Category: Study Guides

  • Peter

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    Peter is Mitch’s brother. These two brothers lost connection after Peter moved to another country running away from his family and the disease he has. Just because of Morrie, Mitch wants to find the brother, to renew their relationships. Peter lives in Spain after having moved to Europe immediately after graduating from high school. If…

  • Arthur Shelby

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    He is Tom’s master in Kentucky. He is also described as being off the good characters in the novel. Shelby is characterized as a kind of slave owner, who cares about other people without paying attention to the color of the skin. You know, he is the stereotypical Southern gentleman. When Shelby experiences a financial…

  • Tom Buchanan

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    A man of strong physique. He is from the “Nouveau riche” family that explains his mannerisms and tendencies to despise the lower cohorts. His temper is characterized by excessive arrogance, seen in every gesture and word. Tom has the power to subjugate the weak-minded persons to whom his wife Daisy belongs. The hero is sure…

  • The Lady with the Little Dog Study Guide

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    The Lady with the Little Dog Study Guide Author: Anton Chekhov Original title: Дама с собачкой One of the short stories by Anton Chekhov, “The Lady with the Little Dog” is considered one of the most famous and most brilliant. Like the majority of Chekhov’s works, this one tells us the story about relationships between…

  • Silas Marner Summary

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    The plot surrounds the titular character, Silas Marner who is a weaver in an English village with the name of Raveloe. Although he excels in his craft, Silas keeps to himself and the villagers too are wary of him since he is not originally from the town. Silas also stands out in the crowd due…

  • All Quiet on the Western Front Summary

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    The events of the book take place in the middle of the First World War. Germany is already at war with France, Russia, England and America. The narrator is Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier, fighting in trenches with his fellows and former classmates. He introduces to the reader all of them: schoolboys, peasants, fishermen,…

  • Invisible Man Study Guide

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    Invisible Man Study Guide Author: Ralph Ellison Original title: Invisible Man Characters: Mr. Norton, Jim Trueblood, The Narrator (Invisible Man), The Grandfather, Dr. Bledsoe, Reverend Homer A. Barbee, Halley, Hester, Edna, Veteran, Supercargo “Invisible Man” is a novel that requires an adult reader. Ralph Ellison wrote it in 1952 and put all social and intellectual…

  • Richard III Essays – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    King Richard Iii Commentary This is a passage from act 5 scene 3, lines 178 to 207 of the play King Richard the third by William Shakespeare. This soliloquy is spoken by King Richard following a nightmare regarding the ghosts of his past returning to curse him. This passage can be considered the only major…

  • Jason Worthington

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    This character is rather static and belongs to the second line characters. He is the former boyfriend of Margo Spiegelman. Jason is her best friend. Since he cheated her with Becca, their romantic relationships are over. He got the revenge. Jason is always in the center of attention surrounded by girls. His charismatic smile, attractive…

  • A Streetcar Named Desire Summary

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    This dramatic play written by Williams starts in the wretched outskirts of New Orleans, the author himself even remarks that the very atmosphere of this place shall inflict the feeling of being lost in a very spoiled place. A streetcar ironically named “Desire” delivers a woman in her forties, Blanche DuBois here. She went from…