Category: Study Guides

  • The Count of Monte Cristo Study Guide

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    The Count of Monte Cristo Study Guide Author: Alexandre Dumas Original title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Characters: Edmond Dantès, Abbé Faria, Mercédès, Fernand Mondego, Baron Danglars, Gaspard Caderousse, Jacopo, Renée de Villefort, Louis Dantès, Madeleine Radelle Alexander Dumas wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo” in 1844 and it instantly became hugely popular among the public.…

  • Josiah Bounderby

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    This character of a book assembles if not all evils of society but pretty many of them. Mr. Bounderby is a factory owner who boasts about being successful in the business sphere. Moreover, he is married to an elderly woman who was a widow until she met Josiah. His social circle seems to be profitable…

  • Constance de Beverley

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    Constance de Beverley, a nun, and a page boy. She falls in love with Lord Marmion. Constance is addicted to him. She breaks vows given to God and leaves the convent. She follows Lord Marmion for three years, pretending to be his page boy. Constance de Beverley possesses the papers falsified by Marmion to undermine…

  • Dubliners Essays

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    The Dubliners: Araby My favorite story from James Joyce’s The Dubliners was “Araby.” Within this story’s short length, Joyce offered me a rich selection of word choices that, when blended together, created realistic images of the world as seen through the main character’s eyes. The smells, colors, places and people… 335 words Brave New World…

  • Paradise Lost Essays

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    John Milton’s Paradise Lost as an Epic Poetry The epic poem has been regarded ion all ages and countries as the highest form of poetry and there are great epics in almost in all the literatures in the world. As Dr. Johnson has put it, “By the general consent of critics, the first praise of…

  • A Doll’s House Study Guide

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    A Doll’s House Study Guide Author: Henrik Ibsen Original title: Et dukkehjem Characters: Nora Helmer, Torvald Helmer, Nils Krogstad , Anne-Marie, Dr. Rank, Kristine Linde There exist play writers that represent the best personification of theatre. Henrik Ibsen is one of them. In his 1879 play “A Doll’s House”, he managed to combine mastery of…

  • Edgar Derby

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    Edgar is another soul who was suffering from the war. He is the unfortunate high school teacher and slightly older-than-average soldier who ends up getting shot at the end of the war for stealing a teapot from the rubble of Dresden. He is tried and executed by a German firing squad, and Billy is among…

  • Phoebe Caulfield

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    A ten-year-old intelligent girl appears to be Holden’s sister. She is smart and understands everything sometimes better than his brother. She quickly reveals the Holden’s secret that he is expelled again, and she knows that parents will be mad. Phoebe Caulfield is caring and loving to her brother, and Holden also treats her with special…

  • Contemporary

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    The recording angel of the Great War and an acclaimed German writer, Erich Maria Remarque (July 22, 1898 – September 25, 1917) was also a Hollywood celebrity. A boy from a strict Catholic family woke up popular after publishing his landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front. A former…

  • Theseus

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    The nature of Theseus is ambivalent. Before us is a powerful Athenian governor, representing a harsh and fair law in the world of mortals. Here we could draw a parallel with the mission of Oberon. As a leader, Theseus has wisdom and tries to consider carefully the situation of everyone. He must maintain his own…