Category: Study Guides

  • Miss Temple

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    Miss Temple is one of the good characters in the novel. She is kind-hearted, fair and always ready to help all those deprived by destiny girls. She treats Jane and Helen with respect and compassion. With Bessie Lee, she is one of the first good females who appeared in Jane’s life. Finally, poor girl had…

  • John Grady Cole

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    John is the main hero of the story. But even if we see that the story takes place in the Western style, our hero definitely doesn’t begin as the Western one. John Grady is an attractive young man, who is also called a ladies’ man. He isn’t from that stupid Casanovas at all. He is…

  • Miss Sophia Grey

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    Miss Sophia Grey is the most mysterious woman of the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. It is another minor character presented to the audience as a rich and unpleasant person that attracts young and handsome fellows with her money. One of them appears to be Mr. Willoughby, a character, who has lost comfortable…

  • The Taming of the Shrew Study Guide

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    The Taming of the Shrew Study Guide Author: William Shakespeare Original title: The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a comedy that can be seen as controversial if we apply today’s moral standards to it. It involves things that are now considered forced marriage, abusive relations and domestic…

  • Jay Gatsby

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    It goes without saying, he is a protagonist of the novel. As it turned out, he was born in the North Dakota in a poor farming family. Speaking about his features of character, Gatsby is self-confident and persistent young man who aimed to lead wealthy and rich lifestyle. He is in the limelight as each…

  • Cat’s Cradle Study Guide

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    Cat’s Cradle Study Guide Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Original title: Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut that is science fiction by style and the bitter satire by nature. The main theme of it is the huge impact of technical progress on humanity and the possible hazards that it can bring. The…

  • The Handmaid’s Tale Essays

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    The Handmaids Tale by Margret Atwood Through literary works, authors usually describe events that seek to present various themes based on characters actions, viewpoints, and utterances. To this end, literary works normally have subtle lessons or analyses of various societal concepts, for example, discrimination of specific members of… 1 214 words Handmaids Tale Loss of…

  • Joseph Andrews Study Guide

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    Joseph Andrews Study Guide Author: Henry Fielding Original title: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Abrams Joseph Andrews is called an epic poem and is often compared to Don Quixote by Cervantes. But, unlike Cervantes’ work, the humor in this poem is much more kind and light, though…

  • Titania

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    Titania is the personification of a strong feminine being. Shakespeare created her in opposition to Oberon, awarding her with magical power and royal title. She is in no way inferior to her husband. Perhaps this is the reason for the strife between them. Oberon in such way is trying to restore traditional foundations, while Titania…

  • The Kite Runner Study Guide

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    The Kite Runner Study Guide Author: Khaled Hosseini Original title: The Kite Runner Characters: Amir, Hassan, Assef, Baba, Sohrab, Soraya, Rahim Khan, Ali Not everybody likes historical novels. And not every story makes a good inspiration source for a book. But some events are best to learn about from the literary genre. The Afghan war…