Category: Literature

Samuel Hamilton, a transplant from Northern Ireland, arrived in the Salinas Valley around 1870. Samuel settled on dry, rocky soil and could never build a successful farm. Thanks to his ingenuity and diligent character, he managed to support his wife and nine children. However, more important than financial well-being, Samuel Hamilton is respected and admired.…

Gaius Cassius Longinus. He is very serious, smiles a little and reads a lot. Cassius captures envy and hatred for Caesar and he does not want him to rule over him. Cassius is haunted by the detail that in the eyes of the Romans Julius became a divinity. He decides to confederacy against him. He…

Doctor Faustus is a compilation of the author’s ideas about a person and his being. The hero is shown in various guises. He is also a scribe, a deluded individual, a philosopher, a criminal, which proves the inconsistency of his character. There is a perpetual dissatisfaction with himself and the world. Goethe considers this inner…

Blanche Dubois is the main character of the story “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Stella’s older sister, a noblewoman from the old, young, but impoverished family of DuBois. She is refined, intelligent, beautiful, but weak woman. She is about 27 years old, she is attractive enough, but all the time she tries to stay in the…

Technology Study Guide Author: Just Great DataBase Original title: New Essays What Is Cybersecurity? Cyber security is the protection of confidential information and security of networks together with the computer from unapproved right of entry What Is Cybersecurity All About? Not only cyber security is based on defending devices and networks from unapproved right to…

The House of the Spirits Study Guide Author: Isabel Allende Original title: La casa de los espíritus “The House of the Spirits” by Isabel Allende is a family saga that describes the life of four generations, no less. It starts from the story of del Valle sisters, one of which possesses paranormal powers and then…

This lovely girl is Eliza and John’s sister, daughter of Mrs.Reed. She’s different from her sister, while Eliza is close, thin and tall, Georgina is plump, not very tall and lovely blond. During her life, she has a lot of romances and admires.  She even would have eloped with a lord if her sister hadn’t…

The reader knows her as a daughter of Captain Anthony. The author compares her with an angel that protects people and gives a shelter for everybody. After her father’s death, Lucretia inherited his estate. The woman had a daughter Amanda with whom Douglass became good friends. Mrs. Auld is considered as a protagonist as her…

Dubliners Study Guide Author: James Joyce Original title: Dubliners Published: Published March 15th 2001 by Oxford University Press (first published 1914) Setting: Dublin(Ireland) Ireland ISBN 0192839993 (ISBN13: 9780192839992) Those of you who think that reading James Joyce is a challenging endeavor should start with his early works, like “The Dubliners”. This collection of short stories…

John is the central character of the novel. He is very dynamic and active. John was born by the natural way, from human parents, not using artificial way. He is the black sheep of the society, his feeling is more genuine, and his perception of the world differs from that dictated by the regime. He…