Character Essays & Research Papers

Fat Charlie – is the hero of our story. The term “hero” is used to label the protagonist of a story, often times an ordinary person with good qualities placed in extraordinary circumstances. The hero, despite the odds being stacked against him, usually prevails in the end. With this knowledge, it can be concluded that Fat Charlie is the hero of Anansi Boys. First of all, Fat Charlie is definitely an ordinary person. This much can be deduced from his meek personality, his fear of the spotlight....

1. Major characters of the story Baldo * Baldo was the one who narrated the story. He was the younger brother of Leon. He was an obedient, innocent and naive young boy. * He has a secret feeling to the wife of Leon. Leon (or Noel) * He is the older brother of Baldo who studied in Manila where he met his wife. * Leon was the one who brought home a wife. He was a responsible, gentle and a loving husband. Maria * The beautiful and stunning wife of Leon from Manila...

Ans. The tragic protagonist Maurya in J. M. Synge's one-act play “ Riders to the Sea” Maurya, as portrayed by I. M. Synge (1871-1909) in ‘Riders to the Sea’ (1904), is truly an unforgettable character who wins our admiration by her unusual power of endurance, by her capacity to withstand her misfortunes, and by her dignified behaviour at a time when she has suffered the most painful bereavement of her life. she resembles the great traditional protagonists in her heroic power of...

Sample character sketch - my friend Liz. My friend Liz is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together, we’re basically like sisters. We met on the first day of school in sixth grade, both of us terrified by the massive size of the middle school. She had the locker right above mine. I told her I didn’t know anybody in our class and she said “You do now.” We’ve been friends ever since. Most boys think Liz is cute. She has long red hair, cascading...

Character Analysis In Runaway Girl by Carissa Phelps the reader knows from the beginning that the main character, Carissa, can't stand discipline and runs away when authority steps in her way. Nevertheless, she creates friendships with people she thinks she can trust, but only ends up getting hurt by their dishonesty and greediness. Carissa is a rebellious, stubborn, independent child who grows into something amazing after all the dramatic tragedies that took part in her life. Carissa...

RADIO PLAY/DRAMA The English word ‘drama’ derives from the Greek word ‘dran’ meaning ‘to do’. Thus a drama is a story performed or ‘done’ by people on stage, radio, film, TV, on the street. A drama involves a chain of events and describes a web of relationships involving one or more persons. It could be fiction or non-fiction. The main Components/ELEMENTS of a RADIO drama: I. Plot_____________________________________________________ The chain of events or actions in which the...

Emily the Fallen Rose In the story “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. Her character is portrayed through physical description, her actions, feelings and words, and through the narrator's remarks about Emily’s nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of the other characters. In "A Rose for Emily", William Faulkner creates a story about a woman who loses her sense of...

Act I When Six Characters in Search of an Author begins, the stage is being prepared for the daytime rehearsal of a play and several actors and actresses are milling about as the Producer enters and gets the rehearsal started. Suddenly the guard at the stage door enters and informs the Producer that six people have entered the theatre asking to see the person in charge. These six “characters” are a Father, a Mother, a 22-year-old Son, a Stepdaughter, an adolescent Boy, and young female Child....

Round character Definition: A round character is a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it. Round characters tend to be more fully developed and described than flat, or static, characters. If you think of the characters you most love in fiction, they probably seem as real to you as people you know in real life. This is a good sign that they are round characters. A writer employs a number of tools or elements to develop a character, making him or her...

Characters are very important to a story. They help to build up the interest of readers so that they want to continue reading. Many stories base their themes on how the characters act and what they do. A theme is a meaning or a point to the story, which the author wants you to get out of it. Two stories which utilize characters very well to build up theme are, "Bartleby the Scrivener," by Herman Melville, and "The Flight of Betsey Lane," by Sarah Orne Jewett. These two stories build the...

Sample Essay One In the story “Yellow Fish,” the main character is never directly described or mentioned. The reader must inference everything except their name, Anu. The author creates the character through reflections and other various techniques. Throughout the story, the writer uses very choppy sentences, as well as fragments, to represent Anu’s stream of consciousness. By doing this, the writer gives her a timid, scarred personality. By limiting the sentence structure, Ambai indirectly...

Out of the many stories that we have to compare, the best would have to be The Candide and Dante’s Inferno. There are many different ways that you can compare these two similar stories. The most obvious comparison from the beginning would have to be religion. Both of these stories begin with a man that has some type of issue or tries to decide how to deal and question religion. Another way to compare these stories is how both stories were controversial at the time because of their religious...

