Category: Literature

  • The Magic Mountain Study Guide

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    The Magic Mountain Study Guide Author: Thomas Mann Original title: Der Zauberberg The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann is a philosophical novel that features a surrealistic setting of a sanatorium far away in Swiss mountains that, considering that the pace of time there isn’t constant at all, can be called magical. The protagonist, a man…

  • Holy Spirit

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    According to Christians the Holy Spirit is the creature through whom the Old and New Testament were written. Also, Testaments are the only sources from which the author can perform correctly. Nothing much can be said about Holy Spirit as the character. What we all know it is the third part of the Trinity. In…

  • Native Son Summary

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    The “Native Son” is a social drama that goes from bleak to bleakest in three parts called “Fear”, “Flight” and “Fate”. It shows the readers the last days of Bigger Thomas – a young black man who undergoes a series of misfortunes because of his own fears and low moral standards caused by his position…

  • Alice in Wonderland Study Guide

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    Alice in Wonderland Study Guide Author: Lewis Carroll Original title: Characters: The Hatter, The Queen of Hearts, The Caterpillar, Alice, The White Rabbit Published: September 7th 2004 by Gramercy Books (first published 1865) Setting: London, England, 1866, Wonderland ISBN 0517223627 (ISBN13: 9780517223628) Lewis Carroll imagination has produced one of the most fascinating children fantasy stories…

  • Red Sam Butts

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    Red Sammy was a good man, who was working in the Tower with his wife. Moreover, he was an owner. As the character doesn’t have a lot of lines, it is hard to describe in a very precise way as anyone else. What do we know? He is an owner of the BBQ restaurant and…

  • Count Alexis Vronsky

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    Vronsky is a military officer who has a love affair with Anna. They meet in the train and fall in love from the first sight. When they begin a relationship, Anna is married to Alexis Karenin. Although the relationship between her and Vronsky shouldn’t be supported, readers find sympathy to this couple. This effect is…

  • Mrs. Schächter

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    Mrs. Schächter, like Moishe, is another good and kind character. She is a middle-aged woman. She wasn’t guilty of anything, but who cares? She goes crazy after she’s separated from her husband and packed into a cattle car headed to Auschwitz. Throughout the long nights in the train, she punctuates the imprisoned Jews’ journey with…

  • Grampa Joad

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    He is the family’s initial patriarch. To understand how old he is the author even described that he and his wife sleep in the barn because they need to wake up very often during the night to use the bathroom. This personage is the head of the family and, as you see, a very old…

  • Mr. George Knightley

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    Mr. Knightley, a sensible gentleman of approximately thirty-seven years old. He was not only an old and close friend of the Woodhouse family but even had a relationship with them. He lived a mile from Highbury and was a frequent visitor who was always welcomed. He is a longtime friend and reliable partner of Emma’s…

  • Macbeth Study Guide

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    Macbeth Study Guide Author: William Shakespeare Original title: The Tragedy of Macbeth Characters: Macbeth, King of Scots, Banquo, Malcom, Macduff, Lady Macbeth, Donalbain, Young Siward, First Witch, Second Witch, Third Witch, Duncan I, King of Scots Published: Published July 1st 2003 by Simon & Schuster (first published 1623) ISBN 0743477103 (ISBN13: 9780743477109) Yet another Shakespeare’s…