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Even stranger and more mysterious than a narrator. Partly this is because we get acquainted with this character only from the narrator’s strange and spoiled perspective. He has a lot of money, which are showed by the narrator to police. And the strangest thing is about his blue eye that scares narrator to death. In…

Journalist and co-founder of the Millennium magazine. He has recently been convicted of libeling wealthy financier Hans-Erik Wennerstrom in one of his articles. While waiting for his two-month prison sentence, he takes a job writing a book based on the Vanger family while secretly investigating the murder of Harriet Vanger which happened forty years ago.…

A thoughtful and imaginative son of the Irish Catholics, Stephen develops into a confident and independent young artist rejecting any limits to his artistic freedom. As a child, he quickly understood that the world of adults is just as cruel and unfair place as his boarding school run by the Jesuits. Disappointed in religion and…

The most mysterious and conflicting personage is Egeus, the father of Hermia. He shows favor to Demetrius and fully supports an idea about ​​marriage with him. But he also knows about the feelings of his daughter to Lysander. Driven by the need to regain own authority, the stiff-necked Egeus leads Hermia to court to the…

My Brother Sam Is Dead Study Guide Author: James Lincoln Collier Original title: My Brother Sam Is Dead The brilliant piece of historical fiction, this is the story about the Revolutionary War and the rite of passage for the young Tim. The families are torn apart by the conflict of political interests and his own…

As well as Merriman, Lane played his role very well. He is also a servant of Algernon and Jack. Precisely, he is Algernon’s manservant. At the beginning of the story, he is the only one who knows strange secrets about his master – Algernon. Do you remember that “Bunburying?” Yes, he knew about it and…

Lillian Rearden is one of the minor personages in the novel, distinguished by the senselessness of many deeds. She suffers from boredom, which explains her constant desire to annoy her husband Hank. Trying to cause him suffering, the girl demonstrates true monotony in the choice of methods of exposure, so she frequently does not reach…

Biff is the eldest son of Willy. Like his father, he strives to get rich, but every single installment (for a house, a car, food) is always a problem. He has two gods – success and family, and he is endowed with the same charm as his father, that’s why he has a role of…

First of all, Achilles is one of the heroes of the Trojan War. He appears in the image of an invulnerable intrepid hero who carried death to his enemies in the large part thanks to his mother. On the other hand, his image can be interpreted without attaching importance to invulnerability but representing him as…