Category: Literature
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Mansfield Park Summary
The mother of a young girl Fanny Bertram could have been a lady of high society, but due to her fierce love to a sailor and a marriage out of aristocracy, she ends up in poverty. Her husband is now disabled, abusive and heavily drinking, their family is too big and the poor woman is…
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A Separate Peace Essays
A Separate Peace It is very inevitable that somewhere in our lives, we have been touched by a special bond called “friendship”. That special bond might happen in the most unusual time and place. It might even be connected not just with love, but also with envy and selfishness. A Separate Peace is a timeless…
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
The novel starts in the early 1850’s in the USA. It opens with the conversation between the “kind” farmer from Kentucky, Arthur Shelby and the slave trader Mr. Haley. Mr. Shelby is in debts and has to sell some of his black slaves to cover his debts. Despite the fact that Mr. Shelby talks a…
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The Turn of the Screw Summary
The narrative starts from a short framing story about the night party. The active part is over and now the participants are telling scary stories to each other. But one of them named Douglas boasts that he is going to tell a real-life story, the most scary of all they heard – as soon as…
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Arthur Dimmesdale
Arthur Dimmesdale is a very honored and respected politician in Boston. He has a daughter Pearl. How he did it without a wide? Easily. When Hester’s husband moves to Amsterdam having some work there, she met Arthur, and they have some adult relationships. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately for someone, they have a baby, and that’s…
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Sophia Auld
She was Douglass’s mistress in Baltimore and Hugh’s wife. Her life’s story is interesting because it gives readers opportunity to plunge into the specificity of the society. Before marriage, Sophia was a kind girl and treated Douglass with honor and respect. But the cruel times left a dark reflection in her soul, and she changed…
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Moll Flanders Study Guide
Moll Flanders Study Guide Author: Daniel Defoe Original title: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Until now there are doubts if Daniel Defoe is a real author of Moll Flanders. It was attributed to him by the first editor and bookseller, as a fiction novel, though the story’s narrator is Moll herself…
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An Enemy of the People Essays
Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People Introduction Much of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People (1882) might be traced to the following point of origin: the hurt, the distress and disgust he felt at the hostile reception given in 1881 by the Norwegian public and critics to Ghosts. Within a year of this…
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Wilson? He thinks she goes to see The Great Gatsby
Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive. Quote Analysis This arrogant phrase is said by Tom in the Valley of Ashes – the dull and depressing district where workers live, spend their whole lives and die. Tom talks about the husband of…
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Daisy Buchanan
She embodies the chief love of Gatsby, which he carried through his being. The girl is distinguished by femininity, fragility, and weakness, emphasized by her appearance. The heroine’s face expresses sadness, but her eyes give liveliness and temperament. Cousin Nick calls her voice “singing”, promising bliss and pleasure. The protagonist is married to Tom Buchanan, but…