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bobble

03:01

It occurs to me to assure everyone that the questions I'm asking are in no way, shape, or form an academic integrity violation; I'm seeking to understand the text and resolve some curiosities I had, not get answers to the essay prompts (which I don't even know yet).

bobble

03:12

@Bookworm the chorus speaks that this is in the HNQs

AncientSwordRage

03:24

@bobble no assurance needed ( at least for me; I hadn't suspected that as a reason, nor would I think it would violate academic integrity?) But it's appreciated

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Bookworm

11:55

Q: Why "Cagots" for albinos in Morpurgo's Robin Hood story?

In Michael Morpurgo's short novel Robin of Sherwood (1998), republished in 2012 as Outlaw: the True Story of Robin Hood, the band of outlaws in Sherwood forest starts off as outcast misfits including a significant number of albinos (including Robin's wife Marion) who are sometimes referred to as ...

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Gareth Rees

13:02

@bobble The kinds of question that you are asking do not resemble class assignments. If you start asking us to "Discuss the extent to which Aias can be said to possess a 'tragic flaw', using evidence from the text" then we'll know that something is up!

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Bookworm

14:52

Q: What would “before” mean here?

I’ve just started reading Colson Whitehead‘s Intuitionist and found this. Big Billy Porter is one of the Old Dogs, and proud of it. On many occasions Lila Mae has returned to the Pit from an errand only to hear Big Billy Porter regaling the boys about the glory days of the Guild, before. While h...

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Bookworm

20:21

Q: Why is Professor Eibeschutz ashamed of the "religious implications" of the phrase "Thank God"?

In Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story "Pigeons", Professor Eibeschutz says that he's ashamed of the religious implications of the phrase "Thank God": Professor Eibeschutz returned to his front hall, where he kept a sack of feed, and refilled his bag. 'I hope they wait,' he muttered. When he cam...