This study guide is a helpful tool for studying E.B. White's classic, Charlotte's Web. Background information about the story and play are provided, as well as lesson ideas.

This lesson focuses on the reading of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It provides links to a study guide and an online text of the novel. It lists The Seven Commandments, Animal Farm's original Constitution and reminds students to pay...

Tells the story of Joseph burying his father, Jacob. Provides study questions as well.

This site features a complete project guide for George Orwell's book "Animal Farm."

"Verses upon the Burning of our House" (July 10, 1666) is a poem by Anne Bradstreet. She wrote it to express the traumatic loss of her home and most of her material. However, she expands the understanding that God had taken them away in...

Read about Euripides' last play, The Bacchae. Find out about the major characters and use the study questions to further understand the play.

The Man in the Iron Mask takes place thirty-five years after The Three Musketeers. This darker, more sophisticated novel is looked at in depth in this site. Read about the characters, look at the study questions and find out the...

This excellent, brief plot summary highlights the major events in the novel as well as labeling the climax, suspense and denouement.

This site analyses the novel in its historical context and provides a look into 17th century America.

This plot summary highlights the various themes that are presented in the novel as well as giving insightful background information on the main characters.

This both comic and tragic short story is wonderfully analysed in this site which focuses on characters and themes.

Dry September is considered to be one of William Faulkner's finest stories. Read about the story, the characters and important themes in this informative site.

The original presentations of Ghost elicited many negative responses from the public due to its attack on the church and its discussion of taboo subjects. Read about the play, the characters and themes in this informative site.

As an African American writer who wrote about a romantic relationship with another man, Giovanni's Room created a great deal of controversy when it was published in 1956.

This young adult Newberry winner by Lois Lowry is analyzed in detail in this informative site that looks at characters and their motivations.

This touching short story was written in 1968. Read about the characters their motivations, themes and quotations in this outstanding site.

Get important details and analysis about the plot, characters, and themes of Sandra Cisneros's first novel, The House on Mango Street.

This still current play, An Ideal Husband , is still relevant today. Read about the fascinating plot, setting and characters in this comprehensive site.

This story of a young Ibo woman who watches in dismay as the traditional values are being eroded in Nigeria by Western influence. This site looks in detail at the major characters, their struggles and hopes for the future.

This fascinating play was published after Eugene O' Neill's death. Read about the characters, the themes and important quotations in this sight that gives excellent information on the play.

A fascinating look at the various elements of the plot in Romeo and Juliet.

This fascinating site looks as Charles Dicken's Hard Times giving an in depth look at the time period in which it was written, the major characters and their motives.

The play Saint Joan depicts the life of Joan of Arc. Written by George Bernard Shaw this site looks at the plays symbols and imagery and also does an excellent anaysis of the characters.

Pulished in 1960 by James Hurst this short story is analysed in excellent detail in this informative site. Read about how the story reveals painful memories of the past and touches on the topics of guilt and blame.