How does the irony in "Araby" heighten the moment of epiphany within the story?

The
narrator's situation is ironic because he believed the exotically namedbazaar would somehow be
different and more enchanting than his ordinary, drab Dublin world, even though it occurred in
the heart of Dublin. The boy thinks he can show his power and impress Mangan's sister, his
object of desire, by bringing her back a special gift from this bazaar.

The
narrator has to wait for his alcoholic uncle to get home to get the money he needs to go the
bazaar, and by the time he gets there, it is closing. Worse, it is unimpressive, especially in
its closing stages, and it is peopled with ordinary . The only things on sale are ordinary
goods: the boy examines "porcelain vases and flowered tea-sets." Ironically, there is
nothing here for himor for Mangan's sisterthat in any way represents the exotic.

Theof the setting, amid flirting...

What lessons do the Ancient Greeks teach us about the importance of personal character in the maintenance of a well functioning society and the...

The
Ancient Greek civilization spanned over 1700 years in areas that now comprise over a dozen
countries. Within its vast body history and literature, there are multiple different concepts of
character and leadership.

In the Homeric poems, a leader is first and
foremost a military one, someone capable of leading a city in both war and peace and of ensuring
safety and stability. Such leaders were powerful and, to a degree, autocratic. They were
expected to be strong, of noble birth, handsome, and able to speak well in assemblies and to
their subjects.

Hesiod, in Works and Days, criticizes
the new type of urban aristocratic leadership and praises the modest farmer who minds his own
business and tends his land well as a model of household leadership. His ideal farmer is
pragmatic (marrying a woman who is good at farming rather than one who is beautiful), thrifty,
and hard-working.

In Aeschylus, readers find a model of leadership that
emphasizes wisdom, justice, and piety. Socrates and Plato move toward a technocratic model of
leadership, in which the best leaders display both knowledge and virtue.

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature, what does he mean by the line, "The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of...

Emerson feels that, as
we age, we gradually begin to truly see less and less. It is not the case
that we cannot physically see what is around us, we simply lose sight of what things are really
important; we may get caught up in materialism, our jobs, or our other responsibilities. He
says,

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature.
Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun
illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The
lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other;
who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

Thus, when we become adults, we forget to stop and smell the roses,
to use a common expression. The sun is there and while we see it with our
eyes , we fail to see it with our hearts. The child, who has not yet
learned to ignore and forget, is still affected by nature in the way we are meant to be; nature
is God's direct...

Who is the man with red eyes in A Wrinkle In Time? What is he trying to do to the children?

The man
with the red eyes is the Prime Coordinator for IT, the machine mind that controls the people of
Camazotz. He has a soothing voice as he interacts with the children in the Central Central
building, but his intentions are evil....

Describe Miss Havisham and her house from Great Expectations.

Miss
Havisham is an eccentric old lady who is always dressed in her wedding dress.  She is described
as being "faded" - everything about her is old and decaying.  Her hair is white and
wreathed with wilted flowers, and her clothing hangs on her withered body and is stained and
yellowed with age. Mrs. Havisham had once planned to be married, but she was jilted at the
altar, and she has left everything in her house exactly the way it was on what was to have been
her wedding day. 

Mrs. Havisham's estate is unkempt and overgrown, and the
house is dismal and closed up with iron bars.  The...

In The Bronze Bow, why had Daniel run away to the hills?

Daniel
is sold into slavery by his grandmother after his father is crucified. Daniel initially runs
away from his hometown of Ketzah in order to escape his life of slavery under Amalek the
blacksmith. Amalek is Daniel's master and has a reputation for being harsh. Daniel manages to
escape from Amalek and plans on hiding out in the mountain caves. Fortunately, Rosh finds
Daniel, who is exhausted and close to death, and is able to nurse him back to health. Under
Rosh's supervision, Daniel becomes healthy again and vows allegiance to him.

Daniel has lived with Rosh and his outlaw band of rebels in the mountains for five
years. After Joel and Malthace accidentally meet Daniel in the mountains, Simon receives word
that Daniel is still alive and hikes up the mountain to visit his old friend. Simon informs
Daniel that he can now return to Ketzah because Amalek is dead and there is no one to inherit
his property, which essentially means that Daniel is a free man. However, Daniel struggles to
come to terms with seeing his grandmother and sister again and feels a sense of loyalty to Rosh
for saving his life.

Puritan women play an important role in The Scarlet Letter. How would these Puritan women treat Hester, and how did they want to punish her?

In
chapter II, "The Market Place", the reader is finally introduced to .  However, before
she exits the prison we first meet the other Puritan women.  These "gossips" provide
the reader with a glimpse into the harsh Puritan life.

Goodwives, said a hard-featured dame of fifty, I'll tell ye a piece ofmy mind. It
would be greatly for the public behoof, if we women, beingof mature age and church-members in
good repute, should have thehandling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne. What think
ye, gossips? If the hussy stood upfor judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot
together, wouldshe come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates haveawarded?
Marry, I trow not!

The women imagine how things would be
different if the...