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The father of the Bundren family who only deserves that title for formal reasons. The actions and decisions of this man make reader doubt his ability to love or take responsibility for anybody, even for himself. He doesn’t take care of his children and looks for his own benefits in every situation. In the very…

Hero of Helen Burns is not dynamic. Why? Because we don’t meet with this girl very often in the book. Nevertheless, she was Jane’s best friend at Lowood school, the one in the world who cares about Jane. That’s why at the same time we care about Helen as much as about Jane. She always…

Horatio, Hamlet’s best and only friend, was the first to deal with the old king’s ghost. He is brave enough to face it and even tries to talk to it while others are merely staring and shivering. Later he accompanies Hamlet in his encounter with the ghost. Horatio represents good sense, skepticism and a true…

This is a migrant couple which appears in the book when Joads met them on the first night of their journey. Joads were looking for a place to sleep and accidentally found them. Wilson’s car went broken, and Al Joad helps to fix it. When Granpa unpredictably dies of a stroke, they kindly propose to…

Abbé Faria is a character whom we meet in the prison where Edmond was closed. Edmond has a chance to meet this man who helps him to change his thoughts and creates a plan of further life. Faria is a priest and his ability to think and find the options of the answers is brilliant.…

Anne Steele is a minor character of the novel that is described by the author as an elder sister of a mean and self-confident Lucy Steele. Despite the fact that this woman is approximately thirty years old, she seems to live in her own fantasy world that is different to the real one. Anne Steele…

George Psalmanazar was a historical person. He was born in 1679 and claimed that he was the first inhabitant of the island of Formosa, who visited Europe. It appeared in Northern Europe around 1700. Although Psalmanazar was dressed in European clothes and looked like a European, he claimed that he had come from the remote…

They are the embodiment of radically opposite beginnings. They arise every time when Doctor Faustus starts thinking about the sins and virtues of his own soul. The principal carefully weighs and evaluates all the deeds committed by him, trying to foresee what awaits him after an inevitable departure. The Good Angel constantly persuades Faust to…