Category: Literature

  • Mrs. Dalloway Study Guide

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    Mrs. Dalloway Study Guide Author: Virginia Woolf Original title: Mrs Dalloway Characters: Clarissa Dalloway, Septimus Warren Smith, Peter Walsh Published: October 28th 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published May 6th 1921) Setting: London, England (United Kingdom) ISBN 0151009988 (ISBN13: 9780151009985) Virginia Woolf is known as a great writer in part because of her novel…

  • General Miller

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    General Miller is the oldest inhabitant of the Customs House. A place was all interesting things happen. By the way, while reading, we imagine everything and reading about this place we feel very calm and old smell. General is very independent, and no everybody wants to argue with him. What allows him avoiding the politicized…

  • Bobo

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    Bobo is another minor character in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Despite the fact that this person is usually performed as a silly fellow, he appears to be a true and sincere friend that is capable of doing much more than people expect him to. Thus, when he comes to…

  • Annie Henderson ‘Momma’

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    Annie Henderson is a grandmother of Maya and Bailey but actually, she plays the role of their mother – she takes care of them, teaches them how to work and shows how important good manners are. This woman does everything possible to keep the members of her family in safety. She hides Willy when the…

  • Alice in Wonderland Summary

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    The heroine of the book, a seven year old girl named Alice, begins her journey to the Land of Wonders unexpectedly for herself. The story begins when Alice, sleepy because of the summer heat and idleness, notices something unusual. She sees a rabbit, which itself is not surprising, but this rabbit owns a pocket watch…

  • Jim Casy

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    This character appears at the beginning of the novel after Tom Joad meets him. Exactly after this meeting, Casy decides to move with the Joads family. Jim Casy is a reverend in this book. But he is not a typical one with only advantages in his behavior. He also has weaknesses. Talking about strengths, he…

  • Mrs. Sparsit

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    Mrs. Sparsit is another character with the negative perception by a reader. Money matters a lot to this middle-aged housekeeper. This lady is described to be highly sophisticated by her appearance, though she is not young; however, her character is used in the book as one of the poor moral values. Mrs. Sparsit is a…

  • Gertrude

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    The queen of Denmark mostly stays passive, as a woman of that period should. She is the prize, the symbol of the kingdom in the hands of her new husband, and she is the mother loathed by her son. Hamlet, deeply sunk in his mourning, considers her to be a sinful and filthy woman, incapable…

  • Mrs. Ferrars

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    Mrs. Ferrars is one of the minor characters of the novel by Jane Austen who is mentioned as a mother of Fanny, Edward, and Robert. It is an unpleasant and aggressive woman with a thin and unhealthy face. She has a despotic character and makes everything possible to control the lives of her sons in…

  • Emma Clery

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    A character shrouded in mystery, Emma is a beautiful young girl to whom Stephen is greatly attracted. She is shown as an example of femininity, the perfect type of woman, and a muse for an artist. Not many details about her personality or character are provided in the novel so the real Emma remains undiscovered.…