Category: Literature

  • The Iliad Study Guide

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    The Iliad Study Guide Author: Homer Original title: Ἰλιάς Characters: Hera, Paris, Hector, Achilles, Aeneas, Zeus, Thetis Published: April 29th 1999 by Penguin Classics (first published -720) Setting: Troy ISBN 0140275363 (ISBN13: 9780140275360) The “Iliad” is a great story of the battle of Troy written by Homer. It is a marvelous book and it doesn’t…

  • Charles Darnay

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    A young gentleman from France that took a serious decision to move to London. The reason for such impulsive decision was the behavior of his family members that belong to the solid middle class known as the aristocrats. Being well-mannered and polite, Darnay did not understand the way of life of Marquis Evremonde. Similarly to…

  • Emma Woodhouse

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    Emma Woodhouse is a well-educated, wealthy woman with nice appearance. It is how we can see the main character and heroine of the novel Emma by Jane Austen. For now, Emma seems to be very simply structured and is therefore initially unsuitable as a heroine, as it seems to discourage the reader’s fascination. However, their…

  • Fallen Angels Summary

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    “Fallen Angels” is a novel about the war in Vietnam, that the author dedicates to his brother killed there. The novel can also be considered partially autobiography: the main character of “Fallen Angels”, Richard Perry, is seventeen when he joins the Army, as Myers was. Both young men, real and fictional, also share the same…

  • Alaska Young

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    Alaska Young may be described as a wild and mysterious girl who very often is in troubles. She is a leader for her friends and a reliable person who always helps one to solve personal matters, including the problems with cigarettes and alcohol. She is, undoubtedly, the leading character who makes everything happen in the…

  • Matthew Antoine

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    Matthew Antoine was Grant’s teacher in the days when he was learning at school. He was the first person that encouraged him to change the life he had. Matthew Antoine is sure that the place where all of them live is not good for the comfort happy life. He does not see the bright future…

  • Lucky

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    Lucky is one of the most interesting personalities in the play Waiting for Godot. Samuel Beckett describes him as a slave of Pozzo and a person that is entirely different from his slaveholder. Analyzing the play, it is possible to say that this creature is the antithesis of the character of Pozzo. His meaning of…

  • To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes – Page 13 | Just Great DataBase

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    The world’s endin’, Atticus! Please do something –!’ I dragged him to the window and pointed. ‘No it’s not,’ he said. ‘It’s snowing. To Kill a Mockingbird 1 He was out of his mind, said Atticus. Don’t like to contradict you, Mr. Finch—wasn’t crazy—mean as hell. Low-down skunk with enough liquor in him to make…

  • Obierika

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    Obierika is Okonkwo’s best friend and another successful and powerful man in the tribe. Isn’t it normal that they become friends? Obierika is also very smart. He looks like being less misogynistic than Okonkwo. He doesn’t feel and does anything that has unnecessary violence. He is merciful and just mean. After Okonkwo’s exile Obierika looks…

  • Clare Fitz-Clare

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    Clare Fitz-Clare is a young novice nun. She is ready to join the convent rather than marry Marmion. The situation worsens, after the man she loves, de Wilton, is believed to be deadly wounded. But when the truth is revealed, she is given the king’s blessing and support to marry Ralph de Wilton.  Clare Fitz-Clare…