Category: Literature

  • Abo

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    Abo of Fossanova is the abbot of the unnamed Benedictine abbey. It should be noted that he is obsessed with protecting the honor of the abbey. That’s why Abo asks William to solve the mystery of the monks’ deaths at the abbey but releases him and Adso near the end of the novel when he…

  • Sister Carrie Study Guide

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    Sister Carrie Study Guide Author: Theodore Dreiser Original title: Sister Carrie Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is considered one of the best urban novels ever written. It tells us the story of a countryside girl who desires to earn fame and fortune in a big city. It isn’t the story of Cinderella: Carrie has to…

  • The French Lieutenant’s Woman Study Guide

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    The French Lieutenant’s Woman Study Guide Author: John Fowles Original title: The French Lieutenant’s Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles is a postmodern historical fiction that tells us the story of the aforementioned woman, abandoned by the French lieutenant who returned to France and married there. The woman named Sarah was left disgraced…

  • Judge John Taylor

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    The one who leads the trial. Through his questions the reader is given a chance to find out the facts that prove Tom’s innocence. Yet, it is up to the jury to decide and the jury is set for a guilty verdict. He is a vivid portrayal of the system that has started to change,…

  • Our Town Essays

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    Our Town by Thornton Wilder Our Town by Thornton Wilders is one of the great classics and favourite literature of the contemporary people. It is one of the most frequently staged plays because of its simple setting and limited props. The writer possibly presented the play in this way to motivate the audience to concentrate……

  • Chorus

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    Chorus is a compulsory collective participant in the ancient Greek play. The ancient Greek drama was based on the alternation of choir and speech parties. In the tragedies of Aeschylus, the chorus consisted of 12 people, in Sophocles about 15 people, in comedies up to 24 people. Choirgh took over the chorus and paid for…

  • Nicholas Levin

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    Nikolai is a sick Levin’ brother. He is a representative of liberal worldview having a strong connection to politics which helps him get distracted from thoughts about deteriorating illness. In the earlier age, Nicholas becomes involved in consuming alcohol and gambling. Ultimately, Nicholas dies, and this provokes his brother to think about the meaning of…

  • Madame Bovary Essays

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    A Critical Analysis of Madame Bovary The character of Madame Bovary consists of many different components. At first Emma Bovary seems content and unassuming. She doesn’t question anything done, and is very easy to please. As the first nine chapters progress, Emma grows uneasy and upset. She stops taking care of her house and home……

  • Pedro Vicario

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    Pedro and Pablo are twins and brothers to Angela. Being twins makes them similar, but there are differences between two of them anyway. Pedro is younger for several minutes as the narrator states. He also claims that if to compare two brothers, Pedro is more sensitive one and has a kind heart. However, he is…

  • Aegisthus

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    Aegisthus is the son of Fiesta and his daughter Pelopia. Aegisthus killed Atreus and, together with his father Fiesta, took possession of the Mycenaean kingdom. When Agamemnon was under Troy, Aegisthus tempted his wife, Clytemnestra. When Agamemnon returned back, Aegisthus and Clytemnestra killed him. Then he married Clytemnestra and quiet reigned in Mycenae for seven…