Category: Study Guides

  • The Cask of Amontillado Study Guide

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    The Cask of Amontillado Study Guide Author: Edgar Allan Poe Original title: The Cask of Amontillado Characters: Fortunato, Montresor, Luchesi Published: February 2nd 2004 by BookSurge (first published November 1846) Setting: Italy, 1700 ISBN 1594561869 (ISBN13: 9781594561863) The father of detective genre, Edgar Allan Poe, is known and loved for his short stories that keep…

  • Stanislaus Katczinsky

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    Kat is the leader of the pack in almost every way. He’s forty, mature, strong, and handsome and has a distinctive sixth sense in identifying trouble, which the other men admire greatly. In brief, he is that kind of man you want to be sent to war with and Paul knows how lucky he is…

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary

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    The hero of the story and also the narrator is Chief Bromden – the son of a white woman and an Indian chief. He seems to suffer from schizophrenia and hallucinations, but we never understand fully whether all he says about American society is merely his delusions or it is a certain, though extravagant, philosophical…

  • Cleopatra

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    Cleopatra being a queen of Egypt is an attractive woman who knows how to use her beauty to seduce men. She is a former lover of Caesar and Pompey. Now she is in love with Mark Antony. Sometimes emotions control her actions. Cleopatra often behaves like an actress, although her love to Antony is not…

  • Simon Legree

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    Tom’s evil and tyrannical final master. If Tom is good, Simon is an evil. Legree is a Yankee who has moved to the South to make his money in the plantation business. Being a very big alcoholic, he brutalizes his slaves and forces them to live in the awful conditions that you can even imagine.…

  • Colonel Brandon

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    Colonel Brandon is one of the lead characters in the Novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Throughout the narration, he is described as a man at the age of 35 prefers to keep silence instead of talking to people. As a matter of fact, Colonel Brandon is a gentleman with good manners who appears…

  • The Taming of the Shrew Summary

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    The play “The taming of the Shrew” is one of the most famous comedies by William Shakespeare. The play is truly significant since it portrays a lot about the society back then, the roles of women back then and the battle of the sexes for power amidst the hassles of daily life. It also portrays…

  • Professor Faber

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    An elderly academic whose profession is no longer needed as people’s urge for knowledge and intellectual development aren’t welcomed. Faber is trying to cope with authoritative norms in his own way. But even being an avid collector and admirer of books who dreams of enlarging his collection, the ex-professor considers himself too old and scared…

  • Sula Study Guide

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    Sula Study Guide Author: Toni Morrison Original title: Sula Published: Published April 5th 2002 by Plume Books (first published 1973) ISBN 0452283868 (ISBN13: 9780452283862) “Sula” is a novel written by Toni Morrison in 1973. Toni came to the literary path from a creative family and her career is a work of art in itself. In…

  • Death of a Salesman Study Guide

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    Death of a Salesman Study Guide Author: Arthur Miller Original title: Death of a Salesman Characters: Willy Loman, Linda Loman, Happy Loman, Biff Loman, Charley, Bernard, Ben Published: March 18th 1994 by Heinemann Library (first published 1949) Setting: New York City, New York (United States) ISBN 0435233076 (ISBN13: 9780435233075) Who said that drama died together…