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    finally have someone to experience all the things he watched humans experience, but just like that, his dreams were crushed in an instant when Victor destroyed his companion and happiness. While the main character is more commonly the protagonist in stories, Victor is the antagonist. He made bad decisions, which lead to terrible outcomes. He let a close friend be blamed and killed for a murder that was his fault, made his creature lead a miserable life, and refused to give his…

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    is a play that follows the major themes of intrigue, darkness and the supernatural. Following the exploits of a famed general whom is kind at heart, yet as events turn tragic and corruption and Darkness start to take over, it leads Macbeth the protagonist to his downfall and causes for a total change in character, as he gets a grip of power and immense wealth. Darkness is a central motif in Macbeth and outlines and foreshadows several events that will occur and progress the story, thus the idea…

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    tends to be the protagonist of the story, to which they essentially play an important role.This most often than not leads to an important lesson that brings the character to an epiphany, a sudden intuitive perception into reality of something initiated by a common occurrence or experience. He/she has to or have already gone through a quest that completely changes the protagonists perceptions to which in these stories creates a "hero". In the stories A&P and Araby both protagonist share…

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    chance of solving the mystery before the protagonist does. In addition, the end solution of the mystery is disappointing to both the reader and to the protagonist. This allows it to end on a very realistic and mundane note, which is certainly not the emotions the reader feels when learning Christopher’s father killed Wellington. Both the The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close portray a child protagonist with an autism spectrum disorder. These…

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    well used and applied differently in each story. The story of “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan is about a Chess prodigy who lived on Waverly Place in the Chinatown of San Francisco. Waverly Jong, is the major character in this story, she is the protagonist who self learned chess at a young age. Like the story tells, the six year old girl has a complex personality, which makes her a round character. While she portrays as a contradictory person in the story, and the resolving of conflict, on the…

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    disregarding the ideas of the collective good. The protagonists of both novels find it hard to be truly happy because of the idea of knowledge versus ignorance within the society. In both Fahrenheit 451 and The Great Gatsby, the main characters struggle to find happiness within their ignorant society. When a character wants to reach their goal of happiness they stay hopeful, even within a society that has a different perspective. In Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman and…

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    saying she can never see him again. The protagonist is unable to be with his true love. Rick finds out from Ilsa that she was married to Victor the whole time and found out he was still alive before she could go with Rick on the train. When Ilsa goes to beg Rick for the…

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    Chapter 1 every Trip is a Quest (Except When It 's not) Summary: Foster discusses the idea that though many details are different, every quest has the similar archetype or makeup. There is always a protagonist on a quest, a place they must go, a stated reason to go to their location, and challenges and trials they encounter on their way. Also, Foster states the reason any quest truly occurs is self-knowledge. This is proven by the fact people who go on quests are young, showing they have an…

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    Throughout the course of the film, “Castello Cavalcanti ”, Wes Anderson uses color, precise framing, music, Eye line shots and detailed composition of the frames to convey the narrative to the audience. The use of Eye line shot and pan shot brought flow and smoothness to the theme of the film. The music and the image throughout the film mostly went hand in hand and parallel to the narrative and the plot of the film. We can even notice the movements of the camera to be quite methodical, that is,…

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    active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly.” (19) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Abrams 2015) attempts to contradict this component of the male gaze, through female protagonist, Rey (Daisy Ridley), because Rey’s character is active within the narrative…

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