The Color Purple In the novel “The Color purple” the dynamic characters are Albert‚ and Celie. Albert is one of the character that married Celie and always beat her. His way of treating people change when Celie left the house with Shug Avery. He started to treat people better than he use to and when Celie come back from her tripe he was really nice to her and treat her with kindness. Celie is the main character that was rape by her step-father at a young age‚ she was separated from her younger
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In the novel‚ “Life of Pi” the author Yann Martel tells a story within a story about Piscine Molitor who is also known as Pi. He is the protagonist and the dynamic character of story. In the chapters that confine the main story Pi is a timid middle-aged man and is deeply spiritual after learning the teachings of Hinduism‚ Catholicism‚ and Islam. He tells us about his childhood growing up in India as a son of a zoo keeper. He’s a vegetarian and he expresses his love for animals. Pi is a student
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One of the most complex characters in A Tale of Two Cities is Dr. Alexandre Manette. A man torn apart from 18 years of prison‚ Manette struggles to return to life in society. After regaining his sanity and confidence‚ he attempts to use his power for good and justice. However‚ he unintentionally ensures that his son-in-law be sentenced to death because of his actions in his dark past. Manette is a constant symbol for people not being able to escape their pasts. Dr. Manette can be considered both
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In Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ Creon dominates the play with his powerful yet arrogant personality. Even though Antigone is the name of this play‚ Creon‚ the ruling king of Thebes with a no turning back attitude‚ proves to be the main character. Creon rules over everyone but that does not stop the intelligent Antigone from protecting her brothers dead body. She gets caught in this illegal act by the very dynamic character of Creon. There are endless personality traits to describe Creon‚ but certain
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In this paper I will discuss the character changes throughout the story of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. This change of ideals make characters round and dynamic which they then can influence other characters to follow suit. These changes can have a drastic effect upon the story. Throughout the play of Hamlet various characters change their existing personality’s making them dynamic and round. At the start of the play Hamlet is has a pleasant attitude for everyone he comes across and he has a loving
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Gonzalez 1 English Honors 22 November 2011 In the story “Antigone” both characters‚ Antigone and Creon are examples of tragic characters. The tragic character is a man of noble stature. He is not an ordinary man‚ but a man with outstanding quality and greatness about him. This character causes his own downfall due to his own tragic flaw. Creon is a tragic character in the story because of his tragic flaw‚ his pride and failure to understand when he is wrong. This flaw causes the downfall
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In the Sophocle’s play‚ Antigone‚ there are a many tragic characters in which some face death‚ and others watch as their loves ones die all around them. There is nothing more tragic than to be surrounded by the dead‚ especially when it may be one’s own fault. Therefore‚ Creon is the most tragic character of this play. Aristotle would agree that Creon is the main tragic character‚ as he makes many decisions which could have led him either towards his tragedy or away from it‚ but ultimately he led
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May 17‚ 2005 World Literature Paper I A Character Comparison: Nora Vs. Antigone In the novels A Doll’s House and Antigone‚ Ibsen and Sophocles respectively create two lead female characters‚ Nora and Antigone‚ who confront society’s expectations of women in fundamentally different ways. Nora goes against the grain of middle class society by first forging her father’s signature and then deceiving her husband‚ Torvald‚ throughout their marriage; Antigone‚ on the other hand‚ openly challenges and
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In the play Antigone‚ Creon was one of the main characters who had their whole life turned upside down. But‚ in the mists of Creon having his whole life ruined‚ he failed to realize that all of the things that happened were his own fault. There were 3 tragic flaws that led Creon to his own downfall. One of Creon’s flaws is stubbornness. Choragos had told Creon that his rule was not a good choice but him like many others were not aloud to bury any body of the dead‚ not even Polyneices. His sisters
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judgement of error leads to their demise and In most cases involving plays‚ the main character is the tragic hero. However‚ when one is ruminating the distinctive aspects of Antigone there can be two tragic heroes. Antigone and Creon‚ both with the potential of inquiring the role of a true tragic hero in this tragedy. Looking at each aspect of what a true tragic hero is (as defined by Aristotle) both characters have tragic flaws. Antigone’s tragic flaw being her loyalty to her family
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