Category: Study Guides

Briefly saying Anu is the father of the Sumerian Gods, also, the father of the gods and the god of the firmament. Ishtar appeals to him for help after Gilgamesh spurns her advances. But who wants reading briefly? Let’s get to know this character in more details. Anu is the god, who sits in the sky.…

Ralph is an intelligent, rational, and athletic twelve-year-boy marooned on a deserted island with a bunch of other boys. He uses his common sense and sensible judgments to coordinate the efforts of other boys in order to survive and return to the world of adults. Ralph’s charisma and self-confidence attract the castaways who choose him…

This character has an exciting destiny. By the way, he is Cunégonde’s brother. So, after his father’s castle was destroyed he decides to become a Jesuit priest. Also, if you read carefully, you’ll see that not once, but repeatedly Volter shows to the attentive reader that the Baron has homosexual behavior and tastes. Also, he…

This character represents black men who are forced to live in isolation because of racism. Crooks has received his name due to his crooked past. He lives alone, but when Lennie starts talking with him, Crooks tries to befriend him. It means that this character is fed up with loneliness, and he needs communication. He…

Number the Stars Study Guide Author: Lois Lowry Original title: Number the Stars Published: February 9th 1998 by Dell Yearling (first published 1989) Setting: Denmark, 1943 ISBN 0440227534 (ISBN13: 9780440227533) Lois Lowry wrote “Number the Stars” in 1989. The book talks about a Jewish family who, just like many other Jews, found themselves entrapped in…

At the beginning of the play, poor Ophelia, the maiden fair, possesses everything necessary to obtain the condition that passed for a happy marriage at that times. She is young, innocent, beautiful and completely obedient. Both Polonius and Laertes warn her not to get into a too intimate relationship with young Hamlet, and for a…

Robert Ferrars is the youngest child of Mrs. Ferrars and a brother of Fanny and Edward. Along with the elder brother and a sister, he depends on his strict and despotic mother financially and is obliged to follow her wills. At the same time, as well as Mrs. Ferrars, Robert is highly interested in money,…

He is an attorney, an enterprising and egoistic businessman. His main crime is his overwhelming, relentless arrogance and self-interest. He is the only character who refuses to recognize his faults. Impressed by the beauty and enlightenment of Dunya Raskolnikov, Luzhin makes her offer. He thinks that the noble girl who has experienced a lot of…