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  • Persepolis Study Guide

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    Persepolis Study Guide Author: Marjane Satrapi Original title: Persepolis Published: June 1st 2004 by Pantheon (first published 2000) Setting: Iran, Islamic Republic of Tehran, 1980 (Iran) Persia ISBN 037571457X (ISBN13: 9780375714573) The revolutions are always a source of great literary inspiration and occupy a large part of world literature plots. But there isn’t much written…

  • The Idiot Study Guide

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    The Idiot Study Guide Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Original title: Идиот Despite such a title, the main character is a perfectly healthy man. Dostoyevsky ironically portrays the attitude of the society to the hero, whose only flaw is his kindness, open-heartedness and naivete. He is young, handsome and rich – moreover, he is the Prince. Lev…

  • Soldiering

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    Definition: [ˈsoʊldʒərɪŋ] is a rule based on the principles of scientific management by Frederick Taylor. This norm treats workers of any enterprise as disciplined subordinates strictly performing their functions. The main attention is paid to observing the sequence of verified actions in order to achieve the maximum result. The indicated principle does not welcome creative…

  • Saint Joan Summary

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    The play starts in the castle of one of the French commanders, Captain Robert de Baudricourt. It is spring of 1429. We see the owner of the castle lecturing his servant, because he wasn’t able to serve eggs for breakfast. De Baudricourt is sure that someone stole hens and cows, because there is no milk…

  • Ekwefi

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    Ekwefi has a role of Okonkwo’s second wife. Being younger, she used to be the most beautiful girl in the Umuofia and moreover in the region. She gave birth to ten children. Can you imagine that? Unfortunately, only one survived. Ekwefi has a big fear that she will lose this child – Ezinma as well.…

  • Quimbo

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    Well, not much is known about the Quimbo. Perhaps, it’s because this character is static and doesn’t make any big difference in human behavior with and without him. Still, he is the great example of Tom’s belief in the Lord. Quimbo is one of the Legree’s overseers, who have been trained to brutalize their fellow…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 21 | Just Great DataBase

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    … la prudencia no suele acompañar a las personas que se encolerizan con facilidad… Pride and Prejudice 0 twenty Pride and Prejudice 0 she read on; but every line proved Pride and Prejudice 0 can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow-creatures if I am tempted, or how am I even…

  • Death Comes for the Archbishop Study Guide

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    Death Comes for the Archbishop Study Guide Author: Willa Cather Original title: Death Comes for the Archbishop Despite the intriguing name, the Grim Reaper himself doesn’t feature in the book. It is the story based on the real biography of the Archbishop John-Baptiste Lamy and sheds light at his mid-to-later age and his legacy. The…

  • Don Quixote Essays

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    The Dangers of Reading Poetry in Cervantes’ Don Quixote The Greek philosopher Plato regards poets and poetry as dangerous for the young. This is because they can stir emotions that young people are unable to control. Given their highly impressionable nature, the youth are indeed susceptible to brainwashing and misinformation. A poet that glorifies war……

  • Quotes – Page 455 | Just Great DataBase

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    Seus pecados pingavam de seus lábios, um a um, pingavam em gotas vergonhosas de sua alma supurando e gotejando como uma chaga, uma corrente sórdida de vício. Os últimos pecados gotejavam, indolentes, asquerosos. James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 0 My particular grief Is of so flood-gate and o’erbearing nature…