Category: Literature

  • Ghosts Study Guide

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    Ghosts Study Guide Author: Henrik Ibsen Original title: Gengangere Ghosts was a very controversial play for its time, touching such delicate topics as venereal diseases, marital infidelity, incest and euthanasia. The audience of Ibsen’s time was shocked by the openly shown sins of the society, but still, despite being so morally dubious, the play was…

  • Alas, Babylon Summary

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    The story begins on a regular December day of the year 1960 in a sleepy Florida town named Fort Repose. Florence Wechek, a local telegraph manager, watches the morning news while she makes breakfast. The newsreader talks about how the Russians are releasing more Sputnik satellites and that the Middle East is to be in…

  • Sense and Sensibility Quotes – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    And books! …she would buy them all over and over again; she would buy up every copy, I believe, to prevent their falling into unworthy hands; and she would have every book that tells her how to admire an old twisted tree. Sense and Sensibility 17 …the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince…

  • As I Lay Dying Summary

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    William Faulkner wrote the novel “As I lay dying” in the 1930s. He wrote it in such a way that the story would tell several characters at once. The Plot The book consists of 59 chapters, and it is told by 15 different characters. This is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and…

  • In Cold Blood Study Guide

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    In Cold Blood Study Guide Author: Truman Capote Original title: In Cold Blood Characters: Perry Edward Smith, Richard Eugene “Dick” Hickok, Herb Clutter, Bonnie Clutter “In Cold Blood” is more than just a thriller or a detective story. Truman Capote wrote a truly diverse and multidimensional text that tells a story of a real quadruple…

  • Ishmael Study Guide

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    Ishmael Study Guide Author: Daniel Quinn Original title: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is a science fiction story that raises lots of philosophical questions. What can be considered an intelligent being? Is humanity something that exists exclusively for humans? What can uncontrolled technical progress lead to? When the…

  • Mr. Brocklehurst

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    Exactly this director of Lowood school ruined the first impression about Jane and her healthy life there. He is from that type of man who cares about himself, his needs and desires. He likes people who have a lot of money, because they can give it to him, sorry, to his school, obviously (really, to…

  • Chip Martin

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    Chip Martin is Miles’s roommate whom everyone calls “The Colonel.” Even though Chip is a bold and loud boy, he quickly becomes a friend with Miles and helps him to accommodate to the conditions of the new school. The boys have a lot of common interests and share a strong love for video games. Hence,…

  • Calypso

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    She is magnificent and terrific nymph who fell in love with Odysseus. Odysseus visited her island Ogygia during his voyage. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go. We can state that it is fascinating scene when Odysseus met Calypso. Homer depicts charming landscape…

  • The Maze Runner Study Guide

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    The Maze Runner Study Guide Author: James Dashner Original title: The Maze Runner Characters: Chuck, Teresa Agnes, Minho, Alby, Gally, Ben, Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Clint, Jeff, Winston, Zart, Ava Paige, Hideous Woman, The Creators Published: October 6th 2009 by Delacorte Press ISBN 0385737947 (ISBN13: 9780385737944) “The Maze Runner” is the first of a series of…