Category: Literature

  • Yahoos

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    Yahoos are people who got into the country of the Houyhnhnms a long time ago. They did not create umbrellas and tame parrots like Robinson Crusoe. They became wild very quickly and turned into disgusting, pathetic and spiteful creatures. Moreover, the Yahoos themselves became domesticated working cattle in the noble horse class. They keep these…

  • The Chosen Essays – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    Black Freedmen Soldiers and the Civil War In this historical essay, written by Oswald Garrison Villard, it talks about how former black slaves and freedmen joined the army with no experience. After the first war in 1863, there was a loss of 54th Massachusetts colonel, Robert Shaw, it was then established that Negros would fight…

  • Nigel

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    Nigel is a slave on the Weylin plantation, Nigel is the individual servant of Rufus and appreciates some of the benefits of living with white people. Nigel does what he wants in spite of the danger of beatings, like his father, Luke. So far Nigel is tied down on the Weylin estate when he meets…

  • The Count of Monte Cristo Summary

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    On 27th of February, 1815 the ship named “Pharaoh” returns from her long voyage. Captain LeClair, alas, didn’t make it back. He died of fever in the open sea. The command was taken by the nineteen-year-old officer Edmond Dantes. Fulfilling the wish of the captain he sails to the island of Elba where Edmond shall…

  • Freddy Eynsford Hill

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    Freddy is Clara’s brother who almost immediately falls in love with a young girl Eliza. He has a truly romantic nature and even writes love letters to her to express his feelings. Probably, some events from the play demonstrate that Eliza also wants to marry Freddy. However, it is also possible that for the girl…

  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Summary

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    The book is mostly an autobiography of the author and Harriet Jacobs clearly states it in the introduction. She adds that she’d rather kept her story untold, because it is too much pain even now for her to remember everything that happened. But still, Harriet feels that she has to disclose everything she endured in…

  • The Merchant of Venice Summary

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    The play “Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare starts on one of the streets of aforementioned Venice. We see the main character, the young man named Antonio who is a local merchant. He is in a company of his friends and complains him of feeling blue without any obvious reasons. His friends ask if it…

  • The House of the Seven Gables Study Guide

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    The House of the Seven Gables Study Guide Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Original title: The House of the Seven Gables “The House of Seven Gables” is a Gothic novel, full of impossible coincidences, haunted places and family curses. Do not expect too much realism from it, just prepare for the great and enjoyable story of the…

  • Ivanhoe Essays

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    Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe Essay Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, a romantic story set in Medieval England; embodies the definition of how a novel’s themes are applied to human life. The representation of Jews in Ivanhoe, through the character Rebecca, outlines the most important themes within the novel such as chivalry… 1 348 words The Famous…

  • Bartleby the Scrivener Study Guide

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    Bartleby the Scrivener Study Guide Author: Herman Melville Original title: Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street Characters: Bartleby, Nippers, The Lawyer, The Other Lawyer Published: May 1st 2004 by Melville House (first published December 1853) Setting: New York City, New York (United States) ISBN 0974607800 (ISBN13: 9780974607801) “Bartleby The Scrivener” is also often…