Antagonist

the main character and the protagonist, Annie’s mother Mrs. John is the antagonist. They interrelate because when Annie is the only child, her mother is affectionate with her but as Annie gets older and her mom has other children, Mrs. John becomes distant from Annie and basically wants her to grow up and watch over herself. Annie sees this as a threat, so her mother is now like an enemy to her which is why she is the antagonist. Once the other kids come, her mother no longer has time for her…

Everybody sees the same things differently. This is true in “Wakefield” and “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Bartleby the Scrivener” by Herman Melville as the protagonists walk the fine line between being an outcast and progressive brilliance. In each story, the point of view affects whether the reader comes to view the main character as a freak, or as a genius. Setting is crucial to forming the different perspectives in the three stories. The surrounding characters and locations…

wards. In the end, Jack was the one who started the main action of the play, without him, Charley may not have thought of pretending to be his own aunt in order for the young women to stay. Without Spettigue the show would not have had a phenomenal antagonist. Through his greed, he created a, unknowingly, humorous love relationship with Charley, though he thought it was Don Lucia Dalvidorese, a famous millionaire. Without this relationship, Charley would not have gotten consent to marry Amy,…

El Crimen Perfecto is a comedic crime thriller that highlights mans willingness to be at the top, and what he has to go through. The introduction of the movies sets a preconceived idea about main character, Rafael. One man is analyzed by a group of other salespeople, and his ability to sell a specific suit. He is ridiculed and critiqued for his mistakes by the man in charge and, scored a zero out of one hundred which prompts the question, “has anyone every received a perfect score.” Reminiscing…

1. The definition of character as it relates to literature is a person, animal or creature that takes part in the action of a story, play or other literary work. To demonstrate I chose the movie The Blind Side and the main character Michael Oher. After completing the descriptions of the types of characters listed I had to go back and add more to Michael's character. When I first wrote the paper all I saw was that Michael was the main character in the story, he is the character the story is…

Save It for a Rainy Day For both men and woman the aftermath of a break up can be very hard. After a break up most individuals often dwell on it and just want to be left alone. In the song “Save it for a Rainy Day” Andrew M. Dorff and Kenny Chesney convey a positive attitude about break ups. Dorff and Chesney demonstrate this positive attitude through tones that are ambitious, enthusiastic, and encouraging. If we exam “Save It for a Rainy Day” using setting, character, and repetition, we can…

money, then goes home and finds her brother had killed himself because he didn’t want her to have to deal with him. Would You Rather is completely opposite from the average horror film. It is a realistic horror, one that is actually possible. The antagonist survives with no harm to him, and the movie was mainly set in a bright room, unlike the dim lighting of most movies. But the biggest difference comes in the type of fear given off. In this movie it’s the fear…

Street Car Named Desire is 1951 drama film, a modification of Tennessee William’s 1947 play with the same name. It’s a story of Blanche Dubois, who after several courses of social ups and downs, tries to find her sage with her sister and brother-in-law living at a low income apartment building in New Orleans. But ultimately, she fails to build an emotional stability for herself. This script is a perfect sequence of tragedy full of emotions and drama comprised of violence, witty and poetic…

Blanche for her true self? I argue that it is not because of his down-to-earth personality, or even for the good of his wife, but for his own selfish and arrogant agenda. Blanche is the protagonist of the play while Stanley is quite obviously the antagonist, and their conflict is the source of interest throughout the play.…

Curated within a text, an authors word choice often ascribes an emotional tag, or connotation of a word rather than the literal denotation. In analyzing diction, a reader’s perception of a character is often strengthened not by the specific words themselves, but rather the suggested meaning attached. This powerful element of style used within writing further influence a readers understanding, and the stories tone. Within Joyce Carolyn Oats where are…. , diction is used throughout the text with…