Shakespeare Measure For Measure

06/05/19

Did Shakespeare's audience believe Measure for Measure to be realistic?

In the play _Measure for Measure_ Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna, leaves his city in the charge of a judge while he goes on a "diplomatic mission". It transpires that he has not, in fact, left the... more

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Literature

06/05/19

In "An Evening Walk" by William Wordsworth, what does the line "The echoes of your rocks my carols wild" mean?

From the poem "An Evening Walk" by William Wordsworth (emphasis added): > FAR from my dearest Friend, 'tis mine to rove Through bare grey dell, high wood, and pastoral cove; Where Derwent... more

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Literature Symbolism Harry Potter J K Rowling

06/05/19

Symbolism of Albus Dumbledore's name in Harry Potter?

What is the symbolism of the name Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter? - '[Albus](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/albus)' means white - '[Dumbledore](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dumbledore)' is a... more

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Literature Hamlet William Shakespeare

06/05/19

Was the sealed letter ordering Hamlet's death a Biblical reference?

Is the sealed letter that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry that orders Hamlet's execution a deliberate reference to the Biblical [King David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David) having [Uriah... more

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Literature Orthography Meaning In Context

06/05/19

My Swift and my Armour' from Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?

> 'If you have to go away,' she said, 'is it absolutely necessary to kill off everything you leave behind? I mean do you have to take away everything? Do you have to kill your horse, and your... more

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Literature Poetry William Butler Yeats

06/05/19

How does the golden bough in "Sailing to Byzantium" relate to the story in the Aeneid, if at all?

According to [Wikipedia]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_to_Byzantium) of W.B. Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium" is > a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Yeats explores his thoughts and... more

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Literature Hamlet Meaning William Shakespeare

06/05/19

The meaning of "The rest is silence" in "Hamlet"?

Hamlet's very last words are > The rest is silence. What do they actually mean? This being Shakespeare, I reckon the significance of these words cannot be only the banal comparison between... more

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Literature Symbolism Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter

06/05/19

What does the physical Scarlet Letter represent?

I love *The Scarlet Letter*, but I surprised to find out that I did not even know what it was supposed to represent. Its significance seemed to change throughout the book. Is there one central... more

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Literature Symbolism Short Stories Spanish Literature

06/05/19

What does the "crimson hexagon" represent in "The Library of Babel"?

In *The Library of Babel* by Jorge Luis Borges, the speaker says, > They were urged on by the delirium of trying to reach the books in the Crimson Hexagon: books whose format is smaller than... more

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Literature Symbolism Comics

06/05/19

Why were these animals used to represent the different countries in Maus?

In Art Spiegelman's *Maus*, he represents different people from different countries as different animals. For instance, he represents the Jews as mice, the Germans as cats, the Polish as pigs, the... more

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Literature Meter Greek Literature

06/04/19

How does anacrusis simulate a ship's pushing back from dock?

>[ [Source :](https://krimalta.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/etymology-anacrusis/) ] Interestingly, **anakrouein** or **anacrusis** is also found in Greek poetry, where the first syllable is not... more

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Literature Vocabulary Reading Writing

05/29/19

How to write a story without losing your way.

I have written over the years maybe 30 different stories. I've finished about 10 shot stories. But the larger stories I try to produce I lose my way and it crumbles. I never know where to go, or... more

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Literature

05/28/19

What does "I've seen your flag on the marble arch?" in Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" mean?

From Leonard Cohen's "Halleluj'ah": > Baby, I've been here before -- > > I know this room, I've walked this floor: > > I used to live alone before I knew you. > > **I've... more

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Literature Terminology Poetry

05/28/19

A figure of speech combining two phrases?

I have read somewhere that it is typical of poems such as Nibelungenlied to use a figure of speech which in fact merges two phrases into one by the mean of a common word. An example could be the... more

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Literature Poetry History Of Literature

05/28/19

Why are haiku usually of 17 syllables?

One of the characteristics of Haiku is that the poems are usually of 17 syllables (5-7-5). Exceptions exist, of course, but 17 is the norm. Why 17? How did the originators of Haiku come to settle... more

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Literature

05/28/19

Why is the robin "sobbing" in Blake's "The Blossom"?

