Category: Literature

  • Jerry Cruncher

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    This character is a perfect match for the Paris of that times, especially for the Tellson’s Bank. He is gruff, short-tempered, and very superstitious. What is the most important – he was very stupid, or better to say uneducated. His family was from very poor ones, that is why they hadn’t got money at all.…

  • Crime and Punishment Summary

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    In the 60s of the XIX century, a poor former student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov rents a small room in the attic and desperately tries to find some more finances for living. We see him as sickly and untidy young man in old clothes but his thoughts (and sometimes talks to himself) are quite intelligent and…

  • The Bluest Eye Summary

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    The heartbreaking story of the black girl, abused and ashamed of herself is as scattered as the girl’s identity itself. It consists of two simultaneous narratives: the memories of the girl’s childhood friend and the tale of the omniscient narrator who reveals to the readers what really happened. The first narrator is the woman named…

  • The Rise of Silas Lapham Essays

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    “The Rise of Silas Lapham” by Dean Howells Introduction The “Gilded Age” in American history is marked by the growth of industry and wave of immigrants along the territorial arena. Coined by Mark Twain, the age refers to the period of conspicuous luxury yet corrupted beneath. There was a development in railroad industry, and steel…

  • The Emperor

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    We can clearly recognize the English King George I in this personage. His full name is Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue, and he is the most powerful emperor of Lilliputians. He is the pleasure and horror of the universe, his possessions occupy about twelve miles, and spread to the extreme limits of…

  • Cyrano de Bergerac Summary

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    The play also starts in the theatre, where the main character is preparing to watch a play. He sits near to his friends: Ragueneau, Le Bret and Lignière, a drunkard and poet. Another spectator is a young man named Christian. The friends are chatting before the start of the play. They say that the actor…

  • Morrie’s Mother

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    Unfortunately this hero is a complete mystery and secret in the book. We never know the name and profession of this woman, though we know that she was caring mother to Morrie and his little brother. She took care of them and her husband. She had a lot of dreams and desires, and her biggest…

  • Miss Ophelia

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    Well, this woman deserves our attention for sure. She is intelligent, loyal, but also she leads herself as a queen sometimes. In the text, she is St. Clare’s northern cousin. She is here to help him run the plantation affairs and a lot of other things. St. Clare buys Ophelia a slave so she can…

  • Great Expectations Study Guide

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    Great Expectations Study Guide Author: Charles Dickens Original title: Great Expectations Characters: Miss Havisham, Philip “Pip” Pirrip, Abel Magwitch, Herbert Pocket, Dolge Orlick, Joe Gargery, Mr. Jaggers, Estella Havisham, Biddy, Mr. Wemmick, The Aged “Great Expectations” is not the first novel written by Charles Dickens and many critics wouldn’t agree to call it his best.…

  • Lacey Rawlins

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    Lacey is the best friend of John. Also, he is his riding partner. Between the two Americans, he is more emotional. He cries, yells and simply shows his emotions more easily than his friend. In situations where John is intense, distant, composed and accurate, Lacey is a complete opposite. He is clumsy, awkward and even…