Looking For Alibrandi The novel, Looking for Alibrandi is charged with emotional energy. Firstly, this book is written as both a social and cultural analysis of a teenage girl's life. Secondly, Josephine Alibrandi is a third generation Italian Australian caught in a claustrophobic family tradition who acknowledges the family spirit, insists that she can free herself, even though she sees herself trapped deal with. It shows how people of different racial backgrounds are not accepted in the...

POSSIBLE ESSAY ANSWERS “I have not known a days peace and contentment in my life.” Discuss this statement in light of the various internal conflicts faced by Makhaya in the novel. Support your ideas with details from the novel. In the novel When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head, we are a spectator to trials and tribulations of Makhaya, the protagonist. While many of these trials are external, they also impact on his state of mind and on his emotional detachment. As an individual,...

So you want a job in the gaming industry. This is my guide to how to get one as a character designer, and an overview of the job as a whole. I will explain what this highly sought after job has to offer, from pay and amount of work available, to the work involved and where the job falls in the industry ladder (and if there is a possibility for advancement). There is a broad spectrum of work involved in character design, and a few different ways to break into the industry. A look at this job...

5 ways to use minor characters to add depth and complexity to your protagonist 1. You can use different characters to bring out aspects of the protagonist you want to emphasize to the reader. Minor characters who have been involved with the protagonist for a long time are carriers of their own history with and memories of the protagonist. Minor characters can reference the past in handy ways that serve the development of the story. They can make observations about the protagonist’s character...

My favorite television character is Raven Symone from the show "That's So Raven". Raven is the main character of the show. Raven is the average teenage girl in high school she goes through the same types of trouble that any regular kid goes through. Raven has issues with friends, family, boyfriends and, enemies. There is just one thing about Raven that is not like other people, Raven can tell the future. Raven's special powers cause all sorts of trouble because she doesn't know if the...

This book takes place in the town of Toronto, Canada. A delinquent teen named Duncan is troubled teen that does crimes with his friends and has a job at the lost and found. During one of his days on his job at the lost and found he stumbles upon a mysterious diary lurking around while cleaning the lost and found area. This diary belongs to a serial killer who stalks some women that he sees and his targets may soon be hunted. Duncan takes action by reading the diary to find out who can this...

“A Streetcar Named Desire” is a tragic play wrote by Tennessee Williams. The play takes place at New Orleans, Louisiana, in late 1940s. It uses the ironic and sympathetic realism tones to deal with a culture clash between two of the main characters, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. In this essay, I will analyze the characteristics of four main characters of the play, Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, Mitch, and Stella Kowalski. Blanche Dubois is a symbolic character in the play. She appears...

"Sweat" Colloquial speech is used by many authors in order to give a sense of realism to their writing. In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, every character speaks in colloquial speech. This style of writing gives the reader a real sense of the South in a way no other style of writing can. Dialogue is how Hurston gets her point across using colloquial speech in writing her dialogue her dialogue. When Hurston uses colloquial speech in the story, she characterizes people who are poor black...

1. Theory of Character According to Abrams the meaning of character are the persons presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being edowed with moral and dispositional qualities that are expressed in what they say - the dialogue - and what they do - the action (198 1:2) Therefore characters are important element in the story. The stories always introduce their characters to give a description to the readers. Character is commonly used in two ways...

“Story of an Hour” By Kate Chopin In the dictionary, character is defined as the aggregate of the features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. This is what people look for in a person they read about in any kind of genre. There is no perfect character in a story. Every character has some kind of flaw in them that draws us in. This is called a tragic flaw. Tragic flaw is a flaw in the protagonist of a tragedy that brings the protagonist to their down fall. The...

Character Essay Nora Helmer In the play A dolls house, there are several characters with different personalities that affect the ending result of the play. Out of all these characters there is one character that stands out, this character is Nora Helmer. The reason for Nora to stand out of the rest of the character is because that she dramatically alters the play plus the play plot is very focused and based on her, she is to a further extent the main character. Nora is woman that is said to...

Mrs. Dalloway It is apparent throughout the Virgina Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway that the character development and complexity of the female characters of the story are concentrated on far more than their male counterparts. It is my feelings that the magnitude of this character development comes about because of the observations and feelings of the main character Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway. From the beginning we get this description that she has a feeling of having an extremely good sense of character...