Blake's "The Blossom", part of his *Songs of Innocence* [which you can read online](http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1934/1934-h/1934-h.htm), is a very short poem about a sparrow and a robin. The... more

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Literature English

05/28/19

Act 4, Sc. 3, Lines 8–17: Explain the irony in Malcolm’s speech.

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Literature English

05/28/19

Macbeth Act 4, Sc. 3, Lines 2–8: What is ironic about Macduff’s speech?

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Literature Macbeth Act 4

05/28/19

Sc. 2, Lines 69–79: Paraphrase Lady Macduff’s thoughts about “this earthly world.” What theme developing since Act I do the ideas in this soliloquy support?

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Literature Macbeth Act 4

05/28/19

Sc. 2, Lines 32–50: What evidence of the son’s maturity is in these lines? Describe the son’s character in one or two words.

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Literature Macbeth Act 4

05/28/19

Sc. 2, Lines 3–17: Identify and explain the irony in these lines. Why does Lady Macduff tell her son that his father is dead, even though the boy heard her discussion with Ross?

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Literature Macbeth Act 4

05/28/19

Sc. 1, Lines 144–154: What does Macbeth’s speech reveal about his changing character? How does his speech develop a theme of the drama?

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Literature Verbs Sentence

05/28/19

Is it correct to say "there be..."?

I'm currently reading the Lord of the Rings book, and one sentence says: "... Where there be mountains of gold, they say". Now I'm not English mothertongue, but I've found the same expression... more

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Literature To Kill A Mockingbird Meaning Harper Lee

05/27/19

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what does "let the dead bury the dead" mean?

In the ending chapter of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Atticus and Mr Heck Tate (the Sheriff) are deciding who is responsible for the death of Mr Ewell. Atticus thinks Jem killed Mr Ewell but Heck knows... more

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Literature Meter Japanese Literature

05/27/19

A break in the 5-7-5-7-7 meter?

So I was reading about Waka poetry and then about the tanka meter, when I came across several poems by Ono no Komachi and Narihira. The ついにゆく poem from Narihira has 8 syllables rather than 7 in the... more

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Did Shakespeare's audience believe Measure for Measure to be realistic?

In "An Evening Walk" by William Wordsworth, what does the line "The echoes of your rocks my carols wild" mean?

Symbolism of Albus Dumbledore's name in Harry Potter?

Was the sealed letter ordering Hamlet's death a Biblical reference?

My Swift and my Armour' from Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?

How does the golden bough in "Sailing to Byzantium" relate to the story in the Aeneid, if at all?

The meaning of "The rest is silence" in "Hamlet"?

What does the physical Scarlet Letter represent?

What does the "crimson hexagon" represent in "The Library of Babel"?

Why were these animals used to represent the different countries in Maus?

How does anacrusis simulate a ship's pushing back from dock?

How to write a story without losing your way.

What does "I've seen your flag on the marble arch?" in Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" mean?

A figure of speech combining two phrases?

Why are haiku usually of 17 syllables?

Why is the robin "sobbing" in Blake's "The Blossom"?

Act 4, Sc. 3, Lines 8–17: Explain the irony in Malcolm’s speech.

Macbeth Act 4, Sc. 3, Lines 2–8: What is ironic about Macduff’s speech?

Sc. 2, Lines 69–79: Paraphrase Lady Macduff’s thoughts about “this earthly world.” What theme developing since Act I do the ideas in this soliloquy support?

Sc. 2, Lines 32–50: What evidence of the son’s maturity is in these lines? Describe the son’s character in one or two words.

Sc. 2, Lines 3–17: Identify and explain the irony in these lines. Why does Lady Macduff tell her son that his father is dead, even though the boy heard her discussion with Ross?

Sc. 1, Lines 144–154: What does Macbeth’s speech reveal about his changing character? How does his speech develop a theme of the drama?

Is it correct to say "there be..."?

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what does "let the dead bury the dead" mean?

A break in the 5-7-5-7-7 meter?

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