narration progresses always through psychological motivation‚ i.e. by the will of a human character and its struggle with obstacles towards a defined goal. In Casablanca‚ Richard “Rick” Blaine‚ the owner of Rick’s Café Americain and the film’s protagonist struggles to fight off past memories and lives day in and day out as a jaded bar owner. Also Ilsa Lund a devoted wife to Laszlo and former lover of Rick. In Paris‚ Ilsa had fallen
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The story of Frankenstein is one of great tragedy and great human sacrificing. Victor Frankenstein is the main character within this great novel‚ but it is hard to call Victor the protagonist within the story because of all of his terrible flaws. Likewise it is difficult to call the creature that Victor Frankenstein creates the antagonist. However‚ the story of Frankenstein is one of a man trying to create life out of death. Victor Frankenstein is a crazed scientist who for all intents and purposes
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Yoon Alex English 2 From Hero to Zero and Back Again In Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ the protagonist begins as a highly esteemed member of Venetian society but plummets into a spiral of jealousy and insecurity‚ losing both his reputation and his cherished lover. Despite blundering from one folly to the next‚ however‚ Othello ultimately displays qualities of a true hero. Although his actions grow increasingly serious and finally even murderous‚ the purity of his intentions is revealed through both
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Protagonist Definition – protagonist‚ the main character in a story or play. A protagonist is the character that the story is narrated by‚ and whose conflicts create the plot. Sometimes the protagonist can be referred to as the hero of a story or play. Batman‚ in the Batman movies‚ is the protagonist. He is the hero in the movie and solves the conflicts. Other examples of protagonist include Napoleon‚ in the story Animal Farm; Goodman Brown‚ in the short story “Young Goodman Brown”. These characters
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Othello Reaction Paper Sara Fletcher Othello is a very powerful play‚ and easily understood. The language used seemed to be less complicated than some of Shakespeare’s other works. The characters are well developed‚ and they are revealed to the audience to be exactly what they are. Iago is the protagonist of the story; he is evil and hates Othello. Desdemona is Othello’s wife and she is loyal‚ and very much in love with him. Othello is a proud and true soldier. He is a Moore (black man) who has
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following is a central theme or motif in the play – honesty Shakespeare’s well-known play Othello‚ first performed in 1604‚ explores the theme of honesty in detail. The words ‘honest’ and ‘honesty’ themselves are used 52 times in the text‚ according to literature critic William Empson. On a deeper level‚ the characters in this play and their actions help to support the theme of honesty. The play’s villain‚ Iago‚ is the epitome of dishonesty and his untruthful nature is contrasted with the innocent
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extended by Sax to highlight issue of a continual prevalence of racism in the 20th century. The characterisation of Othello‚ in Shakespeare’s text‚ as a dark skinned but respected general‚ accentuates his alienation from the rest of the society despite his position‚ thus rejecting the ideology of providentialism and the Great Chain of Being at the time. The audience is introduced to Othello as “he” or “him”‚ unnamed until Act I Scene iii‚ consequently degrading and distancing him from the rest
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to Shakespeare ’s Iago‚ the almost too perfect villain in the play Othello. Different from the other typical trite villains‚ Iago has more depth in him other than being plain pure evil. Consumed with envy and plots Iago deceives and kills those who trust him‚ using the mask of "honest". As an amoral villain‚ it is not that Iago pushes aside his conscience to commit these acts‚ but that he lacks a conscience to begin with. Iago ’s amorality results in the marginality of Othello the Moor whom he supposed
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Weeping Willow: The Smothering of Desdemona’s Will in Othello Among William Shakespeare’s vast array of deeply flawed characters‚ Desdemona of Othello stands out as remarkably virtuous and pure of heart. Furthermore‚ Desdemona’s character initially displays a sense of independence and agency that is rare amongst other female characters in literature at the time that Othello was written. However‚ by the story’s end‚ Desdemona is a much more submissive and passive character‚ accepting her tragic
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its purgation of these emotions” (Kennedy & Gioia‚ 2013). Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the Moor of Venice is set in Venice and Cyprus during the Renaissance. The play recounts the story of Othello‚ a Moorish general in the Venetian army‚ and his new bride Desdemona‚ the daughter of a Venetian nobleman. Othello’s ancient‚ Iago‚ manipulates circumstances to convince a very trusting Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Othello‚ unconvinced by Desdemona’s claims of innocence‚ smothers her in an act
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