a literary scholar's essays on Shakespeare's characters
Explanation:
Literary scholars research works of literature, history of literature, genres, and literary criticism in order to appraise the works and the surrounding aspects in an appropriate context and to produce research results on specific topics in the field of literature.
Sentence A's use of a semicolon is meant to show a connection between two different ideas. Sentence B's use of the colon is used to precede a list or explanation.
