Category: Literature
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Anna Karenina Quotes – Page 3 | Just Great DataBase
I do value my work awfully; but in reality only consider this: all this world of ours is nothing but a speck of mildew, which has grown up on a tiny planet. And for us to suppose we can have something great – ideas, work – it’s all dust and ashes. Anna Karenina 13 All…
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Miss Lonelyhearts Study Guide
Miss Lonelyhearts Study Guide Author: Nathanael West Original title: Miss Lonelyhearts Miss Lonelyhearts is a story about burnout, the tragedy of a human who sees the darkest sides of life for too long. Miss Lonelyhearts is a pseudonym of a male columnist who answers the letters of the lonely and broken people, giving them some…
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Mr. Grierson
Emily’s father was the patriarchal head of the Grierson family, who was well respected in the town. Everyone understood what a bad man he was, but little Emily was surrounded by the selfish society that didn’t help her. His control over Emily’s personal life prohibited her from romantic involvement. After reading the text, you will…
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Dueña Alfonsa
This senorita is the one who definitely needs to be discussed. What is the most interesting, she appears only twice? You may think, what can you say about her if her character doesn’t have a lot of lines and moves at all? How can we discuss if she isn’t even a dynamic character? Well, during…
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Essays
A Midsummer Night’s Dream High and Low comedy are two features of the comic theatre branch of the performing arts. The incorporation of both aspects of comedy into the widely popular play written by William Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a key point in why it remains extremely popular to this day. As high……
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Deputy Governor Danforth
He likes to think of himself as a very fair, good and kind person. He was truly shocked to comprehend that people in the city are afraid of the court and the system. He believes that no innocent person should fear the court and that he and Judge Hathorne are blessed people guided by God,…
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Mr. Guest
Mr. Guest is a minor character of the novel. Mr. Guest is a clerk, who works for Utterson and discovers the similarity between Jekyll and Hyde’s handwriting. The study of his life is graphology. He knows that personal qualities are directly related to movements in handwriting. The line of writing flows on paper, highlighting the processes taking place…
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The Road Essays
The Road and Faulkner Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road shows the link between William Faulkner and himself. This is especially true of the representative characteristics of the book compared to Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech. At least three distinct topics tie the two together. These are the depiction of the apocalypse… 1 542 words Cormac Mccarthy…
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Native Son Study Guide
Native Son Study Guide Author: Richard Wright Original title: Native Son Published: August 2nd 2005 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published 1940) Setting: Chicago, Illinois (United States) Illinois (United States) ISBN 006083756X (ISBN13: 9780060837563) Richard Wright wrote “Native Son” in 1940. It is a very strong, tragic and emotional novel about the position of…
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Mrs Ethel Rogers
In the novel And Then There Were None written by English writer Agatha Christie, Ethel Rogers is another interesting character that has her own story. As it was mentioned above, this woman is a wife of Thomas Rogers who was hired as a butler by Mr. Owen. In turn, Mrs. Rogers was hired as well,…