The Role of Minor Characters in Ragged Dick It is impossible for the minor characters in Ragged Dick to have a fair chance at being recognized as decent members of society because of the emphasis Horatio Alger Jr. places on Dick Hunter. The better qualities of Dick are constantly being reminded to the reader, giving them little room to disagree with Alger’s heroic portrayal of him. Horatio Alger Jr.’s preference to homosexuality also reflects his choice in excluding any useful female...

Character Development In The Alchemist The novel The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho is about a boy that is on a journey to find his personal legend. Throughout his journey he is helped by many people he meets, but he also has to overcome many obstacles that try to prevent him from finding his personal legend. In The Alchemist the main character Santiago shows a lot of character development through the ongoing knowledge he gains throughout his journey. At the start of the book Santiago shows...

For the following analysis, I will be discussing the movie Fight Club's two main characters. They are "Jack" played by Edward Norton, and Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt. However the twist to the movie turns out that Jack and Tyler are the same person and Tyler is Jack's real name. Tyler the character is everything that Jack the character is not. The story narration is provided by the protagonist of "Fight Club," "Jack." The ambivalent protagonist, who only refers to himself as "Jack." An...

In the novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald and the play Othello by William Shakespeare there are similar themes. One of the most highlighted themes in both the novel and play is appearance vs. reality. The main characters in both pieces of literature have trouble telling the difference between what is real and what is not real. In both there is someone in control of these misconceptions, someone who suffers from these misconceptions and finally how the reality is restored. In Othello it...

The character I have chosen to analyse is William Thornhill. He is the central character in the novel ‘Secret River’. His character is important, in the novel, because he was one of the first Europeans, sent to Australia, to work out their sentence for their crimes. Throughout the novel it shows that Thornhill did things for the right reasons, but his actions contrasted with his essentially good character. To some extent William Thornhill can be portrayed as a bad character due to his lack of...

At the beginning of the novel Jack is a boy with principles. When we first met him in the novel, he led the choir boys. They were not allowed to take off their clothes and they must walk in two parallel rows. This shows Jack’s commitment to civilization and morality is strong. However, his character changes at the later parts of the novel as he upholds savagery. Also, the more the rules differ from the island reality, the more cruel and ruthless a person Jack turns out to be which contributed to...

Characters: 1. Alibech A charming and beautiful naive fourteen years old. Only daughter of several children of a rich man in Capsa. Which attracted by Christianity decides to visit a hermit in the desert of the Thebaid , a place in Egypt synonymous with monasticism. She becomes a hermit. PROTAGONIST because she is the main character in story which it talks about her experience with Rustico and her innocence on what she could do to serve God. 2. Rustico A monk. A young devout...

Macbeth, the main character in the Shakespeare play with the same name, is a very complex and interesting character. Throughout the play Macbeth exposes his overwhelming thirst for power. Macbeth attains this power by a eliminating those who stand in his way. It is Macbeth's ever growing thirst for power that exposes him as a cruel hearted individual and ultimately causes his downfall. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is exposed as a coward. In the open of Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth ponders...

Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon Of all the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing, Don Pedro seems the most elusive. He is the noblest character in the social hierarchy of the play, and his friends Benedick and Claudio, though equals in wit, must always defer to him because their positions depend upon his favor. Don Pedro has power, and he is well aware of it; whether or not he abuses this power is open to question. Unlike his bastard brother, the villain Don John, Don Pedro most often uses his...

A fictional character that directly influenced me was Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray. Dorian taught me to never let the influence of others deflate who I am as a person. Dorian's trusting disposition was his true downfall. His looks only mattered to him once he had been fooled into valuing them. He taught me to never lose sight of who I am, or who I intend to be. The character Dorian Gray also taught me wisdom. I learned to determine who my real allies are before I allow the synthetic ones to betray...

Kiowa is the emotional compass of Alpha Company, the one who gets everyone else to talk. He's thoughtful, respects the Vietnamese, isn't a coward, and he even has a sense of humor. We quickly learn that he's Tim's best friend in the war. Kiowa tries to comfort O'Brien after he kills the North Vietnamese soldier, and it is to Kiowa that Dobbins opens up about his respect for the ministry. The night before Kiowa is killed, he is in a tent speaking to him about his girlfriend left behind. He drowns...

Meriem Jerbi MA1 Literature The study of characters of a literary work is as important as the study of its content because it offers a venue through which the writer's thematic concerns are articulated and broached. In fact, critics and writers go to great lengths in drawing a well distinctive classification of characters. In the 20th century, a broad theoretical distinction was frequently made between flat and round characters. Relying on E.M Forster's book _Aspects of the Novel_, this present...

