Category: Literature

The Return of the Native Study Guide Author: Thomas Hardy Original title: The Return of the Native The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy is a novel that received a very controversial feedback in the Victorian society. It is the story about the complicated relationships, love triangles that sometimes have nothing in common with…

Ofglen is one more female character who is another Handmaid. The readers don’t know a lot about this woman because she wasn’t with the narrator at the Centre. The only information included is that Ofglen is a bit plump, and she has brown eyes. She walks as a “trained pig,” but that is only the…

These two kind girls are sunshine in Jane’s life. They are St. John’s sisters and Jane’s cousins. Diana and Mary Rivers are gentle, compassionate, educated young women who take to Jane immediately. Mary isn’t shown much in the novel, that’s why we can sum that she isn’t critical. Whereas Diana is a natural leader and…

In the image of Lysander, Shakespeare portrayed a young man who falls in love with Hermia. But his tragedy is that her father has a deep hatred for him, and the Athenian laws are not on his side. Lysander is very observant, noticing the deceitfulness of Demetrius, while the others admire his upbringing. Lysander is…

Andrew Ramsay is the oldest son of eight children of Ramsay family. He is very knowledgeable and competent person. Andrew makes efforts to build a successful career of a mathematician. He had good relations with Paul Rayley and Minta Doyle. He joined them when they were walking on the beach. His fate was rather tragic.…

Black Elk Speaks Study Guide Author: John G. Neihardt Original title: Black Elk Speaks Black Elk Speaks is the nonfiction book that reflects the talks of the healer of the Lakota people named Black Elk. Neihardt was one of the few who was granted permission to enter Lakota reservation and talk to the people who…

The Metamorphosis Study Guide Author: Franz Kafka Original title: Die Verwandlung Characters: Gregor Samsa, Grete Samsa, The father, The mother, The charwoman, The office manager, The Boarders, The maid Published: March 1st 1972 by Bantam Classics (first published 1915) ISBN 0553213695 (ISBN13: 9780553213690) Franz Kafka wrote the “Metamorphosis” in 1915 and together with his other…

This woman is the reason and the main figurant of the story’s suspense. She is precisely that secret which Rochester tried to hide. She is that secret wife. When she was younger, she used to be very beautiful, wealthy, smart and, mainly, a desire of all men. But through some years she became insane, violent…

Ernest is a revolutionary leader that has some scruples. Being in awe of cruelty demonstrated by the aristocrats, he is often engaged in different subversive activities. However, his wife, Madame Defarge, does not believe in his power and strength. Such his attitude to the aristocrats’ roots back to the times of his youth when he…