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Two Hamlet’s schoolmates from Wittenberg appear in the play as a seemingly cheerful pair a-la Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They arrive to Elsinor at Claudius’s command, and their purpose is spying on Hamlet and finding out the causes of his supposed madness. These two simpletons fail, for Hamlet knows them and understands their goal at once.…

Bartleby with inhuman energy works smoothly and uninterruptedly, but his work is mechanical, devoid of creative impulse. Thus, the scribe appears as a device for copying, a machine-machine in which human emotions, feelings, fatigue are absent. The request for any other operations and activities encounters a stubborn refusal – I would not have preferred. Bartleby…

Yahoos are people who got into the country of the Houyhnhnms a long time ago. They did not create umbrellas and tame parrots like Robinson Crusoe. They became wild very quickly and turned into disgusting, pathetic and spiteful creatures. Moreover, the Yahoos themselves became domesticated working cattle in the noble horse class. They keep these…

Nigel is a slave on the Weylin plantation, Nigel is the individual servant of Rufus and appreciates some of the benefits of living with white people. Nigel does what he wants in spite of the danger of beatings, like his father, Luke. So far Nigel is tied down on the Weylin estate when he meets…

Freddy is Clara’s brother who almost immediately falls in love with a young girl Eliza. He has a truly romantic nature and even writes love letters to her to express his feelings. Probably, some events from the play demonstrate that Eliza also wants to marry Freddy. However, it is also possible that for the girl…