Literature

This is merely a simple story of a weary traveler, who is exhausted from following the path and only wants to sit down for a while. In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", Robert Frost explores the complex array of emotions one is forced to undergo as he deals with the expectations thrust onto him. Stopping by Woods on...

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The great poet John Donne has given a picturesque description of the powerlessness of Death in this sonnet, and how he considers Death to be the source of an eternal pathway to the gates of the afterlife.  The simple sonnet which has the rhyme scheme of ABBAABBACDCDEE, also has a loose iambic pentameter. Death, Be Not Proud BY JOHN DONNE...

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Characters and Analysis Hercule Poirot Poirot is a recurring character in Christie’s novels. A Retired Belgian policeman, he possesses superior intellect and powers of deduction. He is short and wears a bushy mustache which he is fussy about. Poirot is a man of the law but he is able to follow his conscience and adhere to his own understanding of...

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CONTENTS Beowulf is without doubt the most ancient surviving epic poem of the so called Anglo-Saxon epic tradition. Set in the sixth century in the southwestern part of the contemporary Sweden, the poem begins with a genealogy of the royal dynasty of the Scyldings, or Danes. This royal line is named for a mythic hero ancestor who arrived at the...

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Summary A Doll’s House starts out on Christmas Eve. Leading character, Nora Helmer, enters her impressively furnished sitting room – the setting of the entire play. She is carrying multiple packages. Nora’s husband, Torvald Helmer, hears her arrive and leaves his study to greet her. At first, he is warm and loving towards her, but, he soon reprimands her for having spent so...

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“Romance” is one of the rarest creations of Edgar Allan Poe, where the American writer, poet, and literary critic took a break from his genres of gore and horror, to write about romance, grasping the essence of nature. Romance BY EDGAR ALLAN POE Romance, who loves to nod and sing With drowsy head and folded wing Among the green leaves...

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The main character, Meursualt appears utterly detached from other people. He experiences life as a spectator. His emotional indifference makes the stranger in the story. He seems to have no reaction to the death of his mother. His relationships with friends and with a  woman who loves him have no emotional depth. He does not accept any of the societal demands...

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As can be imagined from the title of the poem, "Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein is about a heavily disorganized room, described from the point of view of a speaker who is stunned and horrified at the lack of responsibility of the anonymous owner of the said room. Messy Room BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN Whosever room this is should be ashamed!...

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Characters and Analysis Anne Shirley Anne is the main character in the novel. An orphan and spirited young girl, she is intelligent and precocious. Unaware of the social norms of her adopted world, she behaves largely according to her instincts and as a result, she is both shocking and charming. She makes mistakes in social situations, she is inept when...

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“The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, ‘Let me in - let me in!’ ‘Who are you?’ I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself. ‘Catherine Linton,’ it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of LINTON? I had read EARNSHAW twenty...

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