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  • Colonel Pickering

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    Colonel Pickering is a gentleman and well-educated academic who studies the peculiarities of Indian dialects and other language notions. As the readers may see, the man shares common interests with Higgins who is also interested in the studies of languages, even though Pickering is not so devoted to the field. However, his researches in language…

  • Michael Williams

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    Michael Williams is one of three soldiers who dared to visit King Henry V before the decisive battle of Azencourt. The meeting took place as a result of the secret walk of the monarch, disguised as homeless. While walking, the warlord heard a conversation between his officers about the chances of surviving on the battlefield.…

  • Bartleby the Scrivener Essays

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    Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is one of the most famous short stories written by world renowned author Herman Melville. John Self in his article in The Asylum describes the book as a keystone of modern literature. Published anonymously in November and December of…

  • A Farewell to Arms Summary

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    Another masterpiece about love and war written by Hemingway takes place in 1915-1918 on the Italian-Austrian front. An American young man named Frederick Henry is a lieutenant of the Italian sanitary troops. The USA haven’t entered the conflict yet, so, unable to participate officially, Frederick went to war as a volunteer. His sanitary unit is…

  • Fool

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    After an exile of Cordelia, Fool becomes not just the king’s defender, but his conscience. He, like a theater prompter, comments on all actions and conversations of the characters, suggesting the correctness about the choice they made. Although Fool is loyal to Lear, his devotion does not differ with naivety and blindness. He indicates the…

  • All the King’s Men Essays

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    All the King’s Men The novel All the King’s Men was published in 1946 and written by Robert Penn Warren. The title of the novel is taken from a popular children’s nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The novel has won many awards and has been adapted into films in 1949 and 2006. Based in 1930s, this…

  • Ghosts Summary

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    Ghosts is a scathing depiction of 19th-century morality by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play starts off with all the characters convening in the remote town of Rosenvold where Mrs. Alving is dedicating an orphanage to her late husband’s memory. Regina, Mrs. Alving’s maid is working on the garden as her father Engstrand walks in.…

  • Hatchet Essays

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    Literary Criticism of Gary Paulsen’s “The Hatchet” Survival as the main theme The theme of survival for literary pieces has been very popular ever since Charles Darwin noted that “survival” is the central idea that promoted evolution. In any literary piece that promotes the theme of survival, a certain story structure is used. It… 896…

  • Tom Weylin

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    Tom Weylin is a Rufus’ father. He is an unkind master to his slaves, although Dana notices that Tom is not an absolutely brutal owner. Tom does what he believes is appropriate for a man of his standing over this time cycle, which indicates putting black people “in their place” when he considers they are…

  • Twelve Years a Slave Summary

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    While at birth he was granted free man status, as he was born in Minerva, New York in 1808, Solomon Northup was the son of a liberated slave. He grew up in his father’s farm and received a basic education. He moved to Saratoga after marrying Anne Hampton in 1828 and had three children. Solomon…