Who Is The Antagonist In Romeo And Juliet

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An antagonist is a character or a gathering of characters which remain contrary to the hero or the fundamental character (Winkin, 2017). The character of "Iago" in Shakespeare's "Othello," remains as the most infamous antagonists ever who invests all his energy in plotting against Othello, the hero.
A Protagonist is a focal character in verse, novel or some other story. Becky Sharp from William Shakespeare’s Thackeray's Vanity Fair, who can every so often be exceptionally manipulative keeping in mind the end goal to accomplish her advantages.
A soliloquy is a prominent artistic gadget regularly utilized as a part of dramatization to uncover the deepest considerations of a character. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet was pondering the conventional ill will between Romeo's tribe and her family, communicating
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He indicates that the setting is in New York. The characters are also indicated before the play starts (Miller, 2017). Rising action in the play is visible when Willy talks with Linda regarding Biff who has been on the farm since he was young and now ten years later, he does not even make $35 a week. This anticipates the reader whether Biff, Willy, and Linda will come to an agreement on how to handle their children especially Biff. The climax in the play comes up when Linda keeps calling Willy who is in a chat with Ben to come upstairs. Willy notices that he is alone and starts searching for Ben, as Linda calls her, he tells her to "Sh! sh!” Linda only hears a car speeding away with her husband quiet never seeing him alive again (Miller, 2017). Falling action is evident Charley, Biff, Happy and Linda at the grave converse about how Willy had no right to do things alone without informing them. Linda is worried that not all the people his husband knew came to the

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