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Gulliver’s Travels
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Characters
Gulliver - The narrator and protagonist of
the story. Although Lemuel Gulliver’s vivid and detailed style of narration
makes it clear that he is intelligent and well educated, his perceptions are
naïve and gullible. He has...
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Gulliver's Travels
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Gulliver’s Travels
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Summary
The
book is written in the first person from the point of view of Lemuel Gulliver,
a surgeon and sea captain who visits remote regions of the world, and it
describes four adventures. In the first one, Gulliver is the only survivor of a
shipwreck, and he swims to Lilliput, where he is tied up by...
Monday, 22 October 2018
The Birthday Party
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At a glance
Harold Pinter was working as an actor
in England when he stayed briefly at a dilapidated boardinghouse that would
serve as his inspiration for both The Birthday Party and The Room. As he has
explained in many published works, he wrote more from...
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf
is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is
arguably one of the most important works of Old English literature. The date of
composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating
pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author
was an anonymous...