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  • José Arcadio Buendía

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    José Arcadio Buendía is the founder of the town of Macondo and the head of a large family. He is a man of a strong character, immobile with great physical strength, strong-willed, stubborn and unyielding. He had a deep interest in the design of the world, sciences, technical innovations, and alchemy. Even as a child,…

  • Twelfth Night Summary

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    Twelfth Night or What You Will is a comedy written by William Shakespeare circa 1601. The events of the comedy take place in the imaginary country of Illyria.  The Duke of Illyria, Orsino is in love with young Countess Olivia, but she still mourns the death of her brother. She decides to lock herself in…

  • Trinculo

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    Alonso is a jester with a charactonym derived from the German word “trinken” (“to drink”). He is a crooked reflection of Sebastian, while his good friend Stephano resembles Antonio. Dizzy after storm, Trinkulo runs into Caliban, thinking that he is hit by lightning, while Caliban is sure that the stranger is one of Prospero’s serving…

  • My Ántonia Summary

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    When he is only ten years old, Jim Burden finds himself an orphaned boy in Virginia during the late 1880s. He is forced to move to Nebraska to live with his grandparents and boards a train to their farm with a worker named Jake. On the same train he encounters a bohemian family, the Shimerdas…

  • Louisa Gradgrind

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    This lady is the eldest Mr. Gradgrind’s daughter whose life experience proved ambiguity of her father’s principles of education. She is the protagonist of the story, and a reader gets acquainted with this girl from her young age. She was under the substantial influence of her father’s ideas; this means that she was obliged to…

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Study Guide

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Study Guide Author: Maya Angelou Original title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Characters: Maya Angelou, Annie Henderson ‘Momma’, Bailey Johnson, Mother (Vivien Baxter), Mr. Freeman , Dr. Lincoln, Tommy Valdon “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is a chronicle of the first 16 years of Maya…

  • Medea Study Guide

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    Medea Study Guide Author: Euripides Original title: Mήδεια Published: April 19th 1993 by Dover Publications (first published -431) Setting: Corinth (Greece) ISBN 0486275485 (ISBN13: 9780486275482) “Medea” belongs to the authorship of a great Ancient writer Euripides. It is based on a story of a woman whose husband leaves her for another princess. In despair, she…

  • Juliet Capulet

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    The main heroine of the tragedy is Juliet Capulet, a fourteen-year-old carefree girl. However, despite her young age, she has a non-child depth of thinking. She is rich, both internal and external beauty, constantly attracts and fascinates with her blooming youth. The heroine is represented in the image of a clean, educated and intelligent lady…

  • The Way of the World Summary

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    “The Way of the World”, written by William Congreve, was launched in 1700 in London. Although the play Is now regarded as one of the best comic plays of all times, during that time, it was considered to be too fast due to the explicit sexual tones used in the content. In addition to “The…

  • The Importance of Being Earnest Summary

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    The background of the play’s first scene is set in the flat of the wealthy Algernon Moncrieff, who is also known as Algy, in the Mayfair area of West London. He is expecting a visit from his aunt, Lady Bracknell, and her daughter, and Algy’s cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax. He is surprised to find that it…