each other. Apart from their own issues with other members‚ the troupe‚ itself‚ begins to decrease in number as people leave or pass away. When the audience begins to believe that the circumstances could not get any worse‚ Mandel introduces the antagonist‚ the prophet. The eerie actions of the prophet such as creating grave markers for the spiritually dead and “hold[ing] funerals for them” act as an indicator for the reader to understand that the prophet will be the cause of the main conflict (62)
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uncomfortable with what they do not know. Authors can use this fear and uncertainty when writing to evoke emotion in their audience or influence the way their characters or audience react to their writing. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare creates three of his antagonists as witches. Due to their mysterious aura to the characters and audience‚ they are able to interact in different ways and influence others. Shakespeare uses humanity’s fear of the unknown to create a lack of trust between the audience and characters
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fact shows he is poor. The protagonists feels flattered and excited that he has been asked by an older woman to take her out to lunch in one of the fanciest and most expensive restaurants in Paris although his financial situation worries him. The antagonist is a lady who does not live in Paris. She is not young and attractive‚ but she is very talkative and she asks the author to have a chat with her during the lunch time in a very expensive restaurant. William agrees and all his problems starts from
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on the contract for paving the sidewalks in the town. They were pleased at first but later they kind of had mixed feelings saying that she as “a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner‚ a day laborer”(417). Emily is the antagonist in the story‚ she is stuck in time‚ she absolutely refuses to change despite the fact that society was changing around her. She lives as a recluse for many years “No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china painting lessons eight
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Summary The short story‚ “The Hobbyist written by Frederic Brown is about a man named Sangstrom. Sangstrom was at a prescription pharmacy secretly talking to the Druggist about buying an undetectable poison to kill his wife. The Druggist asks to follow him into the back room and puts some coffee into the boiler. The Druggist informs Sangstrom that he feels that he deserves the poison for free but must pay for the antidote. This is when Sangstrom realizes that the Druggist had poisoned his coffee
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Gainor The Crucible: Salem‚ Massachusetts 1692 Act I: Graphic Organizer: Identify and describe each character. Song Character/ Theme/ Idea Lyrics Quotes Death and abnormality Elizabeth’s reaction to John Proctor cheating on her with Abigail The only thing worse than not knowing Is you thinking that I don’t know I’m having another episode I just need a stronger dose... I’m sitting out dances on the wall “Here is all the invisible world‚ caught‚ defined
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Red from Green Maile Meloy’s short story “Red from Green” was first published in 2009. The short story is about the fifteen years old Sam Turner. Every year she goes on a float trip with her dad. This year Sam’s uncle and a client called Layton from her uncle’s law firm follow them on the trip. Layton compliments Sam’s white teeth and teaches her how to shoot with a gun he got with him on the trip. One night Sam gives Layton some massage because he has an old injury in his bag. When Sam’s dad and
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Using the literary theory of formalism‚ I analyzed four textual elements of D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse. The four textual elements I analyzed included protagonist‚ antagonist‚ conflict‚ and setting. There are two major conflicts in this story: an external conflict‚ which involves the family’s financial state‚ and an internal conflict‚ which involves Paul’s desire to please his mother. The external conflict is stated repeatedly in the story: “There is not enough money”. The family lives
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When the narrator tried to put their father’s teaching in action by holding the alder branch waiting for it to writhe‚ hoping for the sound of gushing water. In the end‚ the branch stayed motionless in his/her hands. Protagonist: Narrator (The son) Antagonist: The antagonist is the Farmer Setting: The story took place a Third World country‚ in a village‚ Farmlands. We also believe the story took place during the 1980spresent day. Title: “ A Secret Lost in the Water” is a perfect title because the son
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free. Elijah learns even when things seem the worst‚ there is always something to give life meaning. The protagonist of Elijah of Buxton is Elijah Freeman‚ and the antagonist is Zephariah Connerly. Elijah is the main character because he is featured in all of the scenes‚ and he is the narrator of this story. Zephariah is the antagonist because even though he is called the Preacher‚ Zephariah is a reprobate. When he stole money from a friend to gamble‚ Elijah went to retrieve the money. Because of
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