Protagonist

Egyptian Revolution in Egypt, to warn about the dangers of inaction against an authoritarian regime. Using her protagonist Dr. Tarek Fahmy, one of several doctors in charge of the hospital’s Emergency Room Department, Aziz appeals to the reader’s own nature using the structure of the novel, characterization of the protagonist and the symbolism in the novel in relation to the protagonist, thus making this character…

constantly failing to meet both your own and society’s expectations, how do you get up and reach the light? This problem is exactly what the protagonist deals with before he makes up his mind in the short story “Yellow” by Peter Carty. The following content is an investigation in the narrative point of view which has a useful effect on how information of the protagonist is delivered. Furthermore, the symbolic features are examined with focus on how they create pictures and depth to the story.…

Jeannette once said reading is a form of comfort for her. I couldn’t agree more, we both adore stories similar to our own experiences in life, mostly to see how the protagonists in those novels survive their stories. But unlike her I’ve had and have electricity to read, I’ve never had to stitch up my drunken father’s arm, an I’ve never had to fend for myself while my parents didn’t. I think that she should do what her older sister Lori does: read books like the Wizards of Oz to escape into a…

and thus, this needs to be enhanced. Find ways to elevate the tension. If the protagonist needs some information from the past to fix something in the present, then that sets a goal and it creates organic tension. Anticipation can be generated. Also, the higher the stakes, the more tension created. One way to create strong tension is to create a “ticking clock” tension. This involves creating a deadline for the protagonist to achieve their goal. There’s a subplot involving Emerson and Alexine.…

a perfect storm of wrongs and a valiant fight against external pressures, ultimately resulting in an untimely death. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby explores the rise and tragic downfall of the novel’s protagonist, Jay Gatsby. In Shakespeare’s Othello, the play’s protagonist deteriorates from a well respected General to a delusional murderer. Ultimately, these two men have many similar pressures that impact their fate and encourage their downfall. Blinded by love, the characters fail…

from God or, other than Beelzebub, from any of the other characters in the text. This can leave many readers with a startling question; is Satan the protagonist in Paradise Lost? Does Milton have a specific motive for giving Satan a voice, and what does this say about the religious connotations in the text? A standard definition of the term “protagonist” is “the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.” It,…

portrayed as a description of reality. Sitting in his study in an armchair of green velvet, with his head resting comfortably against the back of the chair, he enjoys the presence of his cigarettes and the view of the park from his window. The protagonist likes the feeling of giving himself over to the story, and allows himself to be quickly and consciously drawn into the action of the novel. The second story (story two) is conveyed as a description of the novel’s plot, where two lovers unite…

Childhood notions foster attributes of romanticism, which life disrupts and exchanges with cynical realism. Joyce’s protagonist clearly exemplifies the romanticized characteristics common of immature adolescents in the beginning of the story. The boy’s fantasy of love and his longing for adventure are perverted and distorted by illusions. Events in the story lead to a pivotal awakening to reality and an end to the false and foolish imaginations. The innocent outlook of youth is replaced with a…

damaged her emotionally and mentally. Throughout the story, readers are exposed to what is beneath Blake’s facade of superiority. Through the story’s setting, disposition of characters, and characters’ actions, The Five Forty Eight reveals the protagonist Blake’s misanthropical, egocentric character. Readers get a glimpse of the protagonist’s egocentrism through his and Miss Dent’s actions. “He urged her to; that was, after all, what he had come for. … When he put on his clothes…

an unnamed protagonist and his return to a reservation in Montana that had been taken over by white colonizers putting a strain on his own self-identity. The experiences that the protagonist is faced with throughout the novel take a toll on the relationships around him, especially with women. Early in the novel we find out that our protagonist has a feeling of displacement, which is an emotion coming from within him. This essay will examine the influence women had on the protagonist throughout…