Aiden Clark

Shakespeare’s plays put people under unbearable pressure: lovers must defy their families, rulers fear losing their crowns, and friends become […]

A plot diagram maps a story’s major events by showing how they develop and resolve its central conflict. Read it […]

Where does Romeo and Juliet take place? Mostly in Verona, a city on the Adige River in northeastern Italy, with […]

Who kills Macbeth? Macduff does, in the final battle of Act 5, after Macbeth learns that the witches' promise of […]

How does Lady Macbeth die? Shakespeare never shows it. She dies offstage: a cry of women goes up while Macbeth […]

A Doll's House follows Nora Helmer, who secretly borrowed money on her father's forged signature to save her husband's life […]

The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller that dramatizes the Salem witch trials of 1692. It was first staged […]

Romeo and Juliet marry secretly despite their families’ feud in Verona, then die before their parents make peace. This Romeo […]

Athena in the Odyssey is Odysseus's divine patron. She argues his case before Zeus, guides his son Telemachus, and gives […]

What is Pride and Prejudice about? Jane Austen's novel follows Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy: he initially dismisses her looks […]