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Hamlet’s character changes after a visit from his deceased father. The ghost reveals the truth about his death—that it was Claudius who killed his father. It affects Hamlet’s behavior...

Jordan, having spent most of her life in the East Egg, at some point got tired from the company she was spending time with. East Egg was the part of Long Island where old money was...

The novel's narrator, Nick Carraway, is a young man born in Minnesota. Yale-educated and World War I ex-military, Nick comes to New York City to learn about the bond business. ...

The card games are generally the nobility’s pastime in Pride and Prejudice. They include loo, vingt-un, whist, and commerce. Most of them are round games. They represent the divide...

The lady that tempted Sir Gawain is Bertilak's wife - Lady Bertilak. For three days in a row, she attempts to seduce the knight. However, she only receives several modest kisses. This...

The story introduces two main characters: the protagonist – the grandmother, and the antagonist – The Misfit. Several minor characters develop the story. They are Red Sammy Butts,...

Roderigo’s rage at Cassio is a part of Iago’s evil plan. He intends to disgrace Cassio in front of Othello. His incompetent behavior can lead to his dismissal from the lieutenant's...

Antinous wants to get rid of suitors. He suggests Telemachus kills the suitors. His aim is not to relieve the family from the issues suitors make. Instead, he wants to eliminate the...

“Frankenstein complex” was suggested by Isaac Asimov. It describes the unconscious fear of artificial objects overtaking humanity. Asimov was the first to discuss the phobia of...

The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has several different plot points and symbols. Some of them can be explained through Christianity. There is a conflict between pagan faith and...

Elie Wiesel refers to the Sighet residents as "our friends of yesterday." He expresses his resentment and disappointment at his neighbors, who chose to stay ignorant about the...

The Prioress is implied to be a contradictory figure in the prologue of the Canterbury Tales. She was first introduced to be an aristocratic and pious nun. In fact, she is a religious...

Mary Shelley was the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet. Their relationship was both professional and personal. The couple shared the same passion for literature and a circle of...

Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark, Gertrude, is one of the play’s main characters. Her development between Act I and Act IV can be summarized as follows – she becomes less...

One of Jane Austen’s most popular novels, Pride and Prejudice, became classic English literature. Every year, it attracts more readers. Jane Eyre and Little Women are some of the books...

The father-son relationships run like a thread throughout the book. First of all, this is the story of the author himself and the evolution of his relationship with his father, with...

The central conflict in the short story is the contrast between egoism and grace. In the last moments before death, the grandmother turns to faith through a spiritual rebirth. She...

The story of Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights unfolds over the course of three decades, starting in 1771. It is told by Mr. Lockwood’s housekeeper in 1801, and the last events of the...

After Mathilde borrows a necklace from her wealthy friend, her life changes completely. After the ball, she is forced to accept that her existence will be very different for many years...

The actors’ physical appearance in Hamlet helps to show the spectators the emotional state of the characters. When the main character looks clean and neat, it shows that he is not...

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka was written in 1912. It served as a depiction of his negative life experiences. It was published in 1915, Kafka read a section of this short story to...

In the novel, Mary Shelley tries to understand the monstrous nature of Frankenstein’s creature. The writer wondered if the monster was born evil or became a villain due to society and...

Othello is originally from Africa, so he is a black-skinned man. In the play, he is often referred to as the Moor – a representative of an African race. Othello’s distinctive...

Calypso is a nymph that captures Odysseus for seven years. They live on a magical island of Ogygia before Odysseus manages to escape. When Odysseus lands on Ogygia during his travels,...

In Frankenstein, Walton appears as a similar character to Victor. Walton is ambitious. He rejected his family to become famous in the scientific field. Although his ambitions led him...

The narrator spends a summer in the ex-nursery room of a colonial mansion. Her husband, a physician, imprisons her in the building as part of the rest cure. It was the popular...

Jay Gatsby first encountered Dan Cody on Lake Superior, where he was working. The character noticed that the storm was coming. So, he decided to warn the sailor about the bad weather....

Science, Gothic, and romantic fiction genres are different. However, Mary W. Shelley managed to unite them. She created one of the most famous literary works of the XIX century....

Mrs. Schachter sees the flames and smells the smoke during the journey. She foresees the dreadful future for every person on the train. Perhaps, the woman is the only one who...

In general, it can be stated that Nick is not a quite reliable narrator due to several reasons. For instance, he may not be present during a significant event. It means he can't...

I agree that Madame Loisel’s efforts to pay off her debts are heroic. The protagonist of The Necklace undergoes significant changes. She goes from an extravagant and mean woman to a...

The yellow wallpaper is a collective symbol. It represents different aspects of the time when the story was written. It refers to the oppressive social standards of patriarchy. Women...

The first selection in Night meant the first split in Elie's family. Men and women were separated at the concentration camp. One of the prisoners warned Elie and his father to lie...

Victor builds his monster on a lonely island in the Orkney Islands chain in Scotland. This place is quiet, peaceful, and lonely, which is what the scientist wants to implement his...

Frankenstein is a novel that highlights the real problems and anxieties that people experience in life. Writing a fictional story, the author delivered the theme of horror and showed...

Overall, the face of the creature looked terrible. It was so scary and disgusting that Victor started to fear his invention and ran away from the apartment. In addition to the book's...

In the Odyssey, a hundred and eight suitors assured that Odysseus would not return home. The suitors were captivated by the charm and intellect of Odysseus' wife, Penelope. Therefore,...

Irus or Arnaeus is a character from the Odyssey. One of his primary functions in the text is transmitting messages for Penelope's suitors. Odysseus returns home from his twenty years...

For Hamlet, it is essential to portray a story in a realistic way. He wants the actors to represent people as close as possible to their real images. In The Murder of Gonzago, he tries...

Mme. Jeanne Forestier learns from Mathilde Loisel that she and her husband replaced her fake necklace with real diamonds. At first, she is surprised by the appearance of her friend -...

Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are two central characters in Pride and Prejudice. The main plotline is tied around them. They take part in all significant events. Despite their...

The most obvious example of irony in A Good Man is Hard to Find are words of the grandmother. The satire lies in the way she thinks about the world and what such reflections lead to....

The Yellow Wallpaper is written as the diary of a physician’s wife subjected to a rest cure. She goes through a “temporary nervous depression” after the birth of her child. In modern...

Victor’s Frankenstein’s curse was his inability to become happy. He created the monster to distract from his grief. In the end, the beast brought him more misery by killing Victor’s...

The story of the Diamond Necklace takes place in Paris, France, during the late 19th century. Since the plot's inception, the given information becomes evident. It is because key...

The characters show opposing approaches to religious practice and the work of a man of God. The Pardoner is preoccupied with acquiring profit and shaming others for the sake of his own...

Linton Heathcliff is one of the notable characters of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. He is the son of Isabella Linton, who died early, and Heathcliff, the book's antagonist. Their...

Darcy’s letter reveals the bitter truth about Wickham to Elizabeth. At first, the heroine does not accept that she has been deceived in such a crooked way. Still, Elizabeth recognizes...

The Nun's Priest's Tale tells the reader a cautionary mock-heroic tale. It warns against flattery about Chanticleer, a rooster with seven wives, and a fox who aims to seize the...

Rabbi Eliabou was an old devout Jewish prisoner in the concentration camp. Everyone around respected him for his kindness. His son left when the father started feeling weaker to get...