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  • The Antagonists

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  • Bigger in Native Son

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    In Native Son Bigger commits such a heinous crime that the entire city ridicules him Although he is clearly despised by the general public in the story the audience feels a connection with Bigger At some points the audience may feel disgust for him because of the crimes he committed but at other times the audience feels empathy for him This effect of juggling Bigger as a good guy or bad guy is purposely brought upon by the author Richard Wright Along with flipping around Biggers image it flips

  • Analysis of Macbeth

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    In a novel there is often a character that often violates the laws and various other rules When reading novels one often finds protagonists and antagonists also known as the good guys or bad guys The point for having antagonists and protagonists is to arouse the readers sympathy for the character who is struggling with and then breaking the rules and to then divide our interest between sympathy for the character and anger at the character for not upholding the principles of society Macbeth fits

  • Characters in A Rose for Emily

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    A Rose for Emily Antagonists In A Rose for Emily there are many characters that contend with Emily These characters conflict with her on through her whole life because she was supposedly a woman of aristocracy her family held her in high regards The townspeople swallowed this idea up and looked at her as if she was aristocracy As a woman of aristocracy she was supposed to have been married at an early age but her father kept men from seeing her when she was younger That fact that she went again

  • Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Compared to A Good Man is Hard to Find

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    In the stories Where Are You Going Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates and A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery OConnor both of the main characters are trapped by men who are going to eventually kill them Both stories stress the fact that you cant always talk your way out of danger or evil situations When dangerous men trap you your sweet talk or pretty face isnt going to get you out of trouble or deaths clammy hands In the end they may even be the cause of your demise In Where Are You G

  • Anti Heroism in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

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    The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by Clive Staples Lewis Heroes have many qualities They are often ordinary people who do heroic things Often the author of a narrative contrasts this hero with an Anit Hero When does the character of your chosen novel reveal himself or herself as an anti hero What evidence does the book provide to support this The childrens fantasy novel The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by Clive Staples Lewis is about the path Lucy Edmund Susan and Peter follow The four chi

  • Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Hero

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    In the Anglo Saxon epic Beowulf the Geat warrior and main character Beowulf incarnates the perfect example of an Anglo Saxon hero with his sense of what is right and wrong as an epic hero he shows his superhuman strength Throughout the narrative he argufies with multiple antagonists and ultimately snaps slashes and swash his way to epic fame Beowulfs characteristics of courage pride and obsession with personal glory are well defined along the narrative poem and truly rank him as an Anglo Saxon

  • Religion Reflected in Beowulf

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    Beowulfwas manufactured by Christian Anglo Saxons who had mostly converted from their pagan religion however its complexity reveals evidence of both paganism and Christianity The plot is an allegorical story of salvation containing supernatural and historical elements traces of teaching in Christianity In the poem Beowulf a hero of the Geats battles three antagonists Grendel Gredels mother and later in his life a dragon all of them symbols of the Pagan folk The poem begins with the genealogy of

  • Beowulf And Le Morte d'Arthu

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    Compare and Contrast Beowulf and Le Motre dArthur Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel is an Anglo Saxon epic poem tells of a story of a Swedish hero who comes and saves the Danish people from monsters throughout a long course of history and even gave up his life to defend his people In Le Motre dArthur written by Thomas Malory shows the story of a later time in King Arthurs life in which he fought for his people and was praised and remembered today just like Beowulf Despite the fantasy in one p

  • Characters In The Story Of An Hour

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    As we read The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin we learn the main character of the story is Mrs Mallard She is the character we know the most about and the person around whom all the other characters rally with their concerns when she is informed about the untimely death of her husband At first her reaction to Mrs Mallards death appears to be normal however after a period of reflection things begin to change A closer look at Mrs Mallard will reveal that she is a character who is emotional develo

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