Category: Study Guides

  • Dr. Lincoln

    Dr. Lincoln is a white dentist who works in Stamps. Despite the fact that Maya had severe pain and a swollen face, he refused to help her because she was black. He didn’t agree to help even when Momma reminded him about the money he had borrowed from her earlier. The only thing grandmother was…

  • Main Street Essays

    Community Life in Main Street Carol is a modern, college educated woman. In the novel we see a great distinction between small town existence and the sophistication of city life. When she moves to Gopher Prairie, she sets her mind on reform, intending to transform the small town into a place of sophisticated culture… 824…

  • Sofia Semyonovna Marmeladova

    Sonya is Semen Marmeladov`s daughter from the first marriage. The tortured girl who is suffering from poverty and despair of stepmother, she is forced to become a prostitute because her father is a drunk, unable to support his family. But, miraculously, she seems untouched by her experience, although she acknowledges the brutal truth that life…

  • Anna Karenina Quotes – Page 3 | Just Great DataBase

    I do value my work awfully; but in reality only consider this: all this world of ours is nothing but a speck of mildew, which has grown up on a tiny planet. And for us to suppose we can have something great – ideas, work – it’s all dust and ashes. Anna Karenina 13 All…

  • Miss Lonelyhearts Study Guide

    Miss Lonelyhearts Study Guide Author: Nathanael West Original title: Miss Lonelyhearts Miss Lonelyhearts is a story about burnout, the tragedy of a human who sees the darkest sides of life for too long. Miss Lonelyhearts is a pseudonym of a male columnist who answers the letters of the lonely and broken people, giving them some…

  • Mr. Grierson

    Emily’s father was the patriarchal head of the Grierson family, who was well respected in the town. Everyone understood what a bad man he was, but little Emily was surrounded by the selfish society that didn’t help her. His control over Emily’s personal life prohibited her from romantic involvement. After reading the text, you will…

  • Dueña Alfonsa

    This senorita is the one who definitely needs to be discussed. What is the most interesting, she appears only twice? You may think, what can you say about her if her character doesn’t have a lot of lines and moves at all? How can we discuss if she isn’t even a dynamic character? Well, during…

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Essays

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream High and Low comedy are two features of the comic theatre branch of the performing arts. The incorporation of both aspects of comedy into the widely popular play written by William Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a key point in why it remains extremely popular to this day. As high……

  • Deputy Governor Danforth

    He likes to think of himself as a very fair, good and kind person. He was truly shocked to comprehend that people in the city are afraid of the court and the system. He believes that no innocent person should fear the court and that he and Judge Hathorne are blessed people guided by God,…

  • Mr. Guest

    Mr. Guest is a minor character of the novel. Mr. Guest is a clerk, who works for Utterson and discovers the similarity between Jekyll and Hyde’s handwriting. The study of his life is graphology. He knows that personal qualities are directly related to movements in handwriting. The line of writing flows on paper, highlighting the processes taking place…