George 28/5/08 Essay Question: How does Tim Winton use the elements of narratives to covey his theme? Have you ever read a story about a boy whose best friend is a fish? In Blueback by Tim Winton this is exactly what happens. Like in many of Winton’s stories Blueback is set in a seaside town in Western Australia. Winton uses the setting, characters, conflict and resolution to portray the message that...

The Troubled Prince: An Analysis of Hamlet “To be, or not to be: That is the question”(3.1.58). This is probably the most famous quote in all of Shakespearean literature and was uttered by the main character, Hamlet, of the play “Hamlet” written by Shakespeare. It demonstrates his instability and suicidal thoughts. Throughout the play he comes off as a very unpredictable and complex character. He makes many rash decisions, but at the same time often takes a lot of time to contemplate many of...

Zenia Efimoff PRF1- English 102 Character Analysis Assignment January, 25, 2011 In “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, Louise Mallard the main character received the news of her husband’s death. At first the news shocked her. When alone in her room she realizes that she is free. Filled with excitement and the feeling of being reborn she journeys downstairs to find her husband alive and well. Mrs. Mallard then dies; the doctors claimed it was joy. Through the “Story of an Hour” it...

Haley Squiers Goodman Period 1 May 14, 2013 Character Analysis Essay In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the author uses characterization to show how Liesel has a deeper understanding of people without realizing it and maintaining her innocence. For a young girl to live in hard times as these were in WWII Germany, Liesel seems to understand the big picture even from her quaint setting in Munich. Liesel feels very close to a Jew her parents are helping keep hidden from Nazi eye. His...

Good afternoon, Mrs Hou and fellow students. I think many of you like watching film. Have you seen the movie “2012”? Today I would like to talk about this movie and my favorite character. I hope you would like it. This is a disaster film, talking about the displacement of Earth’s crust starting in 2012. Millions died in earthquake and tsunami. All scientists realized that human couldn’t stop the disasters. The governments of all countries jointly constructed a naval vessel which could be used...

T.C. Boyle's "Greasy Lake" (1985), exposes the narrator to be the ultimate dissenter upon first glimpse. The anonymous main character goes beyond to appear rebellious to his friends, and anyone around him. Aside from the main character, two friends, Digby and Jeff, accompany the narrator on his journey to be bad on this “the third night of summer vacation” (Boyle, 1985, p. 615). The narrator explains that he and his friends were 19 years old, sported leather jackets, drank Tango and...

January 5th 2012 ELA-10-1 TKAMB Essay My Favourite Character This Essay is about my favourite character in “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” She is one of the biggest, most important characters; she is considered the main character. She is very important for she helps narrate this story. She helps with the story by describing her thoughts and feelings that is one of the main reasons why I like her. She also helps to develop the plot, themes, and helps to emphasize some of the symbolism. Her...

English 12-3 Mrs. Cheryl Simmons 29 September 2008 Was Beowulf a Flat or Round Character? Beowulf is a hero noted for his acts of courage and the nobility with which he performed these acts. Beowulf embodied the ideals of conduct that were most valued in this setting. Beowulf is described as the perfect hero, almost too perfect. There lies the problem of Beowulf’s character, it is flat. Beowulf fights for his people and fights evil with super-human abilities to bring about peace and...

Character Analysis of Meursault in the novel The Outsider In the novel “The Outsider” written by Albert Camus, Meursault is a character that is detached and unemotional as he gives no importance to anything and he recognizes the world around him through his senses. All through part one of the novel, Meursault does not really explain his characteristics therefore Camus explains his character instead of giving away his physical description. The language used is very simple and direct,...

“A Rose for Emily” In the story “A Rose for Emily”, Emily is the main character. Her character analysis includes what other people thought of her, what she said and did, what the narrator tells us about her, and how the setting reflects her character. Emily was born into a family of great wealth and rich past. With Emily being highly concealed by her father, she had to live with many restrictions in her life resulting in the alteration of her personality. Yet as a person Emily reacts to...

Critical Analysis of “The Last Leaf” "When the last one falls, I must go too." Jonsy the protagonist, stricken with pneumonia, of "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry makes this bleak, morbid statement to her friend Sue. In a brief but powerful burst O. Henry uses setting, characterization, and imagery to eloquently show the folly of wishing for death. In O. Henry's “The Last Leaf” the story is set “In a little district west of Washington Square where the streets have run crazy and...

