The Pearl What did Juan decide to do with the sick baby that surprised all her neighbors? Answers: 2 Asked by christian g #332899 Last updated by dorthy d #333096 on 8/11/2013 8:10 AM
Merchant of Venice What bad news did antonio's letter contain? Answers: 1 Asked by angel a #333084 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 8/11/2013 7:34 AM
Grendel What might be Gardner's message in juxtaposing the beautiful stories the Shaper tells of human nobility with Grendel's discovery of the murdered body near where the youths make romance in the leaves? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:36 AM
Grendel When Grendel uses profanity on page 52, he notes that he had picked up these words from men and isn't sure of what the words actually mean. Is there a message about language here? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:34 AM
Grendel What is the effect on the narrative of the long passage of time covered in the third chapter? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:30 AM
Grendel Why might Gardner have introduced Hrothulf (Hrothgar's nephew) into the narrative? What does this character allow Gardner to explore or suggest? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:27 AM
Grendel The mechanical behavior upsets Grendel. Is he demonstrating more free will, more meaningful behavior than the goat? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:23 AM
Grendel What might be the purpose in including the whole song about Finn? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:19 AM
Grendel Why might Gardner emphasize mechanical behavior so much here—the goat, and in the previous chapter, the hunter with his bow making the “click, click” sound? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:12 AM
Grendel What is notable about how Beowulf, the Geat leader, is described in the text? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 2:06 AM
Grendel Sympathetic monsters are classic literary devices—consider Frankenstein, or the Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Dracula. What purpose might an author have in utilizing a monster in a story about the human experience? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:52 AM
Grendel In his search for meaning, it seems that Grendel has come to define himself as antagonist to humans. Is this meaningful? Is he defining himself here, or is he reacting to his surroundings and allowing those surroundings to define him? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:48 AM
Gulliver's Travels Describe the empire of Blefuscus Answers: 1 Asked by sukhbir singh b #333079 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:45 AM
Grendel What effect does Gardner produce through the complexity of the dragon's lecture—most readers are not able to follow the dragon's logic—and neither is Grendel. Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:43 AM
Grendel The Dragon argues that nothing matters—he is a nihilist. Is Grendel a nihilist too? How or why not? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:41 AM
Grendel The dragon tells Grendel that man needs Grendel, that he is the brute existent by which they learn to define themselves? Is there some truth to this? Does man need opposition to define him? What are some ways that man defines himself by opposition? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:38 AM
Grendel There are several references to snakes in this chapter as well as a reference to two brothers—the ancestors of the saved and the damned races that inhabit Grendel's world. What are the connotative effects of these references? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:29 AM
Grendel At the close of chapter four, Grendel falls, figuratively towards what creature? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:27 AM
Grendel How does Gardner present the shaper and what does Gardner want us to think of Grendel's reaction to the shaper? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:25 AM
The Good Earth How is Wang Lung's food cultivated on his land? Answers: 4 Asked by jelly t #332648 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:19 AM
Grendel How does Grendel react to human war and what does Gardner want us to think of Grendel's reaction Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:18 AM
Grendel In what ways is this book's narrative style and structure continuing to change? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:16 AM
Grendel Why might it be important that Grendel is a monster Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 1:00 AM
Grendel Grendel calls the people he sees “pattern makers.” He means this in contrast to the bull he encounters before the men. What does he mean by pattern makers? Answers: 1 Asked by daniel d #333022 Last updated by Aslan on 8/11/2013 12:58 AM