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  • Edward Covey

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    was called a snake. The main reason for it was his cruel treatment of slaves. According to the plot, he worked on the farm, and his duty was to crush Douglass’ rebellious spirit. His personage conveyed negative essence as he didn’t support any religion and was sure that power rules the world. He treated slaves…

  • The Glass Menagerie Summary

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    The play starts from the narrator named Tom Wingfield introducing himself and telling the audience that the events of the play are his memories about his life ten years ago – just made brighter for them to see. The time of the play is 1930s and the place is small town of St. Louis. Tom…

  • Kevin Franklin

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    He is a white man married to a black woman in current day 1976 when such bi-racial relationships were still rather extraordinary. He is an absolutely caring husband to Dana and additionally an intelligent writer. Basically, he has some issues believing what happened to Dana,because he loves her, he accepts her strange tale of time…

  • Ghosts Study Guide

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    Ghosts Study Guide Author: Henrik Ibsen Original title: Gengangere Ghosts was a very controversial play for its time, touching such delicate topics as venereal diseases, marital infidelity, incest and euthanasia. The audience of Ibsen’s time was shocked by the openly shown sins of the society, but still, despite being so morally dubious, the play was…

  • Alas, Babylon Summary

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    The story begins on a regular December day of the year 1960 in a sleepy Florida town named Fort Repose. Florence Wechek, a local telegraph manager, watches the morning news while she makes breakfast. The newsreader talks about how the Russians are releasing more Sputnik satellites and that the Middle East is to be in…

  • Sense and Sensibility Quotes – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    And books! …she would buy them all over and over again; she would buy up every copy, I believe, to prevent their falling into unworthy hands; and she would have every book that tells her how to admire an old twisted tree. Sense and Sensibility 17 …the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince…

  • As I Lay Dying Summary

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    William Faulkner wrote the novel “As I lay dying” in the 1930s. He wrote it in such a way that the story would tell several characters at once. The Plot The book consists of 59 chapters, and it is told by 15 different characters. This is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and…

  • In Cold Blood Study Guide

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    In Cold Blood Study Guide Author: Truman Capote Original title: In Cold Blood Characters: Perry Edward Smith, Richard Eugene “Dick” Hickok, Herb Clutter, Bonnie Clutter “In Cold Blood” is more than just a thriller or a detective story. Truman Capote wrote a truly diverse and multidimensional text that tells a story of a real quadruple…

  • Ishmael Study Guide

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    Ishmael Study Guide Author: Daniel Quinn Original title: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is a science fiction story that raises lots of philosophical questions. What can be considered an intelligent being? Is humanity something that exists exclusively for humans? What can uncontrolled technical progress lead to? When the…

  • Mr. Brocklehurst

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    Exactly this director of Lowood school ruined the first impression about Jane and her healthy life there. He is from that type of man who cares about himself, his needs and desires. He likes people who have a lot of money, because they can give it to him, sorry, to his school, obviously (really, to…