Ferret and God: Sredni Vashtar. It can be described as a horror story because of its character’s description‚ themes and setting. It shows the religious downfall of the protagonist‚ the death of the antagonist and the lack of coherence in society. Saki emphasises the horror in the main characters‚ including both the protagonists and antagonists. "Conradin" is described as a "ten years old" boy‚ skinny and sick who "will not live for another 5 years". It is not a nice image for a boy‚ and it can
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AP ENGLISH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS (Question 3) Sample Question 1: In some works of literature the insanity (or a period of insanity) of a main character plays a central role. Choose a novel or play of literary merit and write an essay in which you discuss the mental illness of a central character and the specific ways in which that character’s illness relates to the larger themes of the work. Avoid plot summary. Sample Question 2: “The struggle to achieve dominance over others frequently
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Julius Caesar Tragedy concerns itself with the downfall of a protagonist (or the tragic hero) that suffers crushing defeat or death. Brutus certainly fits in as the protagonist of Julius Caesar and the tragic hero. Since Brutus was one of the main characters of the play‚ it would be obvious that he would be the tragic hero of the play as well. The downfall of the protagonist occurs through a tragic flaw of the protagonist. Brutus’ tragic flaw was making bad judgments. For example
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The Awakening (1899)‚ protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess "That outward existence which conforms‚ the inward life that questions." In a novel or play that you have studied‚ identify a character who outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly. Then write an essay in which you analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid mere plot summary. 1. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899)‚ protagonist Edna Pontellier is said
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attractiveness often symbolizes an admirable protagonist‚ while ugliness indicates the abominable antagonist. As children we are taught‚ without even realizing it‚ to prize beauty. People of every race and culture have gone to extremes in the name of beauty – from foot-binding in China‚ to dangerously constricting corsets in Victorian v Society has always valued beauty. In literature‚ attractiveness often symbolizes an admirable protagonist‚ while ugliness indicates the abominable antagonist
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About the short story The short story Black is My Favorite Color by Bernard Malamud is about Jewish-Black relationships in America similarly to several of his other novels (such as The Assistant‚ 1957) and short stories. Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) was born in Brooklyn as an offspring of Russian Jewish immigrants. Along with Saul Bellow‚ Philip Roth and Paul Auster‚ Malamud is one of the most important Jewish-American writers. Black is My Favorite Color deals with prejudice in general and positive
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Patricia Grace’s short story It Used to Be Green Once and in Nino Ricci’s short story Going to the Moon‚ the mother figures to the protagonists are caring and outgoing‚ but differ on their ability to comprehend specific situations. First and foremost‚ the characters that act as the mother figures in the short stories both care for the protagonists. The mother of the protagonist in It used to Be Green Once cares for all of her children. This is seen when the main character states that her‚ "mum would dig
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all hope and accepts his fate right from the beginning‚ while the protagonists in the second one makes an‚ albeit‚ small attempt to fight against the antagonist of the story. The way I figured out that the song would would fall under the genre of a country rock song is from reading Robert Fontenot‚ an oldies music expert‚ who defines the genre as
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What’s In A Name? Yan Martel’s award winning novel‚ “Life of Pi”‚ is about the life of Piscine Molitor Patel‚ narrating many of the experiences he encounters that give light to many philosophies and ideologies about life. The protagonist in the story‚ Piscine Molitor‚ was named after a Parisian swimming pool‚ which was described in the story as a breathtaking area to take a good swim. However‚ Piscine having been fed up with the negative attention his name attracted in school‚ comes
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There are many riveting characters in The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Abigail Williams being one of them. Abigail is a fast‚ lying‚ and a cunning girl. She is promiscuous as in fast because she has been seeking John Proctor’s love and expressing her love for him since they had a one night affair. She says "Give me a word John a soft word" (Miller‚ 1953‚ p.1219). John seems to not feel the same way towards her as she feels toward him‚ so he pulls away. Despite John’s feelings she continues to pursue
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