Protagonist

this commonly unseen side of marriage through the use of three main literary elements. By using irony the author enables her audience to view marriage in an unconventional way for the time period that it was written in. In addition, by using the protagonist, as well as the transition of a new season, Chopin is able to showcase symbolism. Taking her use of literary elements further, she introduces allegory to illustrate death and the issue of women’s rights. Kate Chopin…

which means that he is able to see things more clearly that the normal person. Dostoevsky does not give the man a name in order to create a sense of similarity between the readers and the Underground Man. The author also relies on the use of a protagonist, Liza, who needs to feel a sense of worth as opposed to the Underground Man and his manipulative attitude. Dostoevsky uses the ideas of Russian Romanticism in order to depict the Underground Man as being someone who is and outcast in a…

In Toni Bambara’s short story, “The Lesson”, many ideas of living are expanded upon. Bambara uses the main protagonist, Miss Moore, as a sort of gateway for the youth in the story to learn these ideas. “The Lesson” takes place in the 1960’s, which helps provide the reader with a sense of how social standards are set in the story. The story revolves around two main characters, an elderly woman named Miss Moore and a younger girl named Sylvia. The two characters are constantly having a battle over…

in this endeavor of becoming independent but at the cost of emotional and physical pain. Janie can be characterized as the evolving heroine of this story. Janie Crawford is the main character that this novel is revolves around. She is also the protagonist of this story as she is going through her journey of independence from her three marriages. Janie is an African-American female that has been raised in an Caucasian community most of her life. Most hardships of being an young African-American…

expressed by Donald Hall in his book Literary and Cultural Theory, is the advocacy of women’s rights by economic, social and political equality to men. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the protagonists share similar experiences living under patriarchal demands and the demands of society. Both women are expected to follow a certain set of characteristics and criteria as…

A good movie not only entertains someone, but it makes them think about the film and how it relates to life. An amazing movie makes viewers think about the film long after watching it and has an impact on the their life. Million Dollar Baby is a spectacular example of all these factors. Million Dollar Baby is a drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and it stars Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor boxer who is determined to become the very best that she can be. Million Dollar Baby is a…

Pedro Paramo: In-depth analysis of the novel through the image of protagonist. What happens to a person who gave a vow to his mother that he would find person he had never met in his life? What if this person is his father? How does a hero react when he finds out about the uncountable number of bastards and a legal child of his father? How does the “trip to his legacy” change him? How does he react when he finds out that his father is a pure devil? To make matters worse, what if the town of his…

out of his wits. He develops the urge to take action to stop such a disturbance. He is aware that the old man is harmless, but he needs to destroy the eye, for which the old man must die. This obsession sets the mood of the story detaching the protagonist from reality, who after committing murder in his paranoia continues hearing the beating of old man’s heart under the bedroom floor. Interestingly, he does not deem himself mad, and to prove it he confesses his crime, recounting the events with…

distorted the original intention of the play. Furthermore, one can observe how the sex of the critic could completely change the point of view of Shakespeare’s play, and how most of males critics do not consider Cleopatra as a hero, or even as the protagonist of the play and the story, but instead they insist Anthony is. In…

the authors use their narrators dictates how we learn about the characters and what we do and do not learn about them. The main character and protagonist in the story by Porter, Granny Weatherall, goes through a ‘weathering’ process in her life containing lessons from love and hate, a feeling of being adrift, and conflict. While Calixta, who is the protagonist in Chopin’s story, also faces challenges of devotion, a feeling of wandering, and contention. Which of the two characters is more…