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Depiction of Nickolas, Alisoun and Absolon characters of Miller’s Tale The Miller’s Tale is a story in which are intertwined many characters. But I selected these three like a most interesting for me: Nickolas, Alisoun and Absolon. Clerk gentle Nicholas is the poor young scholar who rents a room in John’s house. He had studied…

Fay Weldon, who began her career in writing as an advertising copywriter in the 1960s, appropriates the use of food and cooking in most of her literary work; her preference in writing of women-centered stories stereotypically matches the domestic activity.  However, Weldon’s work is not simply a celebration of gastronomical creations and the common positive…

These characters were mentioned in the novel, appeared once, mentioned many times or have no major contribution to the storyline. Don Pedro Eibarramendia – the great-grandfather of Crisostomo Ibarra who came from the Basque area of Spain. He started the misfortunes of Elias’ family. His descendants abbreviated their surname to Ibarra. He died of unknown…

Many would agree that the story “An Upheaval” is not one of the best works of Anton Chekhov. His other works receive more readership than “An Upheaval.” Many critics and readers simply did not like the whole plot or just the ending . Though aesthetics is relative, those who did not like this story are…

Romeo and Juliet is a play of love and hatred. In the centre of it all is Juliet, a thirteen year old girl, still relying on her nurse, but she is willing to take her own life than having to live without the one she loves. In the short four days, in which the play…

As a wise man once said, “Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” In Harper Lee’s bestseller ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, three children named Scout Finch, Jem Finch, and Charles Baker “Dill” Harris learn very important life lessons that aids them along with their gradual maturity in…

How are the female characters in The Importance of Being Earnest presented and in what ways do they conform to the Victorian ideal of passive women. Victorian England made a clear division between gender roles of men and women. The life of a conventional Victorian woman was focused on marriage and family in which her…

The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is not unheard of and none tire easily of this beautiful yet tragic tale. Romeo and Juliet is by far one of the best of Shakespeare’s creations, the tale of doomed love, which never fails to touch ones heart. The following character analysis is that of Tybalt…

“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor depicts the grandmother as an atypical figure, exhibiting qualities of manipulation, deceitfulness, and self-centeredness. Throughout the narrative, she adopts a role of omniscience and displays excessive sentimentality towards the past. The tale commences with her fervently persuading her family against vacationing in Florida, driven by…

Most of Dickens’ major novels were first written in monthly or weekly instalments in journals such as ‘Master Humphrey’s Clock’ and ‘Household Words’,which later were reprinted in book form. These instalments made the stories cheap, accessible and the series of regular cliff-hangers made each new episode widely anticipated. American fans even waited at the docks…