creating a character in a story. The author can characterize character three different ways. The author will flat out tell you directly about the character, which is boring. Another way the author characterizes is by what the character says and does, and what other characters say about him/her/it. There is four different types of characters flat, round, static, and dynamic. Flat is a stereotypical character, like a dumb but strong, good looking star quarterback. Round is a multi-dimensional
prophecy. As Shakespeare's characters go beyond good and evil, In Macbeth, we find that Lady Macbeth is the ''key motivation'' to the Lord of Glamis to commit the murders, which helps her get the titles that the predictions of the witches had predecided. All through the play, Lady Macbeth utilizes her capacity to misdirect others from various perspectives. F In act 1 scene 5, shows that Lady Macbeth is a very manipulative woman who gets consumed by the ambition based on what her husband told her about
Conventions Genres can be defined as groups separated by similar characters, events, and topics. These groups can be presented through different medias and modes to convey desired messages to the audience. Princess Fairytales and Game Shows, specifically Cinderella and The Price is Right, use the conventions of the genres to portray messages. The Princess Fairytale genre usually consists of conventions that show the main characters’ transitions through life. These transitions consist of hardships
believe Arthur to be a romantic and symbolic character. Though the belief of Arthur in history and literature is divided, tales concerning King Arthur have forever placed an impact on Western culture. Those who believe Arthur’s existence is valid, say he most likely lived somewhere from 450 C.E to 550 C.E. The first record of Arthur depicts him
on the merry-go-round symbolizes the speaker’s unmoving position in society. On a merry-go-round, the horses cannot pass by each other, and they remain in the same position through every cycle of the ride. By depicting the image of a horse on a merry-go-round, Hughes creates a metaphor that exemplifies the speaker’s inevitable isolation. Through these images of separation, Hughes indicates that the speaker believes that racial integration in pleasures, such as riding a merry-go-round, is
Response – What You Pawn I Will Redeem In the story What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie we learn about a character name Jackson Jackson. Jackson and the author share some similarities. In the story they mention that Jackson was a “Spokane Indian boy” (Alexie 8). Sherman Alexie is Spokane Indian and is from Washington just like his character. A part of the author’s life reflected in the character of Jackson is their alcoholism. According to www.poetryfoundation.org “he had a successful
or event, used to make an idea more easily understood. Character. The broad definition of “character” is a person in a literary work. The characters make up the plot of a literary piece. Various types of characters include Anthropomorphism and personification where animals, places or things can acquire some aspect of the character. There is direct description or presentation of the character by the story’s narrator, ant the word character can also refer to a form, essay, or sketch of a person who
the three stories in lesson 3, one character has been the major focus of the story, and the story traced the experience of him/her over a certain period of time. However, the characters of the protagonists are quite different from each other. Paul in “Paul’s Case” is a round character with very static personality, the narrator in “Rules of the Game” is a round but dynamic character, and Mr. Mitty in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a flat and static character with a little twist at the end. In
and is to this day one of the best known, if not the best known, works in Arthurian literature in English. Le Morte D'Arthur is a compilation of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. In this text, Malory interprets existing French and English stories about these figures and adds his own original material. Malory tells this tale using many themes such as betrayel, loyalty, revenge, identity, redemption, chivalry, and
1. As name reflects, “The Story of an Hour” is a short story blended with many emotions that shows by characters; which develop entirely different mood among readers mind, the story is written by Kate Chopin. In this story, Chopin brilliantly uses many literacy elements, which makes the story emotional; the story begins with a sad emotion, and produce a grief mood. In story “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin said, “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken