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    As a result, the Grinch is both the antagonist and protagonist. A deeper development of characters is essential to the story line, so the types of characters usually have a more depth. First, there is the round character, which is well developed through their actions, thoughts, and words (or

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    In Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, the nurse Miss Ratched is a fine example of a realistic fictional villain. Possession of three key components is essential in identifying what makes Miss Ratched a villian. Motive is what drives the villain to commit the very acts that allow them to be considered evil in the first place, and often drive their entire being as a character. While they must possess motive, they must also have a sense of morals that coincides with their motives (typically

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    Analyzing “How I Met My Husband”, Alice Munro composes a short story that reveals multiple themes, revolving around the desires of the protagonist, Edie,and how she fulfills them. The story is about a young hired girl, Edie, working for Dr. Peebles and his family. One afternoon, Edie meets Chris Watters, a pilot whom she eventually produces an intimate relationship with then ends up leaving and never speaking to her again. In the short story, “How I Met My Husband”, Alice Munro entertains her readers

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    reader can empathize with, but who are set to extreme natures. Every protagonist has to have an antagonist; David had Goliath, The People have The Government, and Batman has The Joker. Of course, when you have a fool as great as Orgon, the antagonists in the story will be near infinite. However, Orgon had three main antagonists to look at. In Tartuffe, Orgon’s most important antagonist is himself. In order to believe the amount of lies that he did, Orgon had to convince himself to throw away

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    Did they lose their innocence, or did their innocence lose them? Comparing The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins and Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding. William Golding was an English novelist, playwrite and poet. He was well respected and was ranked on the The Times list of the “Top 50 greatest British writers since 1945”. William had a good upbringing, as his dad was a Science Master at Marlborough Grammar School. His mother was a campaigner for female suffrage . Suzanne Collins

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    the differing ways in which the natures of characters like Santiago Nasar and the Vicario twins can be interpreted. Throughout the novel, García Márquez’s descriptions Santiago Nasar lend themselves to two contrasting depictions; he is either the antagonist or the protagonist of the story. Either quality can be supported by the imagery García Márquez used in conjunction with the description of his character. One of the first things Nasar is associated with is bestial imagery, specifically that of falcons

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    Do you know what Protagonist and Antagonist are? Protagonist is the character whose actions are the primary focus of the story. Antagonist is the character who the protagonist has the most conflict with. In Theodore Boone the Accused, the main conflict is conflict is that Theodore Boone is accused of stealing computers from a shop that he has never been in before. Most people think he is guilty but Theo knows he is not. Theodore Boone is the proantagonist in this story. Theodore is a very intelligent

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    Marx is the character who stood out to me to clearly be in exile. For more than half of the story, he seems to be the main character and protagonist. As this changes towards the end and he starts to take actions that seem more characteristic of an antagonist, he still plays a vital role in the plot of the story. Not only does Bernard experience direct exile, but he also faces indirect exile socially more than any other character. For roughly the first half of the book, we see an abundance of ways and

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    Tessa. In fact everyone is like Tessa, just a normal warring country citizen. The way Tessa is described you would see some torn clothes and long hair. Like most people in a century long war, they want peace and harmony. Antagonist In my story there are absolutely no antagonists. In the history of my book there is a war that split the world into two sides. They both believed they were doing the right thing. There were computers that tricked the humans into not fighting, for most of the war. So the

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    A good book needs conflict, and to serve this purpose, antagonists exist. These characters are the driving force of the story, but often need their “loyal” helpers in order to have an effect. Of course, sometimes the helpers aren’t as loyal as the antagonist perceives them to be, and the substandard relationship between the antagonist and their helper causes complications for everyone involved. Both The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1952, and Much Ado About Nothing, written around 1600 by

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