Category: Literature
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Macbeth, King of Scots
Macbeth is a Scottish general, and he is also the Thane of Glamis. He is a very courageous and authoritative soldier, but he has dirty thoughts in his head. One of these thoughts was the killing of the king, in order to occupy his place of honor. His wife thirsts for dominion constantly prompting him…
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Atlas Shrugged Study Guide
Atlas Shrugged Study Guide Author: Ayn Rand Original title: Atlas Shrugged Characters: Dagny Taggart, John Galt, Hank Rearden, Francisco d’Anconia, James Taggart, Ragnar Danneskjöld, Lillian Rearden “Atlas Shrugged” is a multidimensional novel written by Ayn Rand in 1957. Even though it wasn’t an immediate success, the author considered it her greatest work. She has invested…
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Persuasion Study Guide
Persuasion Study Guide Author: Jane Austen Original title: Persuasion Published: Published March 18th 2004 by Oxford University Press (first published December 1817) Setting: Somersetshire, England(United Kingdom) Lyme Regis, England(United Kingdom) Bath, Somerset, England ISBN 0192802631 (ISBN13: 9780192802637) Persuasion is worth reading not just because it is the last creation of a legendary Jane Austen. Most…
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Romeo Montague
He is indifferent to the enmity between the families of Montague and Capulet. He is quick-tempered, amorous, passionate, and at the same time a noble and just young man. He is almost twenty years old, and feelings are constantly boiling in his heart. When he passionately fell in love with Juliet, he gradually began to…
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Boy
This particular character that is left unnamed by the author comes into sight in only two times. The audience witnesses the time he comes out only closer to the resolution of the first Act, and in the middle of the final part. The unpleasant news he brings to the waiting and hoping the main characters…
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The Prioress
In Jeffrey Chaucer’s poem, The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer tells people about the church and describes them as people who are not the only incarnation of people who have sworn to God and lived by four vows that the church requires to refrain from this. The abbess, the nun, is no exception, but Chaucer does not…
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Idek
Idek is in charge of Eliezer’s work unit at Buna. He has the reputation of occasionally going crazy, but the unit he’s in charge of is considered a good one to work in because the labor is light. Once, when Idek gets in one of his crazy moods, he beats Eliezer for no reason. Later,…
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Scout Finch
Scout is the protagonist of the story. She is also the narrator who describes the events from her point of view. Scout is smart and witty. She sometimes behaves in a boyish manner because Scout likes fighting with boys confidently. The reason for being a tomboy is the Atticus’ upbringing. He was the one who…
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King Lear Act 3 Analysis
Main events of the act 3: Wandering around in the storm King Lear expresses his pain and desperation; Kent finds Lear and takes him to find shelter in a hovel; Kent sends notice to Cordelia that her father needs help; The French army is already on British land; In the hovel, King Lear meets Edgar…
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Septimus Warren Smith
An ex-soldier who is shell-shocked and insane. Often considered Clarissa’s doppelganger, Septimus was a successful, intelligent, literary young man before World War I. He is described as the first person who isn’t scared to talk about the war, about the truth of everything, and how it was to be in one step from death. There…
