She strived for equality and independence since she was a little girl. ... Till then, the character, Jane went up on the social stage formally, Jane was poor and plain, but clever, brave and full of the spirit of independence. ... She had passionate feelings but she never forgot equality. ... So she once puzzled for the object she resisted was in relation to scared God. ... If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also", but believed in "Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.". ...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

While she worked full-time as an editor at Random House and raised two sons, she began writing her first novel, The Bluest Eye. ... Years later, when her oldest daughter Hannah confronts Eva about Plum's death and asks if Eva ever loved her children or ever played with them, Eva's response is typical of the strong black woman: "I'm talkin' 'bout 18 and 95 when I set in that house five days with you and Pearl and Plum and three beets, you snake-eyed ungrateful hussy. ... Sula overhears Hannah tell some other women that she loves Sula, but that she doesn't like her....

• Word Count: 2614
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Even if she was hit by her husband, she had to do much for her husband. ... She should be responsible for this abnormal love, no matter what position she held in her son's growth. ... She however becomes dominant to a point where she becomes Paul's inspiration to his artwork. ... Morel, Miriam kept an eye on Paul's art creation, but the mother paid more attention to the achievement and fame that was brought by art, while Miriam focused on her lover's deeper feelings for nature, the great enthusiasm to art. ... When Miriam is over for dinner, she was rejected when she asked ...

• Word Count: 2551
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

From the beginning of recorded history music in some form or other has told the story of life and its beauty, wonder, struggles, and causes. From the love between a man and a woman to the oppression of people, music and song have been supplying the soundtrack to life. Music has a tendency to questio...

• Word Count: 3343
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Juliet has not yet considered marriage, but agrees to look at Paris during the feast to see if she thinks she could fall in love with him. ... When Juliet learns that the young man she has just kissed is the son of Montague, she grows equally upset. ... But she resettles herself, and realizes that her duty belongs with her love: to Romeo. ... Unsure of how to proceed "unable to reveal to her parents that she is married to Romeo, but unwilling to marry Paris now that she is Romeo's wife "Juliet asks her Nurse for advice. ... After she is laid to rest in the family's crypt...

• Word Count: 13391
• Approx Pages: 54
• Grade Level: High School