Essays Tagged: "Protagonist"

Myth Book Report

ists in the story.Hera - Queen of heaven, no significant part in story.Prometheus - The major protagonist in the story. Prometheus was one of the Titans (parents of the gods). He always though ...

(5 pages) 84 0 3.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The Alternative Sexual Directions in the Merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice Essay: The Relationship between Antonio and BassanioAntonio, the protagonist of the story, is extremely good friends with Bassanio. I have come up on a hypothesis th ...

(1 pages) 46 0 4.2 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls

orce of the conflict which Jay Berry encounters, and indicate how they help or hinder Jay Berry the protagonist in Wilson Rawls novel Summer of the Monkeys Thesis: Before Jay Berry succeeds his ... eys, and the natural environment played a bigpart in hindering Jay Berry. The monkeys were the main protagonistsaligned against Jay Berry. The monkeys hindered Jay Berry with theirintellectual abiliti ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Blindness in King Lear and Oedipus

cribing the downfall of a great man, 2) a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that e ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

THE ELEMENTS THAT ESTABLISH ROMEO AND JULIET AS A TRAGEDY

. In Shakespeare plays, tragedy is identified as a story that ends unhappily due to the fall of the protagonist, which is the tragic hero. For a play to be a tragedy, there must be a tragic hero. In t ...

(5 pages) 122 0 4.0 Dec/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Hamlet Review. Anithero.

violentnature, use of coarse language, or self serving interests which mayinadvertently depict the protagonist as a hero since the result of servingthose interests may be the betterment of society or ... e interests may be the betterment of society or an environment. InWilliam Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist, Hamlet, is depicted as anantihero. One main factor which gives Hamlet such a label is t ...

(3 pages) 57 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Macbeth's Tragic Flaw

he famous men ofsuch families as those.' (Poetics, Aristotle). Every great tragedy isdominated by a protagonist who has within himself a tragic flaw, too much ortoo little of one of Aristotle's twelve ...

(4 pages) 111 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Hamlet's Madness

espeare's tragedy, Hamlet, these questions are continually asked and some are answered. Hamlet, the protagonist, has lost his father by murder, and is urged to seek vengeance by his father who appears ...

(3 pages) 241 1 3.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Mactbeth. Power is the Paradox

t; in fact, the things they want can be incompatible with each other. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the protagonist is lured to murder the king, Duncan, by the desire for power, an appetite honed by witch ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Macbeth

e story Macbeth is like no other in plot and poetry. It sets itself apart from the rest by having a protagonist becoming evil. What makes Macbeth such a complicated character is the way his outlook ke ...

(5 pages) 49 0 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer

. This would happen because the story would be about a black community from a white perspective.The protagonist in WHITE LILACS is Rose Lee Jefferson.CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE?The antagonist in WHITE LIL ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Opinion on Movie Villains

cold blooded killers. The term used to represent villains is antagonist, or someone who opposes the protagonist or hero of the story. Movie villains are not just plainly the main enemy in a movie as i ... , but sometimes it is just a little enemy, sometimes killed off, that is the villain. Sometimes the protagonist turns out to be the biggest antagonist in the story, like in the movie La Strata. Villai ...

(4 pages) 61 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Perfect Day for Bananafish--this is an analysis of the short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger

linger. War has changed a man, and pushed him to realize just what life is about.Seymour Glass, the protagonist of the story, is a soldier who was discharged from the army after serving in war. He was ...

(4 pages) 99 1 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The house of seven gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of Seven Gablesby Nathaniel Hawthorne The protagonist in The House of Seven Gables is Hepzibah Pyncheon. She is anaging gentlewoman who in the ...

(2 pages) 68 1 4.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Concept of Sin (King Lear)

evil it unleashes is one of the concerns of tragedy, since one character flaw or fault can set the protagonist/principle character in a play on a headlong course to disaster. His/her behaviour will a ...

(1 pages) 91 2 3.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Jane Eyre and Hard Times as Bildungsroman Novels. This essay examines the traditional bildungsroman novel, using the examples of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dicken's Hard Times.

individuals growth and development within the context of a defined social order. In most cases the protagonist is orphaned and experiences some form of loss or discontentment in order to spur them aw ...

(9 pages) 164 0 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A Critique of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"

aspect of human idiosyncrasy is portrayed through the development of Ralph, the main character and protagonist of the novel. Ralph's development from innocent, irresponsible, playful adolescent to a ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Taxi Driver

other races, other cultures, homosexuals, criminals, rulers, Gods, monsters, etc. In the film, the protagonist becomes just like 'The Other' in order to resolve the problem. Usually, 'The Other' is k ... ecomes just like 'The Other' in order to resolve the problem. Usually, 'The Other' is killed by the protagonist at the end of the movie. 'The Other' is always the victim in the movie, it is a scapegoa ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.5 Jan/1994

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

Indeed, Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reasonthat he tempts Connie, the protagonist, into riding off with him in his car.Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance a ...

(2 pages) 357 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Jean Valjean's Redemtion in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

MiserablesSet in 19th century France, Victor Hugo's historical novel, Les Miserables, portrays the protagonist, Jean Valjean, in his struggle with his past. Even in the face of societal condemnation, ...

(2 pages) 59 0 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature