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While the more archaic language of quotations from Shakespeare may seem intimidating, there’s no need to panic. As with all close reading questions, it’s important to begin your approach to the passage by...

Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7 consists entirely of an internal battle that Macbeth is having with himself based on the plan to murder Duncan. He is beginning to contemplate whether the advantages o...

It can be argued that Hamlet’s failure to take action is exemplified through his avowed intention to "put an antic disposition on" as a disguise for his real feelings and intentions. The hypocri...

In Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy asks the reader to question whether or not Tess has any control over what happens in her life. At the beginning of the novel, Tess is punished for the death of P...

First of all, a refrain is a repeated line in a poem, usually at the end. To identify the effect of the refrain in this poem, we must identify the refrain: 'the Lady of Shalott'. There are two effects of...