Category: Study Guides

  • Tom Sawyer

    Premiere time when we met Tom was in the previous book of Mark Twain called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom is Huck’s good friend. He’s imaginative, mischievous, hilariously, and impractical. We believe that Huck and Tom became friends only because of being that much different. Tom has a normal home and a good upbringing,…

  • Joe Gargery

    We can see a lot of information about this character in the book as he is there from the beginning to the end. Joe is Pip’s brother-in-law and childhood hero. He’s mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, a little foolish. He was active in his weakness. His such strong goodness makes him one of the few sympathetic…

  • Frankenstein Essays

    Frankenstein Being initially developed as a “ghost-story”, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” included numerous issues varying from author’s interpretations of the scientific and social theories to the description of general culture of the time. The story of Frankenstein was told by means of letters, and in the… 2 191 words Father and Son Relationship in Hamlet, Frankenstein…

  • The Return of the Native Study Guide

    The Return of the Native Study Guide Author: Thomas Hardy Original title: The Return of the Native The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy is a novel that received a very controversial feedback in the Victorian society. It is the story about the complicated relationships, love triangles that sometimes have nothing in common with…

  • The Trial Summary

    The novel starts for the readers from as sudden event as it is for its main character, Joseph K. who has just turned thirty. But instead of a party the surprise for his birthday is quite nasty: instead of the servant with the breakfast there are several men in black suits in his room and…

  • Ofglen

    Ofglen is one more female character who is another Handmaid. The readers don’t know a lot about this woman because she wasn’t with the narrator at the Centre. The only information included is that Ofglen is a bit plump, and she has brown eyes. She walks as a “trained pig,” but that is only the…

  • Diana and Mary Rivers

    These two kind girls are sunshine in Jane’s life. They are St. John’s sisters and Jane’s cousins. Diana and Mary Rivers are gentle, compassionate, educated young women who take to Jane immediately. Mary isn’t shown much in the novel, that’s why we can sum that she isn’t critical. Whereas Diana is a natural leader and…

  • Lysander

    In the image of Lysander, Shakespeare portrayed a young man who falls in love with Hermia. But his tragedy is that her father has a deep hatred for him, and the Athenian laws are not on his side. Lysander is very observant, noticing the deceitfulness of Demetrius, while the others admire his upbringing. Lysander is…

  • Andrew Ramsay

    Andrew Ramsay is the oldest son of eight children of Ramsay family. He is very knowledgeable and competent person. Andrew makes efforts to build a successful career of a mathematician. He had good relations with Paul Rayley and Minta Doyle. He joined them when they were walking on the beach. His fate was rather tragic.…

  • Black Elk Speaks Study Guide

    Black Elk Speaks Study Guide Author: John G. Neihardt Original title: Black Elk Speaks Black Elk Speaks is the nonfiction book that reflects the talks of the healer of the Lakota people named Black Elk. Neihardt was one of the few who was granted permission to enter Lakota reservation and talk to the people who…