Category: Study Guides

  • The Ambassadors Study Guide

    The Ambassadors Study Guide Author: Henry James Original title: The Ambassadors No matter how rigid and defined the setting is, “The Ambassadors” is a book about emotions and emotional freedom. We meet the main character, Lambert Strether, a middle-aged and very ordinary man, who decides to marry a very proper woman. But his fiancée-to-be sets…

  • Othello Summary

    Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, written circa 1603, can be viewed as one of the earliest literary piece dealing with the problem, which still exists now: racism. This is a story of marriage between Othello, a Moorish general in Venetian army, and a lovely white noble woman, Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, made unhappy by scheming…

  • Young Siward

    Siward is a General of the British Army and Earl of Northumberland. Since he is Duncan’s brother, he proclaims the British army against Macbeth. Soldiers of his army are masked by the branches from Birnam Wood, making the prophecy of the witches. The witches claimed that Macbeth would fall when Birnam Wood was removed to…

  • Race Studies

    Toni Morrison is a famous American prose writer, Editor-in-Chief, Nobel Prize Winner of Literature, also well-known as the conscience of America. She was born in February 18, 1931, in Lorraine, Ohio. In adolescence she adopted Catholicism, and with it, the name Anthony – the…

  • Soraya

    We meet Soraya in the middle of the book, she appears as Amir’s wife. Once, being younger she ashames her family very much. What did she do? She ran off with a man. Do you remember that for a woman who was born in Afganistan it was a disaster? The biggest shame a family could…

  • Jasque Charmolue

    The judge who led the Esmeralda case. A friend of Claude Frollo. He was in charge of torturing people. He was the person who imprisoned Esmeralda. Author: David Sutton

  • Darrel “Darry” Curtis

    Darrel Curtis is one of three sons who took responsibility for raising younger brothers after the death of their parents. He appreciates homeliness and comfort, making a lot of efforts to provide relatives with everything they need. Neighbors see in him the similarity with his father because he is the same broad-shouldered, tall guy with brown…

  • Young Adult

    Childhood American writer John Green is called the most popular author of the era of online technology. John and his brother created 11 episodes of online educational programs, launched the YouTube channel VlogBrothers, implemented the Awesome online projects and VidCon. But fame as an…

  • Hank Rearden

    Hank Rearden embodies the romantic hero in love with Dagny Taggart. His fate is extremely unhappy because he is married to an unloved woman. His true sympathy suddenly disappears from the city, causing a storm of negative assumptions. When Dagny appears with a new guy, Hank is forced to come to terms with the status…

  • A Passage to India Essays

    `A Passage to India` by E.M. Forster Introduction The book that has been taken into consideration is “’Passage to India” and is written by E.M. Forster. The book has been written in a way that it presents scenes set in the imaginary northern India city of Chandrapore. E.M. Forster’s ‘Passage to India’, has always been…