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Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s drama “hamlet” is the sister of Laertes and the soon-to-be wife of Prince Hamlet. In this drama, Ophelia ends up in a state of madness due to Hamlet’s actions. This in turn led to her death.…
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Answer: C. An allegory Symbolism is a literary device used by an author or writer to represent an abstract entity or to add meaning to something considered beyond its literary sense. An allegory, on the other hand, is more like…
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Answer: A. The dark man reveals that he helped Brown's forebears persecute others. According to the puritans, the woods were evil as a result of the presence of witches and Indians. They believed these people engaged in satanic rituals right…
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Answer: A. Death, like a nap, isn't permanent. The phrase “one short sleep past” simply defined death as a nap and not a permanent experience. As a matter of fact, the lines just after the phrase is “we wake eternally.”…
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Answer: A. marriage. Shakespeare’s themes were very dependent on distance, love, and union between two lovers once separated in the comedy genre. Most often, his comedies end with a marriage. One important element Shakespeare utilized quite well was the feeling…
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Answer: B. familiar and commonly used in many stories. A stock character is a character usually fictional or stereotypical used in a piece of art like a play, novel, or film, which the audience recognizes from other works. In simpler…
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Answer: B. actors. A drama is presented solely by an actor. Actors fully represent the character assigned to them. This way, they function by convincing their audience that the character they are playing is real. Actors are present in the…
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Answer: C. postmodernism The Beat Generation, which stayed during the 1940s and 1950s, was propelled by a group of authors who moved for the exploration of American culture during the postwar era. The beat generation was important as they played…
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Answer: D. It engages readers by addressing them directly. The apostrophe is a literary device used in emphasizing feelings. One important use of an apostrophe in poetry is in highlighting the importance of a statement, object, or idea. It also…
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Answer: B. motif A motif is a recurring symbol with a figurative meaning in a text. A motif is a literary device that can be used to help an author to establish a mood or even develop a theme as…
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Answer: A. situational irony. Situational irony is the irony of something happening, totally different from just what was expected. A good example of situational irony is the burning down of a fire station. Situational irony is used oftentimes by writers…
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Answer: C. Samuel Johnson John Dryden was an English poet, playwright, and literary critic known as England’s first Poet Laureate. He dominated the literary life of England’s restoration down to a point where the period became known within literary circles…
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Answer: D. have lives and stories of their own. Side characters in a novel tend to have lives and stories of their own. A side character or supporting character is a character not part of the main focus in a…
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Answer: A. That the main characters in the myths have supernatural powers. In rain myths, the titles of both myths imply that the main characters involved in the myth have supernatural powers. These mythical characters are known to have some…
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Answer: C. form a mental picture. In vivid imagery, all senses are used in describing a subject in a writing piece. To help the reader in forming a mental picture, vivid imagery is used. Vivid imagery is a very effective…
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Answer: A. love Shakespearean sonnets are most often used in expressing love between different characters. These are poems written strictly because sonnets were highly respected forms of poetry during his time. Generally, Shakespeare’s sonnets come in a variety of themes…
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Answer: C. Makes choices for Juliet without her consent. Capulet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is an antagonist because he makes choices for Juliet without her consent. A character who makes contradictory or opposing decisions in a play is an…
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Answer: A. the ending. Falling action in a novel is just what happens at the end or near the end of a story usually after a major conflict or climax has been resolved. A rising action leads to the climax,…
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Answer: D. He changes in important ways over the course of his journey. In Ancient Greek mythology, Odysseus, a protagonist of the epic "Odyssey", is a hero whose character stands out among others. In the story, Odysseus was portrayed as…
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Answer: C. He knows that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway. The Cyclops had blocked the entrance to his cave and this prevented Odysseus from killing him. Odysseus had drafted out a plan for the stone to be…
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Answer: B. Henry and Edward In Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella titled “Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this story, Dr. Henry Jekyll is a respected and kind Doctor with evil urges inside of him. Jekyll tries to…
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Answer: D. He does not live by the same rules and customs as the Greeks. A cyclops is a one-eyed giant, common in ancient Greek literature and folklore, known to be extremely primitive and ruthless. He lives in the distant…
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Answer: A. religions themes. All dramas before the renaissance focused on religious themes because during those times, religion constituted a major part of society’s everyday life. The laws and customs of society then tend to align with that of the…
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Answer: C. fact. Nonfiction is used to describe a piece of writing that is based on facts. It involves works about real life events, biographies, autobiographies, and so on. On the other hand, imaginative writing is used to describe a…
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In the Victorian era, it was not uncommon for a new mother to be given to hysterics after the birth of her child. The cure to this was isolation from the rest of society, and being prevented from performing physical…
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1880. The plot of the story is focused on a depressed woman who was forced to be isolated and loses her sanity. The story was focused on portraying the trials of women in the Victorian era and how the ‘Rest…
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Answer: A In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", the author Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about Hester Prynne a young lady — in a puritan village — who was accused of committing adultery and was forced to wear a scarlet with the…
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Answer: D. In both novels, the place where truth can begin to be revealed is in nature. A conclusion is the final thoughts derived after reading or analyzing a text. The aim of a conclusion is often to give summarizing…
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Answer: 4. uncertainty "Thoughts of Hanoi" is a poem that reflects on the past and shows the uncertainty of what the future holds. The poem progresses from the joys of childhood to the fear or uncertainty of what will happen…
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Answer: 1. theme The correct answer is the theme because it is often the simplest idea most fiction writers develop their stories on. Themes provide writers the luxury of exploring a single idea in thousands of unique ways. For example,…
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