Category: Study Guides

  • Jane Eyre Essays

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    Bird Imagery in Jane Eyre In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses many types of imagery to provide understanding of the characters and also to express reoccurring themes in the novel. Through bird imagery specifically, we are able to see Jane develop from a small, unhappy child into a mature and satisfied young woman… 2 864…

  • The mother

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    Mrs. Samsa is initially shocked at her son`s transformation but wants to enter his room. When she sees Gregor, she is afraid and repulsed at his new form. Tender and concerned, Gregor`s mother is torn between love for her son and her horror from the new state of Gregor. Greta and Gregor’s father want to…

  • The Iliad Study Guide

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    The Iliad Study Guide Author: Homer Original title: Ἰλιάς Characters: Hera, Paris, Hector, Achilles, Aeneas, Zeus, Thetis Published: April 29th 1999 by Penguin Classics (first published -720) Setting: Troy ISBN 0140275363 (ISBN13: 9780140275360) The “Iliad” is a great story of the battle of Troy written by Homer. It is a marvelous book and it doesn’t…

  • Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova

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    Dounia, Rodion’s sister, is a beautiful, proud and chaste girl, who is in love with her brother for self-sacrifice. In the struggle for her happiness, she was ready to go to the marriage at the expense, but could not go in touch with Svidrigailov for his salvation. She got married to Razumikhin, finding in him…

  • Charles Darnay

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    A young gentleman from France that took a serious decision to move to London. The reason for such impulsive decision was the behavior of his family members that belong to the solid middle class known as the aristocrats. Being well-mannered and polite, Darnay did not understand the way of life of Marquis Evremonde. Similarly to…

  • Emma Woodhouse

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    Emma Woodhouse is a well-educated, wealthy woman with nice appearance. It is how we can see the main character and heroine of the novel Emma by Jane Austen. For now, Emma seems to be very simply structured and is therefore initially unsuitable as a heroine, as it seems to discourage the reader’s fascination. However, their…

  • Fallen Angels Summary

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    “Fallen Angels” is a novel about the war in Vietnam, that the author dedicates to his brother killed there. The novel can also be considered partially autobiography: the main character of “Fallen Angels”, Richard Perry, is seventeen when he joins the Army, as Myers was. Both young men, real and fictional, also share the same…

  • Alaska Young

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    Alaska Young may be described as a wild and mysterious girl who very often is in troubles. She is a leader for her friends and a reliable person who always helps one to solve personal matters, including the problems with cigarettes and alcohol. She is, undoubtedly, the leading character who makes everything happen in the…

  • Matthew Antoine

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    Matthew Antoine was Grant’s teacher in the days when he was learning at school. He was the first person that encouraged him to change the life he had. Matthew Antoine is sure that the place where all of them live is not good for the comfort happy life. He does not see the bright future…

  • Lucky

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    Lucky is one of the most interesting personalities in the play Waiting for Godot. Samuel Beckett describes him as a slave of Pozzo and a person that is entirely different from his slaveholder. Analyzing the play, it is possible to say that this creature is the antithesis of the character of Pozzo. His meaning of…