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  • First Witch

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    Three sisters, three witches never separate from each other. They are always near, talking to each other. Most likely the first witch is the leader of their magic trio. She has the opportunity to look into the past and ask questions. This witch is a very vindictive person. She is the master of the winds…

  • Hard Times Summary

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    The story mainly revolves around an individual named Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, who had devoted his life to all things factual and calculated, only to discover in the end the importance of compassion and content in a person’s life. He brings up his children, Louisa and Tom under the same discipline, failing to understand that it…

  • Burt Selden

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    Burt Selden is involved in the experiment with the mouse Algernon and the man Charlie. Burt is writing his thesis which explains why he is so interested in the process. For him, the experiment is just a scientific breakthrough and not the crucial intrusion into one’s life. Burt is working with both Strauss and Nemur.…

  • Alice Jackson (Greenwood)

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    Although she was born as a free black woman, Alice turns into a slave of the Weylin estate after the imprisonment of Isaac Jackson, her first husband. Rufus has the manic feelings to Alice since he was young and efforts Alice to be his concubine. After that, Alice gives birth to two children. When Dana…

  • Hamlet Analysis

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    Act 1 Main events of the act 1: The ghost of the deceased king appears in front of the guards; Denmark is preparing for a war with Norway; Young prince Hamlet is unhappy with his mother hastily marrying Claudius; Ophelia is told by her father and brother not to fall in love with Hamlet; The…

  • Henrik Vanger

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    Henrik turns 82 years old on the first page of the book. He was a widower and married to a Jewish woman. Also, we know that he helped her wife to escape from Germany during World War II. This made him a hero in her eyes. In some ways, he’s at the center of all…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 23 | Just Great DataBase

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    Daughters are never of so much consequence to a father. Pride and Prejudice 0 Her thoughts were all fixed on that one spot of Pemberley House, whichever it might be, where Mr. Darcy then was. She longed to know what at the moment was passing in his mind—in what manner he thought of her, and…

  • Monsieur Homais

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    This monsieur was a very honourable apothecary in Yonville. Exactly his power and self-importance helps Charles to become a doctor. Probably he regrets that after the situation with Hippolyte’s food. But we never know it. During the whole story, he gives so many commentaries to everything that is going on. It is not a sign…

  • Agamemnon Summary

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    Agamemnon is a play written by Aeschylus, based on the times of the Trojan War against the Greeks. The setting opens up with the watchman who is given the job of watching the roof of the palace for Agamemnon’s return, explaining how dull and unhappening his life is. Because Agamemnon had been gone while fighting…

  • I am no bird; and no net Jane Eyre

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    I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Quote Analysis Even without knowing who said this quote at page 483 of “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte we can easily guess that these words belong to Jane herself. She is so strong-willed and determined to…