today’s society everyone likes to romanticize about a hero going against the odds and triumphing at the end against a well defined antagonist. However‚ what if the line between antagonist and protagonist is blurred where the hero is made up to be the menace of society while society itself is blind to their own fanaticism of indictment to believe they are above those who they punish. Although the beginning events of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter appear to be bleak and morbid‚ Hester will
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between the audience and the protagonist differ in a tragedy and comedy because the audience has different feelings for each protagonist. Comedies are meant to make the audience feel happy overall‚ but there is little emotion the audience feels from the protagonist. For example‚ after a Greek trilogy was played‚ a comedy was played‚ so people wouldn’t feel so downhearted. Tragedies tend to emotionally move people because the audience can identify with and relate to the protagonist. In a tragedy the audience
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Name: __________________________ Class: __________________________ Ruth Brown Questions 1. What singers inspired Ruth Brown? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did she run away from home in 1945? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What was the first record label that signed
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Tom wondered for what seemed to be the millionth time why Dectives were required to dress like wall-street bankers or stock analysts. At least that was the expectation in public‚ however the moment he had the office to himself‚ he unknotted his tie‚ slipped off the linen suit jacket‚ and undid the top button of his shirt‚ then sat back in his chair‚ raised his eyes to the ceiling‚ and tapped the tip of a ballpoint pen against his teeth. That was Tom’s usual mode of concentration and contemplation
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John Brown the Freedom Fighter Terrorism is described as the unlawful use of threat of violence against people or property to further political or social awareness. In the case of John Brown‚ several historians have argued wether he falls under the category of a terrorist due to his actions or if he could be considered a hero. After examining different arguments amongst historians and reviewing sources of his trial it is appropriate to state that John Brown was a freedom fighter. By studying
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2010 Bibliography of Clara Brown During the time of slavery many African Americans suffered from the harsh treatment of their owners. Clara Brown was one of the many slaves that experienced separation from her loved ones‚ forced into labor and abuse. Clara Brown was born into slavery in 1803 in Spotsylvania County‚ Virginia. Brown and her mother were separated from her father when they were bought by tobacco farmer Ambrose Smith. From the time she was very young‚ she worked in the fields with
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them to appear villainous‚ especially during conflict. The Second World War quickly became a worldwide production whose impact still exist today and in terms of the theatrical production of this magnitude‚ Germany was the main antagonist of our tragedy and the protagonists‚ the United States‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ and the Soviet Union‚ would take the stage as a result of Germany’s attack of Poland in 1939 (Royde-Smith). Throughout the six year war‚ countless countries are destroyed‚
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Julius Caesar: Brutus Is The Protagonist "He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not‚ is a slave." - Sir William Drumman All men have the power to reason. Some men can reason better‚ and more thorough than others. Yet nonetheless‚ all men can reason. In order to reason‚ one must clear his mind‚ be completely impartial‚ and understand the situation to the best of his ability. The play Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is the story of a man trying his
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In both “The Storm” and “A Respectable Woman”‚ The main female protagonists exert control over their sexuality and play major roles within their marriages. By playing these major roles‚ consequently‚ the male protagonists are respectful‚ of the female protagonists and value their thoughts. They do not dismiss what the women say because they are female‚ as many men did during these time periods. With the women engaging in sexual acts and/or having sexual desires without feeling guilty‚ Chopin challenges
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work both criticize a women’s place and role in society by using an antagonist to challenge the reader to question morality and a women’s responsibility in marriage. The conflict within their writings is the traditional expectations society had placed on women in the 19th century along with the search for self-identity under such circumstances. In Ibsen’s A Doll’s House the underlying antagonist is Torvald‚ husband of protagonist Nora. Although not a direct conflict‚ it is revealed later in the play
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