Category: Literature

  • Alice Jackson (Greenwood)

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    Although she was born as a free black woman, Alice turns into a slave of the Weylin estate after the imprisonment of Isaac Jackson, her first husband. Rufus has the manic feelings to Alice since he was young and efforts Alice to be his concubine. After that, Alice gives birth to two children. When Dana…

  • Hamlet Analysis

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    Act 1 Main events of the act 1: The ghost of the deceased king appears in front of the guards; Denmark is preparing for a war with Norway; Young prince Hamlet is unhappy with his mother hastily marrying Claudius; Ophelia is told by her father and brother not to fall in love with Hamlet; The…

  • Henrik Vanger

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    Henrik turns 82 years old on the first page of the book. He was a widower and married to a Jewish woman. Also, we know that he helped her wife to escape from Germany during World War II. This made him a hero in her eyes. In some ways, he’s at the center of all…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 23 | Just Great DataBase

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    Daughters are never of so much consequence to a father. Pride and Prejudice 0 Her thoughts were all fixed on that one spot of Pemberley House, whichever it might be, where Mr. Darcy then was. She longed to know what at the moment was passing in his mind—in what manner he thought of her, and…

  • Monsieur Homais

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    This monsieur was a very honourable apothecary in Yonville. Exactly his power and self-importance helps Charles to become a doctor. Probably he regrets that after the situation with Hippolyte’s food. But we never know it. During the whole story, he gives so many commentaries to everything that is going on. It is not a sign…

  • Agamemnon Summary

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    Agamemnon is a play written by Aeschylus, based on the times of the Trojan War against the Greeks. The setting opens up with the watchman who is given the job of watching the roof of the palace for Agamemnon’s return, explaining how dull and unhappening his life is. Because Agamemnon had been gone while fighting…

  • I am no bird; and no net Jane Eyre

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    I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Quote Analysis Even without knowing who said this quote at page 483 of “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte we can easily guess that these words belong to Jane herself. She is so strong-willed and determined to…

  • Macbeth Essays – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    Macbeth: Act 1 Scenes 5 & &, Relationships of Macbeth & Lady Macbeth In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth, telling her of the witches’ prediction that he will be king. Lady Macbeth’s first reaction is to say “shalt be what thou art promis’d”. She then says “yet do I…

  • The Killer Angels Study Guide

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    The Killer Angels Study Guide Author: Michael Shaara Original title: The Killer Angels The Killer Angels is a novel about war. Though it is a fiction one, the events of the novel are depicted so realistically that for a long time the book was one of the essential literary pieces to read in many military…

  • Edward Hyde

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    Mr. Edward Hyde was short, dressed very simply, but even at such a distance, the notary felt in him something repulsive. Mr. Hyde was pale and squat, he looked like a freak, although there was no obvious ugliness in him, he smiled very unpleasantly, kept with the notary somehow unnaturally timid and at the same…