Category: Literature

  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona Study Guide

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    The Two Gentlemen of Verona Study Guide Author: William Shakespeare Original title: The Two Gentlemen of Verona Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare is considered one of the best comedies of the Bard, but from the modern point of view this comedy has rather dark undertones. Despite some classical plot turns used in it…

  • Romeo and Juliet Essays – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    Romeo and Juliet Newspaper Aerticle Till death do we part? The bodies of Romeo Montague (17) and underage lover Juliet Caplet were found today, April 23rd. The pair committed suicide when a bold to elope failed. Romeo had taken a deadly dose of poison believing that his wife was already dead – but she was…

  • Arthur Holmwood

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    Arthur is a very active young man of 29 years old. He is the only son of Lord Godalming. Later he inherits the title of lord and wealth of his father after the death of the last. Well, he was really happy about the opportunity to be so rich. He has many pages of the…

  • The Way of the World Study Guide

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    The Way of the World Study Guide Author: William Congreve Original title: The Way of the World The Way of The World by William Congreve is a play that is mostly dedicated to displaying a single vice: lust and infidelity. The play starts from a classical plot: the two young people in love want to…

  • Virgil

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    The most famous poet of the August century Virgil is considered one of the geniuses of the pre-Christian era. There is little information about his biography, despite the variety of sources, many of them contradict each other. Although the Mantuan swan (this nickname was given to Virgil by his contemporaries) was a pagan poet, quotations…

  • Munodi

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    Lord Munodi is the citizen of the country named Laputa. He is the one reasonable man in the whole country. It is said ‘in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.’ Unfortunately, lord Munodi proves that this phrase is untrue. In their community, he is detested and ridiculed. He refuses to adopt…

  • Albert Kropp

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    Albert Kropp is the resident philosopher of Paul’s company. This guy is a thinker, and he asks some of the biggest questions in this novel. He’s also the first to notice the unjust hierarchy: at Kemmerich’s hospital intervention, he points out how the nurses and attendants quickly respond to officers’ pain but are slow to…

  • Tom Joad

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    Well, even being the second son of Ma and Pa Joad, this character is the main one in the novel. We get acquainted with him at the beginning of the novel. Immediately we get to know that he has just released from the prison being there for 4 years. Maybe this was the reason why…

  • Anna Karenina Summary

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    The end of the winter of 1873, the Moscow house of the Oblonsky family. Everyone is waiting for the arrival of the sister of the house owner, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina. The owner himself, Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky is just accused of adultery by his wife. Thirty-four-years-old, he is no longer in love with his wife, Daria…

  • Henry (Henery) Fray

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    Henry (Henery) Fray is a farmhand on Bathsheba`s farm. He tries to convince everyone that the right spelling of his name is “Henery.” He is described as a “man of bitter moods” who looks only for the worst in the circumstances. He most of all shows his negative attitude toward Bathsheba’s ability to run the…