Many stage plays - including all thirty-seven/thirty-nine of Shakespeare's - consist of five acts, while others consist of only three acts. (Are there any other common numbers of acts?)
What's the difference between a three-act play and a five-act play, in terms of the kind of story they tell an...
Dan Conway, head of the Phoenix-Durango in Atlas Shrugged, was evidently a superb executive. He also receives (largely) positive treatment in the novel. However, the book also says that he initially went along with the industry group behind the anti-dog-eat-dog rule.
First, is there any signific...
It seems like a lot of other sites on the Stack Exchange network tend to discourage (or outright ban) requests for off-site resources (tutorial or book recommendations, etc.).
I didn't see anything about that in this site's help center. Are resource requests allowed? If so, what are the guidelin...
No, there's absolutely no textual evidence for this.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but C. S. Lewis doesn't really explicitly discuss LGBT issues in any of his major works. You are also correct in stating that it would be highly anachronistic for him to intentionally make a character gay given the tim...
