The female protagonist is a difficult character to create as well as execute. However‚ it has been done since about 1000 AD. There are six characteristics that make a strong female protagonist (Patterson). The first trait is having a goal that must be reached and that usually has grave consequences if not attained (Patterson). Second is that she is usually flawed; meaning she has to make choices and the lack thereof could potentially change the story (Patterson). Thirdly‚ she must capture the audiences’
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Character Trait of Creon The Greek tragedy Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ introduces characters that can be described as tragic heroes. This tragedy has the character face with a dramatic reconciliation. Creon‚ one of the main characters in the play‚ is a major tragic hero because of his personal characteristics and the actions he made. There were three specific characteristics that can be explained to describe Creon’s personality. He was ignorant‚ rude and insecure. Creon had a natural habit of being
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1. Essential Element | Quote | Sentences | Symbolism | “This was the tree‚ and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men‚ the giants of your childhood‚ whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth‚ but that they are…shrunken by age.” Ch. 1‚ Pg. 14 | The tree is symbolized to represent something grown up from. The tree is the past‚ and it was so much more meaningful before rather than now. The change in importance is due to Gene
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feeling‚ deeper than thought‚ which contains the truth." PAge 40 "I had no idea why this game me such immense relief‚ but it seemed‚ standing there in Finny’s triumphant shirt‚ that I would never stumble through the confusions of my own character again." Page 54 "’You see! Kill me! Now you know what it is! I did it because I felt like that! Now you know yourself!’" Page 62 "I lost part of myself to him then‚ and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must
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Story book characters traits and personalities can be developed in many ways. This was shown in‚ George Orwell’s‚ Animal Farm when a group of animals decide to overthrow Farmer Jones’s farm. After they get rid of Farmer Jones‚ a pig named Napoleon decides to appoint himself as leader‚ which causes much issue amongst the animals in the farm. In the book Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was displayed as the cruel‚ clever and deceptive character Napoleon. There were many instances where Napoleon was shown
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predicts behavior are situational factors instead of character traits. Globalists disagree with that statement and argue that character traits predict behavior. They also propose that good actions are defined as those done by people with the proper virtues and that virtues exist as part of individuals’ character makeup. A variety of psychological studies doubt these premises. The main issue is whether we have stable personality and character traits. Appiah uses modus tollens to give a logically from
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some insight of what the story will be about. This important concept is seen in the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ written by John Knowles. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also specific examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. The winter carnival is a good example‚ which shows the students at the Devon School creating their own separate peace. After being severely maimed‚ Finny enters his own state of mind‚ where there is no war occurring
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Who is Benvolio an enemy or a friend? Well he is a cousin of Romeo and an enemy of Tybalt. Benvolio tries to be a peacemaker and a counselor to his friends and an enemy of the Capulets. Benvolio is a family member of the Montagues. The three character traits that will be explained are going to be an enemy‚ a peacemaker and a counselor. Why is Benvolio an enemy of Tybalt? Because Benvolio is a family member of the Montagues. " Why? What makes Tybalt so special? Who is he?"(2.4.91)
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Most of them have great character traits. Iago exceptional trait was his intelligence. One wrong move and he could have been the death of Iago but he maintained a humble and crafty mind to get him around the nooks and crannies of his mischievous plan. He cleverly convinces Roderigo that his main
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One of the major themes in A Separate Peace is the coming of age. The theme of maturity can be viewed as a growing realization of the war in the school (in which the students realize that they have to enlist into the war "as men")‚ or the private and interior crisis one goes through (such as Gene discovering his identity as the novel progresses). The training and the sudden labors that the Devon students engage in attempt to prepare the boys for their future at the war; this can be seen as the external
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