Protagonist

continually dinning in his ears." The similarity of the female protagonist is that they are both nagging, but also they are abusive to their husbands. Tom 's wife was abusive to her husband. "Tom 's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm." Similarly, Rip 's wife was also abusive to her husband, "A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing." The female protagonist are both nagging and abusive to their husbands. …

unappreciated politeness” (Munro). The reader knows what is happening in Phoebe’s mind, and what she is thinking. There is no way the protagonist would know that much detail about what Phoebe is thinking, which makes it omniscient. In spite of that, the story is filtered through Rose’s perspective. In a parallel story written by Alice Munro called “Royal Beatings”, the protagonist Rose talks about her mother’s death: “Rose was a baby in a basket at the time, so of course could not remember any…

In “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the main character and protagonist Mrs. Mallard experiences a spiral of emotions, from shock to freedom from her role as a wife; after learning of her husband’s sudden death. This story takes place in the era when women were known as just a wife and mother. In addition, the narrator starts with assuring the reader of Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition; which makes her appear weak from the start. This story expresses on what people know about freedom and…

“A&P”, a short story, by John Updike tells of a brief yet problematic encounter in a local supermarket. The protagonist Sammy works as a cashier at the A&P. After the incident when his boss embarrassed a group of young girls in the store, he impulsively decides he wants to quit as an act of heroism for the young embarrassed girls. Because he quit his job, he learned the valuable lesson that one needs to think before they speak or act. While all characters play important roles in “A&P”, each…

Westerns have come a long way since the silent film days and the original western, The Great Train Robbery in 1903. Today, modern technology has allowed westerns to become more thrilling, more daring, and more action packed than ever before, and none of this is more true than for Django Unchained(2012) directed by Quentin Tarantino and the TV show Firefly(2002), created by Joss Whedon. While both embrace new and interesting twists to the genre, both still feature many of the classic themes…

begins with the protagonist, a solitary prospector, coming upon a pristine canyon in the southwestern U.S. The main character of “All Gold Canyon”, a pocket-miner simply named “Bill”, resembles as such a frontier type, possessing the best qualities of that type of person. The canyon seems singular in its pure natural beauty, and London’s description of it is a real tour de force.…

educationally. Between his father, mother, and closest the protagonist had no one to express himself to. The main character recollects “He handed me a gift, a book, and after he was gone i threw it away, didn’t even bother to open it…” (Diaz 433). He was so jealous of Beto that he chose to leave him in the past and not open his gift that he felt was to belittle him. Throwing away this book without even opening it symbolized the protagonist avoiding his battle for identity. It has been a long…

The books The Hunger Games and Divergent have a lot of similarities and differences, from the characters to the events that occurred during the story. Both books have similar storylines that the protagonists, Tris from Divergent, and Katniss from The Hunger Games, has to go through. However, Tris and Katniss both have qualities that are similar and some that are totally different, which separates these two novels and make them more interesting. Nonetheless, Tris is a more developed, more…

In the texts Looking For Alibrandi and Destroying Avalon we are taken through the lives of Josie and Avalon and observe the different ways the protagonists deal with the conflict of belonging. Throughout the texts both Joise and Avalon feel as though they do not belong at home and school. Through tragedy and conflict our protagonists learn valuable lessons of what is important and that they did belong.In the novel destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey we are taken through Avalon’s life, exploring…

The protagonist is Puck is the central character, labeling him as the lone protagonist in the play . Puck. he's the only character that has his hands in almost every plot line. Puck's actions are directly involved in the rising action, conflict, falling action and resolution of the play. Here Puck manages to be involved in the action of the four lovers, Bottom and the actors, and the argument for the Indian boy. I'd say Puck fills the antagonist role most emphatically. He complicates…