Tag Archives: Character sketches
Antigone and Ismene. Greek mythology.
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand.
Archimedes of Syracuse. Mathematician of antiquity.
Atta Troll. Heinrich Heine.
Atta Troll.
“Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a narrative poem by Heinrich Heine, which was written in 1841 and 1843 appeared in the newspaper for the elegant world – incomplete and never completes. Atta Troll is one of the most virtuosic works Heines.
Don Manuel discovers Beatrice.
Don Manuel discovers Beatrice.
The Bride of Messina by Friedrich Schiller.
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Becky Sharp. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
The Egg of Columbus. Washington Irving’s “Columbus”.
The Egg of Columbus
The Egg of Columbus is a phrase that describes an amazingly simple solution to an intractable problem.
Roland at the Battle of Roncesvalles.
Roland at the Battle of Roncesvalles.
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The Fairy Queen. Florimel and the Witch.
Alethe, Priestess of Isis. The Epicurean, by Thomas Moore.
Alethe, Priestess of Isis.
The Epicurean, a Tale by Thomas Moore.