Protagonist Essay Examples

Sonny’s Blues is a story written by James Baldwin about two brothers living in Harlem. The story starts when the narrator learns about his brother’s imprisonment through a newspaper. His brother Sonny was caught using and selling heroin. The narrator remembers his brother when he was young which makes him realize that his students may […]

Word Count: 1160Analyzation encompasses the application of given criteria to a literary work to determine how efficiently that work employs the given criteria. In the analyzation of short stories, the reader uses a brief imaginative narrative unfolding a single incident and a chief character by means of plot, the details so compressed and the whole […]

In all great stories, a unique sense of individuality is typically the main element of a compelling protagonist. This individuality usually sets up key conflicts in the story that drive the plot. Othello and Peekay are both characters that posses this unique individuality, and in each of their stories, it causes them to overcome or […]

How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife is a story written by Manuel Arguilla about a man who comes home to his province to introduce his wife from the city to his family. This short story won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940. Baldo – younger brother of Leon, fetched Leon and Maria from the […]

The Short Stories of Edith Wharton What is a modern heroine? My conception of a modern heroine is a woman who has integrity, puts her ideas into action, can verbally and sometimes physically spar with a man, is aware of her own emotions, and has compassion for others. She is empowered and independent, not afraid […]

The Starvation for the Acknowledgement in Adam Hasslet’s ‘Notes to My Biographer’ It is a well-known fact that the nature of the human being is a completely undiscovered area. The story Notes To my Biographer by Adam Haslett proves this fundamental postulate of psychology. Skillfully, this outstanding United States fiction writer with global acknowledgement contrived […]

Whatever Works The 2009 American comedy film “Whatever Works” was directed and written by Woody Allen and is set in New York. The main character Boris Yelnikoff is performed by Larry David and shows a divorced, misanthropic chess teacher and former Columbia professor who leads an eccentric life. Avoiding human contact as far as possible […]

The Company Of Wolves converts the classic character of Perusal’s Little Red Riding Hood from a vive, gullible and helpless young girl to a ‘strong-minded child’ who has an awareness of the world around her while possessing the innocence and purity of a young woman also. Carter’s protagonist is described as being ‘strong-minded’ which is […]

The excerpt taken from Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles presents King Oedipus’ repercussions from discovering his past identity. He is enveloped in the emotion of torture and horrible awareness after gauging his eyes as an act of cleansing. As the main theme of the play, the protagonist, Oedipus Rex’s nature, mainly incorporates blindness to reality. […]

Character Analysis of the Short Story “Lust” In the short story “Lust” by Susan Minot, the author creates and develops the main character differently than many authors do. The protagonist is not developed by depicting a physical appearance, but is developed partially through her relationship with other characters, and is predominately created by her own […]

An Analysis of “The Grave” The grave is the story of a young girl named Miranda who goes exploring and hunting with her brother Paul, one afternoon. Upon trespassing onto private property that their family had sold, and inspecting some empty gravesites, both Paul and Miranda find hidden treasures inside the empty earth. Both had […]

Hamlet, can be considered an Anti-hero. An Anti-hero is best described as the protagonist of a story who does not maintain all of the same qualities that a conventional hero would. For example, an Anti-hero can be rude, violent, and motivated only by their own needs, as well as lacking heroic qualities such as courage, […]

Analysis Worksheet for Critical Analysis EssayTwo Dimensional:A.            Self Portrait with Braid, Frida Kahlo                oil              I own this pieceB.            This is a self portrait of Frida Kahlo in which she had braids.                    This is a portrait of herself   The title is self explanitory   C.            Elements and Principles                Line – describe the direction of the objects in the work                  List and provide an explanation of the […]

What is the definition of mature tragedy and what are the features of Macbeth that is typical of this genre? Essentially, a ‘mature’ tragedy is defined as a tragedy whereby the protagonist meets his or her demise as a direct result of an inherent flaw in character, or a misdeed committed on his or her […]

Many intriguing characters in literature are devised from the apprehension women have encountered with men in the institution of marriage. Although portrayed differently, marriage is perceived as a constraint to the protagonists. This has been presented very well in “The Way Up To Heaven” penned by Roald Dahl who blatantly critiques the accepted societal roles […]

A narrative structure is the way a story has been organised, so it is the means of telling the story. There are many different types of narrative structures i. e. novels have chapters, films have sequences and plays have acts and also scenes. These all have a beginning, middle and an end, be it a […]

After looking at our film there were certain connotations that could be drawn from it. Firstly it is clear from the first scene that our film was that of low budget. That can simply be told through the way in which the shot appears to be. With high budget productions the picture is always much […]

The Woman in Black is a gothic novel written by Susan Hill. The characters in the novel mature and grow throughout the story mentally and emotionally. Reading about the characters the audience becomes aware of the text’s issues. The issues in the text are supported by the protagonist Arthur Kipps growth and the antagonist Jennet […]

In “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison, the brawl initially acts as a suspense builder. Before the climactic speech, the reader must explore the fight between the protagonist and a few black boys. White men incite this fight for their own viewing pleasure. At first glance, the Battle Royal scene appears trivial but it allows the […]

Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita and Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman are concentrated with developing humans’ identities, through ambiguous speeches and culpable actions. Conversely to Puig’s protagonist Molina who sacrifices himself for love, Bulgakov creates the master whose egocentric desires for public recognition leads to loss of inspiration and eventually to self-destruction, which […]

The male characters in the three stories; Half Brothers, Tony Kytes and News of the engagement relate to women in different ways. I will be discussing of the characters and their relationships, the mismatch of expectation that each man haves – the impossibility of what he wants, the success of the relationships and how the […]

How can a person become so caught up in what others say and do, that they lose sight of who they really are, and pursue something they’re not? Othello is overcome with Jealousy and let’s himself become caught up in suspicion; this is his fatal flaw which leads to his tragic downfall. On the other […]