Character Analysis Essay

The Tragedy of Brutus. Brutus is the main character and hidden protagonist, he is a senate member scarred by Ceaser rising so quickly to kingdom. After being mislead by many friends he decides to assist in the murder of Julius Caesar. The noble Brutus is truly the only protagonist in the play, he should be the center of the play in the stead of the short lived and arrogant Julius Caesar. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is the one character in the entirety of the play who…

providential god within Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead In 1966, Tom Stoppard debuted his play, adapted from the Shakespeare classic Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Within the play, the protagonists, who play minor characters in Hamlet, resurface as major characters with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are often deeply confused about their roles, motives and even their existence as they remain unaware that they are actors within Hamlet.…

One of Edgar Allan Poe’s exquisite short stories is “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and a truly aberrant character (well they are all pretty weird) is Roderick Usher. As he is my patient, throughout the story I acknowledged his countless signs of abnormal behavior and mental illness. Deriving out of a psychoanalytic mindset he displays several symptoms and indications of depression. Furthermore, one of the vital signs of depression is the persistent feeling of sadness, of course. As the…

Malvolio, Shakespeare makes many important points about the puritans of his era. He uses Malvolio to outline many problems that he saw with these people, creating a character whose flaws are quite apparent, and somewhat exaggerated. He is not only the antagonist, but also an important social statement. Malvolio is a man of low moral character and condemns others in order to bring himself up. Malvolio is a selfish person. His whole life centers on himself. When he finds the planted letter, he…

Cormier, the character Francis conveys guilt, shame, and war injury that devours him. An unexpected event makes Francis decided to enlist in the war even though he survived his injury, he is faced with unrelenting guilt. Francis, who is only fifteen, is left with a gruesome war injury that mangled his face. Not only does he want to kill himself, he wants to kill others. He uses this as a distractions instead of facing his problems straight on. Robert Cormier made a very realistic character,…

Spider Man. Uncle Ben uses these wise words to warn Peter Parker that with any sort of power, there is also a negative side that comes with it. We can observe this in, Where you going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates. In this story the main character Connie realizes that she has this great power to attract boys, she is very much obsessed with this new power and sees the positive side of her new power, however she doesn’t quite realize the negative side of her power. This is due partly…

Intent or Accident: Exploring the Death of Lydia Lee The death of a 16-year-old girl was the main event that launched the story of the novel, Everything I Never Told You, into action. Lydia Lee died by drowning, but the author, Celeste Ng, seemingly left the reason for her death up to speculation. Did Lydia kill herself or was her death entirely accidental? Lydia did not commit suicide, and she did not have the intent of dying in the lake that night. This is demonstrated by the promises she…

throughout the play as an adversary to many of the townspeople. Putnam is clearly descripted as “vindictive” and “a man with many grievances” (Miller 14). Arthur Miller enjoys bluntly describing his characters for the benefit of the onlooker who can perceive as Arthur Miller wants them to. Other characters are also illustrated so candidly, for instance, Reverend Parris is alluded to being a selfish man throughout the play an example at the end of the play he cries for losing his money instead of…

success,” a quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, provides a glimpse into an important theme of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs. The beginning of the story takes place in present day Florida, where the main character, Jacob Portman, lives. The rest of the story takes place on Cairnholm Island in Wales in both the present and on September 3, 1940. Jacob is a sixteen-year-old boy who shows great courage when faced with many challenges. Jacobs’s first…

In A Streetcar Named Desire, two of the main characters are Blanche Dubois and Stella Kowalski, whom are sisters. Blanche is older than Stella, but refers to Stella has her older sister, because Blanche is obsessed with the idea of staying young. Although, the sisters had grew up in the same household together, their personalities differ completely from each other. Blanche is romantic, and idealistic. Stella is simple, humble, and realistic. Their personality differences is the reason the two…