Henry exhorts his men to attack the city of Harfleur (Henry V - Act 3, Scene 1) Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears,...

I saw a play a few years ago told from the perspective of a woman maybe about 30, who was having her mother and some of her mother's friends over for a time. She didn't much get along with them, except maybe for one I think named Prade. The daughter's fiancé may have also been present. A bit into...

In The Merry Wives of Windsor, why is the unmarried daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Page referred to as Mrs. Anne Page?

In a chapter entitled 'In Search of Imaginos' in her book 'Year of the Monkey', Patti Smith describes herself walking down Atlantic Avenue (presumably in Brooklyn, NY). She writes: [I] walked up the metal ramp, took my seat on the Jefferson Airplane. The plane, not the band, but when I looked ou...

To avoid this question being overly broad, I will connect it to a specific book. In Catcher in the Rye, Holden frequently wonders where the ducks in Central Park go for the winter. When I read the book I felt that this idea made him a more rounded character. It showed he was naive and uninfor...