Grace Scott English 9 Honors Mrs. Duff 14 April 2014 Character Analysis: Balthasar In this scene of the play, Balthasar, Romeo’s servant, brings him the news that Juliet has died. He wants Romeo to know of the death and is motivated to tell him what has happened because Balthasar loves Romeo and is very loyal to him. He wanted to make sure Romeo received the news rather than finding out later. He is driven to tell Romeo so that he can avoid possible conflict if Romeo discovered that...

The Hunger Games- Character Paper I read the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The book is about the future and how the central government overrules all of districts, Panem. The main character of the book is Katniss Everdeen. She is a teenage girl who lives in “District 12”. Her district is known for all the coal mining; she had lost her father when she was younger in mine explosion. After this she had to step up and be the adult. She is very brave and she is very smart. Katniss,...

Goodbye Mr. Chips In the novel Goodbye Mr. Chips, James Hilton shows through Katherine how one person can make a substantial change in somebody's life present or not. Goodbye Mr. Chips is a sentimental story of a gentle aging schoolmaster and his long, close association with the school in which he taught. The two main characters that appear in this book are Mr. Chips the English schoolmaster and his lovely wife Katherine. Mr. Chips' life covers the second half of the nineteenth century and...

Minor Characters Minor characters are very important in a book. Henry, Elizabeth, and Justine are three characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein who contribute a lot to the novel. They contribute to the plot, and especially on highlighting Victor’s character. Victor is the main character in this book, and without the help of Henry, Elizabeth, and Justine, Victor wouldn’t have gone through the same experiences or the same emotions. Henry Clerval grew up with Victor in Geneva, so they both...

When we think of a hero we tend to think of a strong male saving the populace. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time the heroic prototype is portrayed in a way too seldom thought of. Christopher Boone, the main character, represents literature’s archetypical hero. This character follows the pattern by having a difficult childhood, being called to an adventure, and experiencing an extreme ordeal receiving an award in the end. In the following passage I will identify three...

Even a great story wouldn’t have a place to go without an outstanding lead character. In the story “Always a Motive”, by Dan Ross, Joe Manetti is a great example of a phenomenal lead. Joe himself could carry this whole story with his believable personality and effective personality. He has a sad person that builds up the deep mood and adds impact to the story as a whole. Joe Manetti is a round, static character within the story, “Always a Motive”. He is described many times as having jet...

The Glass Menagerie Character Analysis "The play is memory" (5). The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play narrated by the character Tom about his memory of his life with his family in the thirties. Although he is absent for the majority of the latter half of the play, Tom is the main character. Tom is also the protagonist, despite his bad qualities. The antagonist is a character never seen, the father. Tom is the main character of The Glass Menagerie. He opens and closes the...

A Changing Character In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin a schoolteacher from the city of Harlem struggles with life and figuring out how to helped his troubled brother. All though named Sonny’s Blues the main character is actually Sonny’s brother who is the narrator and goes through his life and how he reacts to the many problems his younger brother has come into. The brothers grew up in the poverty stricken city of Harlem where the brothers had to avoid drugs and violence...

Character of Doctor Faustus The character of Dr. Faustus conceptualises the Aristotelian parameters of a tragic hero that embodies a ‘tragic flaw’ within a frame that is dazzling to such proportion as to pale other characters into insignificance. Faustus is a man of great scholarship and vast knowledge but with an intrinsic quality—an unquenchable thirst for knowledge that is beyond human whatever he has mastered seems pitifully inadequate: “Yet art thou still but Faustus and a Man.” His...

An important character in Montana 1948 is Wesley Hayden. He is introduced as a weak and oblivious character, who lives under the shadow of his brother Frank. Throughout the story, it is shown that Wesley is a lawyer who was coerced into being a sheriff due to the pressure put on him by his overpowering father. In this essay I will explore why Wesley Hayden is an important character in the novel Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. He is used to illustrate the theme of loyalty vs. justice, he grows the...

KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING Chicago and New York City, the mid-late 1920s LIST OF CHARACTERS Major Characters Irene Redfield - Irene is the protagonist of this novel. She is a light-skinned African-American woman, who sometimes “passes,” when it is convenient for her. She is married to….. Minor Characters Clare Kendry/ Bellew - Clare is a light-skinned, blonde, African-American woman, who passes as white. Clare grew up with Irene in South Side Chicago. After Clare’s nasty...

