The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Is there a veracious etymological basis for the interpretation offered at: http://www.bardweb.net/content/readings/hamlet/lines.html defining ...

Good evening! This is my first post - so forgive me if my usage of this site is not as languid as it should be. Has anyone read and analyzed Poe's "The Assignation"? I read it and have a preliminary understanding of it but failed to perceive greater nuances by far.

How do I understand explicitly the meaning of this last sentence from the fourth letter of Frankenstein? Why would the ship be "wrecked" when it was not? Also, how do I account for the usage of em dash followed by "thus"? Even now, as I commence my task, his full-toned voice swells in my...

C.P. Snow's "The Masters" revolves around the election of a new Master. There are a total of 13 voters of which the two candidates make up two. Because the split of the two candidates' "parties" is so close an important plot point midway through the book is how the candidates themselves will vote...

As per habits of a typical high school student, I find myself indulging in lots of Mr. Big, Rush and Metallica despite being mostly a classical musician. Is this going to affect how I approach literature, and if so, is it a good thing or a bad thing?