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A summary of Act I: Part One in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
A summary of Autumn: Chapter 3 in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Bluest Eye and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
A summary of Part 1 in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Mrs. Dalloway and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Poetics is the oldest surviving work of literary theory, which means that it systematically and analytically examines poetry. Here, Aristotle lays out in plain terms exactly what he will be discussing. The book was likely compiled from Aristotle’s personal lecture notes and journals; thus, it often jumps around and doesn’t follow a ...
Animal Farm: Chapter 1. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The owner of Manor Farm, Mr. Jones, locks his henhouses for the evening—but he’s too drunk to remember to shut everything before he goes to bed. As soon as the lights are off in the farmhouse, the animals ...
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T. S. Eliot’s poem ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’ is about a mischievous cat, Macavity. This poem elaborates on his evil deeds. He operates from the cover and stays away from the crime scene. According to the narrator of the poem, Macavity is involved in various acts of crime, such as theft, murder, vandalism, and espionage.