Paper Towns Character Essay Just like every other normal seventeen year old. Quentin Jacobson lives an uneventful life. Quentin or “Q” is the main character of Paper Towns by John Green. Quentin is an old friend of Margo Spiegelman, although their lives have gone separate ways. His best friends Ben and Radar, stick by him through the difficult times of his life. Q is level-headed, he plans carefully for the future despite his lack of punctuality. Quentin can be absorbed and obsessive but in...

In the novel The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, the characters Hassan, Amir and Sohrab fill important roles throughout the story. Hassan fills the role of tragedy within the novel because of the multiple unfortunate events which occur toward him in the novel. As a child Hassan is bullied for being a Hazara and is then raped for the same reason. Hassan is betrayed by his best friend when Amir watches him get raped but does nothing to stop it, and lastly Hassan is killed as a young...

Creating fictional characters Producing a character sketch, which is an outline of your protagonist, will help when you write a novel or fictional story because you will have a clear idea of what your protagonist looks like and his or her personality. Essentially, a character sketch is a visual picture. In order for your readers to visualise your character, you need to create one. By providing them with a character sketch, your readers will feel as if they are looking at them in an actual...

Literary Analysis Tragedy is a dramatic form that was first developed in ancient Greece. A tragedy usually has these characteristics: • . • The main character is involved in a struggle that ends in disaster. This character, often called the tragic hero, is a person of high rank who has the respect of the community. The tragic hero's downfall is usually the result of some combination of fate, an error in judgment, and a personality weakness often called a tragic flaw. • Once...

 A review of Miss Wyoming The author of the book “Miss Wyoming” is Douglas Coupland. When I started to read the book in the beginning I was quite interesting. Then following chapters I lost the topic. I obviously say that I did not have connections with each chapter when I was continuing to read the book. Indeed, each episode there are a new independent events, new faces as well. So it was difficult to guess events and to consider about the relations between episodes. Honestly, I was...

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a great drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty. It shows the struggle of a son named tom who is left in charge as the man of the house and is the only main income of a family of three. His mother Amanda Wingfield is a faded tragic remnant of southern gentility. His sister Laura lives in her illusions, she is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother’s anxiety to get her married. In their own rights this play could have 3 main...

“To Build a Fire” Character Analysis: The Man With a Plan In “To Build a Fire” by Jack London, the main character, also known as “the man”, is the protagonist. The protagonist is “the central character in a literary work and the character who initiates the main action of the story.” (Kennedy 2080) The man is a dynamic character whose lack of instinct, thoughtlessness and determination leads him to his own death. In the story, the man is traveling with a dog. The dog is somewhat a...

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Character Sketch Guidelines A Character Sketch is a great way for your student to assess the characters in the literature they are reading or people that they are researching about. It can give them tools of observation as they look at the many details about another individual. When studying a specific character in a literary piece the sketch gives the student the freedom to be a detective and try to find out what the author is expressing through their characters. They can sketch the...


 
 
 Protection of Fictional Characters
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 “If the character is found to be extremely well-developed, unique, and has a personality different from other characters, only then is copyright protection granted to such a fictional character.”1 Fictional characters represent quite complex set of assets for the owners, their protection is not taken for granted and needs to be analyzed into details. The main...

In the play Death of a Salesman, the plot is affected by three minor characters: Ben, Charley and Howard. The minor characters help the story's protagonist, Willy, develop extensively throughout the course of the play; therefore, they are key elements in the advancing story line. This story line blends and contrasts Willy's closest companions, Ben and Charley. They represent two aspects of Willy's ideals. Howard, Willy's boss, functions in order to heighten the destruction of Willy's dream. The...

Sam Spade the Anti-Hero We often look back upon Sam Spade, the protagonist in The Maltese Falcon, as the first example of the modern day detective. This modern day detective is the gruff Man who keeps his wits about him, always gets the ladies, and cracks the case in the end. Sam Spade does fit into this category and it is for that reason that Sam Spade can be properly categorized as an anti-hero. While Sam Spade is indeed the protagonist of the novel, he is by no means a hero in the...

Molly Craig Character Analysis- Rabbit Proof Fence Molly Craig is the main character in the film, Rabbit Proof Fence. Molly is introduced at the very start of the film and is the daughter of Maude, an Aboriginal woman. This story is shown in Molly’s perspective at the home; Jigalong and the Moore River Settlement where ‘half-castes children’, like Molly are forcibly taken from their homes. Molly is a ‘half-caste child’, meaning a child of mixed race. This film is trying to show the truth of the...

