Lynn Gilbertsen

Rapunzel is the main character in a famous fairy tale of the same name written by the Brothers Grimm. In this story, a poor man steals food from the garden of a mean witch to feed his starving...

Homer's epic poem the Odyssey and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's novel Don Quixote share many similarities. To begin, both are older stories originally published in other languages and later...

Atticus Finch is a white lawyer representing Tom Robinson, an African American man on trial for raping and beating a white young woman, Mayella Ewell. Mayella's father, Bob Ewell, is the accuser;...

The Vietnamese Declaration of Independence was delivered in 1945 by the Vietnamese communist leader named Ho Chi Minh. For historical context, France controlled Vietnam (then called French...

The Odyssey by Homer is a story of humanity. The epic poem's hero, Odysseus, is a man on a ten-year journey home from war. Odysseus's son is on his own journey to adulthood as he searches for his...

Many Homeric scholars have spent their entire careers studying and writing about the Odyssey. Some of these critics have also used their knowledge of the poem to complete new translations of...

In William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," Romeo Montague speaks throughout act 2, scene 2 about how love changes him. Romeo believes that love makes him more open to change, more bold, and...

Homer's epic poem The Odyssey is really a story of two men's journeys. Most people know of Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca since he is the main character and the epic poem's namesake. But...

Emancipation from slavery brought different experiences for individual former slaves. A government agency titled the Freedmen’s Bureau was an important (though temporary) agency created by the...

Circe is a powerful sorceress who lives on an island in a decadent mansion surrounded by animals. Odysseus and his men arrive on her island on their way home to Ithaca with only one ship left....

Elie Wiesel's Night is a haunting tale of 15-year-old Eliezer's experience with his father in the Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Buna death camps, which were operated to control and kill Jewish people...