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    James I‚ the book however is portrayed as suspenseful and very solemn. The main characters would be Macbeth the protagonist and the witches as antagonist. Macbeth is portrayed as gullible because he believes everything the witches say about his destiny as king and as ambitious because he has just learned he is going to be king. The witches‚ however are portrayed to be clever and deceiving since at the end of the story they have a sneaky way to trick Macbeth into his death. The main want and need

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    Characters The protagonist/main character of the novel is Celie‚ who writes the ‘letters of God’. Her personality‚ at least in the beginning‚ is not able to be fully expressed since she is almost like a slave when it comes to her father and her family. But then at the middle and end of the novel‚ she begins to show her personality more as she is not as persecuted and held back. Celie has more of a caring‚ kind‚ and a bit fierce personality. Celie also has a loving personality towards Shug‚ since

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    Hellgate Trilogy The Hellgate trilogy is a most read series. This trilogy has an action/sci-fi genre and follows three main characters. The main characters have separate allegiances and views. The series has a great main hero‚ complex relationships‚ and a struggling romance. It has great descriptions of all events of past or present happenings. It has several in depth fight scenes involving human versus human and human versus demon. There are several different types and styles of combat

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    me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws‚” claims J.J. Abrams‚ as he explains that perfect characters do not appeal to readers. Readers like to connect to the characters in a story. No one is perfect‚ which makes connecting to a faultless character difficult. Every character is unique because of the flaws and characteristics that define them. Short stories must quickly develop characters‚ so the audience can create a connection early. Protagonists contain a narrow mind

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    Scout is a great protagonist in To Kill A Mockingbird. Her character is well-developed and has many cheerful characteristics. She has all of the qualities of a good protagonist. But in every good story with a protagonist‚ there is an equally good antagonist. The many citizens of Maycomb are the great antagonists in this story. You could say that Aunt Alexandra is the antagonist of the story. She strongly dislikes Calpurnia and the other black people. She doesn’t think that black people should have

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    Legalized or Illegal Agonist Antagonist Acid Agonist at the serotonin receptors Increase in blood pressure and heart rate Dizziness Loss of appetite Dry mouth Sweating Nausea Numbness Tremors Becomes delusional Hallucinations Impaired depth/time/shape/size perceptions Panic attacks Severe depression Losing control May treat disorders like alcoholism‚ PTSD and anxiety Should be illegal cause it is widely misused by many Barbiturates Antagonist at neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric

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    Throughout the early history of storytelling‚ the antagonist has existed as a plot device‚ to which Bulman defined as a character that ‘usually represents negative things‚ while the protagonist espouses positive values.’ (Bulman‚ 2006‚ 17). He goes on to expand on the device’s use of conflict and how it is a necessary building block of creative storytelling. This analysis will explore the state of existence of the female antagonist‚ who has long been argued to be held in a transgressive state of

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    In the story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses her type of writing style that was considered to be dark‚ gothic‚ and freaky in her characters and her setting of the story. By doing this‚ she allows the reader an unexpected twist from the normal lesson learning or fairy tale stories. Gilman’s uses of character and setting tremendously impact the setting of her story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper.” In every story‚ there is some sort of characters because characters are extremely

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    Story of an Hour” By Kate Chopin In the dictionary‚ character is defined as the aggregate of the features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. This is what people look for in a person they read about in any kind of genre. There is no perfect character in a story. Every character has some kind of flaw in them that draws us in. This is called a tragic flaw. Tragic flaw is a flaw in the protagonist of a tragedy that brings the protagonist to their down fall. The

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    Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Protagonist: The Protagonist in the Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne. Hester Prynne is a tall elegant‚ beautiful women. She has dark abundant hair and according to Nathaniel Hawthorne deep dark eyes. Hester Prynne could leave people awestruck. She was such a nice‚ kind‚ and generous woman. She was also the greatest seamstress to most. Hester Prynne is the main focus of our story The Scarlet Letter. (65) Antagonist: The antagonist in the story is Dr. Roger Chillingworth.

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