The Main Characters Of Cat in the Rain Cat in The Rain of Ernest Hemingway is talking about a couple of Americans traveled in Italy. At the hotel, on a raining day, the wife found a cat crouched in the rain and wanted to possess it. In order to that , She went out and searched the cat in the rain but it had gone. Just then, someone knocks at the door. It is the maid. She has brought up a cat, at the request of the hotel operator. In this Hemingway's story we have 2 main character is unnamed...

 Anna Avalon Anna Avalon is the main character in Louise Erdich's story "The Leap." In the story she's described as someone who has very strong stomach muscles: "Anna was pregnant at the time, seven months and hardly showing, her stomach muscles were that strong." She is also described as an old blind woman who has always been very careful: "She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor. She has never lost her balance or bumped into a closet door left...

THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the...

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini has a very complex protagonist. As the narrator, Amir comes off very twisted. In the beginning, the reader sees the negative side of Amir. The side that betrays, hates, ignores, lies, and steals. By the end of the novel the reader sees that side that feels guilt, repays, lives, and most importantly forgives. As the main character, Amir always has a role and opinion of the action taking place. Amir’s true character is revealed slowly through the novel, adding...

Fiction encompasses a very broad spectrum of literature and every writer of fiction goes about it in his/her own style. Stephen King writes differently from Danielle Steele who in turn writes differently from Isaac Asimov. Yet all works of fiction share some common denominators. There are protagonists ("good guys"), antagonists ("bad guys"), setting, plot, etc. And, in nearly all cases, works of fiction feature minor characters. While these characters, by definition, are not the focus of...

Character Analysis Clyde Bruckman, the main character in the X-files Episode. He is a fat, old man who sells insurance and has ability to see people’s future. He uses this ability to help Mulder and the woman to resolve the murder. But, this ability which he calls it as a curse leads him to his suicide? I think his foreknowledge has somehow caused his suicide. For his ability, he can identify and see how a person dies, and he tells the woman that he dies with her on the bed together....

n “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie, the main character is a homeless Native American Indian who came to Seattle to go to college and quit after two semesters. Alexie creates a world where the protagonist seems to find help from every turn that he makes. Setting The setting is the 1990’s in Seattle. Jackson Jackson is a Spokane Indian. According to Jackson Squared, his "people have lived within a one-hundred-mile radius of Spokane, Washington, for ten thousand years."...

 Very few fictional characters created long ago have remained popular to this very day. However, one specific literary character has remained to be, if not increasingly so, popular in the modern time. Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle nearly 160 years ago is unique, widely appealing, intriguing and slightly strange, unlike many other characters that have appeared in books in the nineteenth century and later. As well as his charisma, Sherlock’s intelligence, almost inhumanly so, is...

Birdsong The character development of Stephen Wraysford. At the begging of Birdsong we firstly notice the Azaire family name in the opening page. Shortly following Stephen Wraysford is the first character (who ironically happens to be the main character of Birdsong) to be introduced into the novel. Within the opening pages of the novel it becomes apparent that Stephan has a fairly strong sense of what is right and what is wrong, therefore leading one on to assume that if Stephen classed...

A Separate Peace ,by John Knowles, is a story about Gene, his friend Phineas, and his internal conflict with himself. Knowles creates a riveting drama with this story utilizing elements of plot, setting, character, and theme. This paper will cover these elements and how they convey the author's message. Separate Peace has a complex plot which starts innocently enough at Devon , a boarding school, with a jump from a tall tree. This marks the beginning of a period of carelessness and fun,...

Professor Smith ! Intro to Film ! March 7, 2014 ! Symbolic Character Development in Psycho! ! ! The film Psycho has two main characters, one being Marion and the other being ! Norman Bates. Marion is the main character for the first half of the film and Norman Bates ! assumes the role of main character after Marion is murdered. In order to enhance Marion’s ! character, the Alfred Hitchcock uses mise-en-scene to symbolize Marion’s character change ! and indecisive choice to steal $40,000...

Again, even so self-obsessed a character as Hamlet finds an identification with all suffering men: In the absence of first person references in the “To be or not be” soliloquy, we hear counterpoised the common condition of those who “grunt and sweat under a weary life” rather than “fly to [the ills] we know not of” in death. Willy Loman seeks death to redeem his life, rather than confront his misguided dreams.Again, even so self-obsessed a character as Hamlet finds an identification with all...

