Category: Literature

  • Desdêmona

    This young and delicate girl is the love and wife of Othello. She refused all her fiancés and, contrary to her father, left with her husband. The girl notices that the husband is concerned, but does not suspect about the impending danger. The heroine still cares about her beloved and tries to dispel the sad…

  • Alby

    Being an outrageous leader of the Gladers, Alby is the oldest and the most trusted man in The Glade who keeps everything under his control. He is a person of color with a short-cropped hair and dark eyes. His face is always cleanly shaved. Throughout the story, the man has authority over much of what…

  • Topsy

    Here we come to the Topsy. This little girl makes a very big impact on Miss Ophelia. Topsy is a slave girl whom St. Clare bought for Miss Ophelia to reform. Being mistreated all her life, Topsy acts like the jovial, mischievous kid. She does not care at all about what white people or slaves…

  • Jude the Obscure Study Guide

    Jude the Obscure Study Guide Author: Thomas Hardy Original title: Jude the Obscure Characters: Jude Fawley, Sue Bridehead, Arabella Donn, Richard Phillotson, Little Father Time, Aunt Drusilla, Mrs. Edlin, Gillingham “Jude the Obscure” was published as a complete book 1895, being broken down into magazine series before that. It has brought its author, Thomas Hardy,…

  • Drama

    Life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra This famous author was born in Spain in the year 1547. He is well-known as a novelist, poet, playwright, and, what is the most important – the creator of Don Quixote. After the novel saw the world, he became one of the most important Spanish…

  • Primitivo

    An old fighter of Pablo’s band of guerillas. He is a flat-faced man, with gray hair and a broken nose. His name means “primitive,” and it symbolizes his down-to-earth lifestyle and simplified perceptions of the war. Because of his appearance, Primitivo is referred all the time as “the flat-faced man.” He does not play one…

  • Invisible Man Summary

    The narrator – whose name is not disclosed, what is appropriate to his status of an “invisible man” – tells the readers the story of his life. He is now dwelling in a small room in the basement of all-whites house, ironically called by him a “coal cellar”. The man lives there unnoticed, stealing the…

  • An Enemy of the People Summary

    The play starts in the home of the main character, Dr. Stockmann, who is now having a guest. His guest’s name is Mr. Billings and he works in the local newspaper. Mrs. Stockmann, who is also present, hears knocking at the door and suggests that the editor of the newspaper, Mr. Hovstad also decided to…

  • Calpurnia

    Calpurnia is the personification of an honorable and loving Roman woman. She is a submissive wife of Caesar, their feelings are mutual, despite the fact that she could not give birth to his heirs. She is very concerned about the safety of her husband. On the eve of the murder of Caesar, she had a…

  • St. John Rivers

    John has an exciting role in the story. He is not a dynamic one, but, he is described as a total opposite to the Rochester. He is cold, reserved and tries to control everything. When Jane appears in his house, he falls in love with her. Being a bit weird in showing his feelings he,…