Category: Study Guides

  • Quimbo

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    Well, not much is known about the Quimbo. Perhaps, it’s because this character is static and doesn’t make any big difference in human behavior with and without him. Still, he is the great example of Tom’s belief in the Lord. Quimbo is one of the Legree’s overseers, who have been trained to brutalize their fellow…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 21 | Just Great DataBase

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    … la prudencia no suele acompañar a las personas que se encolerizan con facilidad… Pride and Prejudice 0 twenty Pride and Prejudice 0 she read on; but every line proved Pride and Prejudice 0 can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow-creatures if I am tempted, or how am I even…

  • Death Comes for the Archbishop Study Guide

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    Death Comes for the Archbishop Study Guide Author: Willa Cather Original title: Death Comes for the Archbishop Despite the intriguing name, the Grim Reaper himself doesn’t feature in the book. It is the story based on the real biography of the Archbishop John-Baptiste Lamy and sheds light at his mid-to-later age and his legacy. The…

  • Don Quixote Essays

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    The Dangers of Reading Poetry in Cervantes’ Don Quixote The Greek philosopher Plato regards poets and poetry as dangerous for the young. This is because they can stir emotions that young people are unable to control. Given their highly impressionable nature, the youth are indeed susceptible to brainwashing and misinformation. A poet that glorifies war……

  • You never really understand a person until To Kill a Mockingbird

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    You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. Quote Analysis By saying these words Atticus Finch tries to teach his young daughter, Scout, a well-known approach how to better understand people’s inner motives and get along…

  • Sue Bridehead

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    Sue is a very independent, strong and sympathetic character. Also she is  Jude’s intelligent cousin. She has changed several jobs. She works first as an artist-designer and later as a teacher. Sue is a modern woman and a free-thinker. She rebels in her marriage and carries out a scandalous affair with Jude. She has a…

  • Philip “Pip” Pirrip

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    Pip was a dull boy before going away to college in another bigger city. When he comes back, we see him in designer shoes and costume, in other words – showing off. He starts shaming his pure parents because of a simple reason – they don’t know the difference between vermicelloni and bucatini (different kinds…

  • The fault, dear Brutus, is not in Julius Caesar

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    The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. [Act 1 Sc. 2] Quote Analysis We see this quote in the play “Julius Caesar” written by William Shakespeare in the dialog between Brutus and Cassius who plan the assassination of Caesar (Act I, Scene II). Brutus is unsure…

  • The Old Man and the Sea Summary

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    The old man named Santiago is fishing on his boat in the Gulf Stream. For eighty-four days he goes to the sea and returns without catching a single fish. During the first forty days there is a boy with him – Manolin, his apprentice, but after so many unlucky days the parents of the boy…

  • Marius Pontmercy

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    The son of Georges Potmercy and Monsieur Gillenormand’s daughter. Marius is a lawyer and an intelligent young man who falls in love with Cosette. He grows up at Monsieur Gillenormand’s place not knowing anything about his real father because Gillenormand forbade their communication and did not allow them even to see each other. Eventually, Marius…