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dr fausts is the protagonist and tragic hero of marlowe play . he is a contradactory character capable of tremendous eloquence and possessing of awesome ambitions. he is arrogant self a granddizing .he represent the spirit of renaissance with its rejection of the medieval Dr. Faustus is a typical character. He is unhappy with what he has acquired but longs for what he doesn't possess. In Vedas and Vedanta philosophy it is said that people who hanker after woman, wealth and name and fame are...

A Formalist Interpretation of Windows by Bernice Morgan Conflict: * Character vs. Character (Leah vs. Ruth) – she feels unwanted by Ruth; unwelcome in her home. She has little respect for Ruth’s lifestyle which is filled with second-hand drama, meaningless shopping – little overall purpose. * Character vs. Self (Leah = old and tired, misses Estonia, misses husband) Protagonist - Leah * Changes throughout story * At the story’s start, she feels at peace, even grateful for the...

Grant Character Analysis In the book A Lesson Before Dying it’s about Grant, Who wanted to help Jefferson not think that he is a hog, but he didn’t believe he wasn’t a hog because of society, so Grant was counseling Jefferson, then Jefferson believed he wasn’t a hog anymore. Because Grant is a dynamic character in the novel he goes from being disappointed, to a cynicism person (someone who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest), and to a secretive person During the...

Six Characters In Search Of An Author The main Emotions expressed in the scene were anger, irritability, joy, sadness, anxiety and jealousy. The character’s goal in the scene is to get The Manager to be their author and let them act out their drama on stage. The Manager’s goal is to have the Actors observe the Characters, then have the Actors act out the whole drama later. The scene is about a group of actors and their manager getting ready for the day’s rehearsal when...

Phoenix Jackson, the main character of “A Word Path”, by Eudora Welty, is a determined and giving Negro woman, who, despite her old age and fading independence, frequently makes a long and hard journey to town to help her grandson. The whole story takes place in about a day’s time -- yet this small glimpse into her long life is enough time for the author to convey to the reader who exactly this character is, both physically and psychologically. Physically, she is a frail, old woman. She...

fhfghfhdfdkgjhghg fhfhff can be but who cares i dont know what i'm typing this ste is awesome oh yeah within the novel are, an innocent character is hurt by another character, the main character learns many things throughout the novel and they both have a theme of growing up/coming of age. In both novels innocent characters are hurt because of other characters. Tom Robinson is killed because of what Mayella and Bob Ewell did to him. They accused him of raping Mayella to hide the truth and...

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most well known works. It is identified as a tragedy by the simple fact that the main character goes mad and dies at the end. It is a fascinating play but most of the concepts depicted within it have lost all meaning in our society. Yet we still find it interesting because it took the classic "good versus evil" battle to a new level and it reflects man's thirst for power. Most stories ranging from fairy tales to modern day sci-fi features the victory of good...

Definitions character and characterization An assignment like this one can only succeed with a clear definition of the analysed element of fiction. Therefore we started to assignment by defining character and characterization: A character is fictional person in a literary work. Not all characters in a story have the same depth or the same importance: depending on the role they play in the story, some characters are described meticulously (what they look like, how they feel, what they think,...

Character Analysis Essay English II As part of our study of the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, you will be writing a character analysis essay. Below are the criteria of this assignment. Criteria  Choose a character to analyze. ♦ George, Lennie, Slim, Curly, Curly’s Wife  Identify one dominant characteristic of that character. ♦ DO NOT choose a physical characteristic. ♦ Choose a PERSONALITY trait.  Develop your analysis of the character by finding and...

Briefly Appearing Characters In numerous works of literature, a character that may not even appear at all in the course of the story carries a significant presence affecting the development of the plot throughout the novel. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, the author indicates that Oskar’s deceased father plays an eloquent role in the development of the plot. As a result of his father’s presence, Oskar goes on a trek throughout New York, eventually is able to...

ENC1102 Character Analysis: Montresor “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe’s “The cask of Amontillado” is a sinister tale of revenge narrated by a character named Montresor. The setting takes place in an underground tomb in Italy during carnival season. In this story, Montresor too plays the role of main character. I chose to analyze him because his character traits are ones that I can relate to. In addition to the character traits being identifiable, these character traits also...

Explain the purpose of the main characters, minor characters and the chorus in Antigone. (30 marks) All characters which feature in Sophocles’ play Antigone play an important role somehow; mainly conveying a certain moral or theme. The major characters portray the main themes such as loyalty, whilst some of the minor characters and the chorus explore the theme of prophecy and fate. Antigone is one of/the main character in the play named after herself. However it is debatable whether she is...