Category: Literature

  • Gilgamesh

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    This character is the main one in the story. He is the protagonist there. He plays a role of the King of Uruk. His responsibility was to build the walls around the city to make people feel safe. He is very responsible for everything he does and tries to do everything for the benefit and…

  • Some day, when times improve, says Aunt The Handmaid’s Tale

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    Some day, when times improve, says Aunt Lydia, no one will have to be an Econowife. The Quote Analysis This quote is said by Aunt Lydia (not an actual aunt but the member of the incredibly zealous monastery-like organization that kept Handmaids – women able to give birth – and controlled them). She with some…

  • Inherit the Wind Study Guide

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    Inherit the Wind Study Guide Author: Jerome Lawrence Original title: Inherit the Wind The whole play is dedicated to the depiction of a single trial that took place in real history: the Scopes (Monkey) Trial that happened in 1925. John T. Scopes, a teacher was accused of teaching his students the theory of evolution created…

  • The Secret Life of Bees Essays

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    The Secret Life of Bees: Lily and Why She Went Away During the book The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, the reader is able to see some of the many unique values or characteristics that Lily, the main character, holds. Even in the early stages of this book one is able to…

  • The charwoman

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    She is an old widow, a housemaid in the Samsa family. She was taken to service after the maid released. She is eager to help Gregor and his family. This rude and honest woman perceives the state of Gregor without fear or disgust. She even tries to be friendly with him.  She got rid of…

  • Chief Bromden

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    Chief is the narrator of the story, and for most of the book, he’s just an observer. He is a disabled person, which can’t talk, and that is the main thing in the book – people feel very free near him, and talk about almost everything, even about their secrets. Although he is shown powerless,…

  • The Once and Future King Study Guide

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    The Once and Future King Study Guide Author: T.H. White Original title: The Once and Future King If you think that nothing new can be said about King Arthur, try this book by T. H. White. More than six thousand pages are dedicated to carefully dismantling everything you knew before about the King Arthur and…

  • The Things They Carried Study Guide

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    The Things They Carried Study Guide Author: Tim O’Brien Original title: The Things They Carried Characters: Tim O’Brien, Jimmy Cross, Mitchell Sanders, Kiowa, Norman Bowker, Henry Dobbins, Bob “Rat” Kiley, Curt Lemon, Ted Lavender, Lee Strunk, Dave Jensen, Azar, Bobby Jorgenson, Elroy Berdahl, Kathleen, Mary Anne Bell,  Mark Fossie, Linda Published: Published December 29th 1998 by Broadway (first published…

  • Arthur Jarvis

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    Arthur Jarvis was killed during the robbery of one of the gangs, in which was the son of priest Kumalo Absol. He himself said at the trial that Arthur had been killed accidentally simply out of fear, without having the slightest intention to do so. However, Absol is still convicted and sentenced to death despite…

  • The Rise of Silas Lapham Study Guide

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    The Rise of Silas Lapham Study Guide Author: William Dean Howells Original title: The Rise of Silas Lapham The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells is a realistic sentimental novel that is considered the classic of realistic writing until the present day. Howells portrayal of the love triangle between young Tom and the…