Articles for category: Books

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Walton and Frankenstein

In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, the character Walton takes a peculiar interest in a man that he finds drifting on the ice in the Arctic Ocean. This man is Frankenstein, and after many days of recovery, he begins to tell Walton the story of how he came to the ice. ...

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Wifey: An Adult Novel by Judy Blume

If you know me, I am an avid reader. But Judy Blume, believe it or not, is someone I didn’t read. As you may have noticed, previously I wrote a review on Judy Blume’s book Forever…. within that article, I mentioned her book Wifey. Wifey, was my first read, of Judy Blume’s, and since that ...

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Important Quotes from “Oedipus the King”

“Anarchy – show me a greater crime in all the earth! She, she destroys cities, rips up houses, breaks the ranks of spearmen into headlong rout. But the ones who last it out, the great mass of them owe their lives to discipline. Therefore we must defend the men who live by law, never let ...

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Doctor Faustus: Summary and Analysis: Wagner and Robin, the Clown

Summary of Wagner and Robin, the Clown: Wagner and Robin enter, Act I, scene iv; the Clown, a rustic buffoon, has stolen a conjuring book from Doctor Faustus, and desires to learn from Wagner how to conjure. Wagner wryly suggests that Robin is louse-infected. Robin, “Stavesacre? That’s good to kill vermin! Then, belike, if I ...

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Analyzing Themes in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Waterland

When comparing the evolution of a character in a work, the structure of the narrative is essential in understanding not only the complexity but the absolute definition of the character in question. In examining Virginia Woolf’s character, Clarissa Dalloway, an exciting study can be made. Clarissa is shown in different contexts in three very distinct ...

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Death of a Salesman Tragedy

Death of a Salesman, a play written by Arthur Miller, depicts a tragedy of an every day family. A Tragedy is “a drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow.” The play interprets the lives of a perfect family when they try to challenge their dignity ...

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8 Favorite Quotes from “A Song of Ice and Fire”

If you’ve read any of the A Song of Ice and Fire books by George R. R. Martin – or watched the first season of the HBO series A Game of Thrones – you know what the series offers. You have characters you love to hate or hate to love — villains that revolt you ...

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Pro Tools for Dummies

My partner was in his last months of audio engineering school when he asked me to go to the bookstore and buy Pro Tools All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies. He was about to start his in studio practical and wanted an easy to use reference book to study while he produced his final project. I ...

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Chasing the “White Whale” of Meaning in Moby Dick

In 1851, in correspondence to colleague and friend Nathanial Hawthorne, Herman Melville said the following while still at work on the novel that would at first be panned by all critics and then later become the cornerstone of American literature, The Whale, better known as Moby Dick: “In a week or so, I go to ...