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Cover of Notes on Lewis' "Babbitt"

Notes on Lewis' "Babbitt"

by Robert J. Milch

Published December 1964
Shooting arrows at American business and the ethic of self-advancement, Lewis gives us "Babbitt," a social-climbing, hopelessly middle-class oaf. By skewering the borgeousie, Babbitt gives us social criticism and a new type of character that reappears in American arts and letters.

Cover of Notes on Sophocles' "Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone"
Oedipus, the banished king of Greek mythology who killed his father and married his mother, is the subject of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy, a series of three tragedies that tell a connected story. Despite their antiquity, these timeless works bring up questions that remain relevant in our society, and their exciting, colorful stories have a universal appeal that still captivates readers.

Cover of Notes on Goethe's "Faust", Parts 1 and 2
This dramatic poem in two parts is Goethe's greatest work. The poem is based on the legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil and deals with the man's sense of alienation and his need to come to terms with the world as it is.

Cover of Notes on Aeschylus' "Agamemnon", "Choephoroe" and "Eumenides"
One of the most successful playwrights of ancient Greece, Aeschylus wrote nearly 90 plays, but today only 7 survive. Credited with introducing a second actor onstage, his plays retell the battles, victories, and social ramifications of life in the golden days of Athens. These plays are 2,500 years old and still performed, for they speak directly to the human psyche.

Cover of Notes on Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"
Cliffs Notes gives you the basics on Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" including such features about the author, social and historical backgrounds, structure and tradition of literary genres, facts about the characters, critical analyses, review questions, glossaries of unfamiliar terms, foreign phrases and literary allusions, maps, genealogies, and a bibliography to help you locate more data for essays, oral reports, and term papers.

Cover of Notes on Virgil's "Aeneid"
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Cover of Notes on Euripides' "Medea" and "Electra"
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background -- all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure.

In "CliffsNotes on Euripides' Electra & Medea, " you explore two classic Greek tragedies by Euripides and discover how the playwright introduced many innovations into the drama of his time. "Electra" and "Medea" present enlightening psychological examinations of characters under extreme stress -- namely the title characters: Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon who seeks revenge on her mother and uncle for murdering her father and forcing her to live in poverty; and Media, who seeks revenge against her husband Jason for betraying her and marrying another woman.

In this study guide, you'll find Life of the Playwright, as well as character lists and Summaries and Commentaries of each play. You'll also find critical essays on the following topics: The background of the Greek tragedyAristotle on tragedyOther works by EuripidesNotes on the main characters of each play

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Cover of Notes on Homer's "Odyssey"