J.D. Salinger's repeated use of the word "phony" to describe characters illustrates the protagonist's internal conflict toward accepting adulthood. Holden Caulfield perceives reality with a cynical point of view. For example, he deems Mr. Spencer's remark, "Life is a game that one plays according to the rules," as shallow and superficial (Salinger 11). Through indirect characterization, readers ascertain that Caulfield is repulsed by hypocrisy and disingenuous appearances. In addition, Caulfield
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Cowardice-Actions “In the end, I ran.”- Hosseini 77 “someone had always done my fighting”- Hosseini 227 Amir’s fear bested him at a time he needed courage the most. Like the coward he is, Amir “ran” and didn’t even run to go get help but instead “ran” out of fear and selfishness. Amir feared he too would be raped or attacked in some other way and let the rape occur just to get the kite from Hassan afterwards in hopes of proving himself to Baba. After the rape Amir couldn’t even look Hassan
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The play Antigone is a tragic story. It is a story of a stubborn king who who values his laws over that of the gods. Creon, the stubborn king, is the tragic hero of the story, opposite of the titular character Antigone. For his actions he loses all of his family. His son and his wife. His son not only acting as reason of his tragicness, but also as a foil for his unreasonableness, anger, and disrespect. Haemon serves as a foil for Creon's character by highlighting his unreasonableness, anger, and
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Proctor considered a tragic hero? John Proctor can potentially be a tragic hero. He has a fatal flaw which was his great amount of pride, and that slowly tied a series of unfortunate events which eventually made John Proctor succumb to his death. Sadly, Proctor soon dies for a crime that he did not commit. John Proctor's life had been turned upside down when Abigail had accused his loved ones who were then eventually sent to jail, or executed. John Proctor is your classic tragic hero because he contains
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In the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor emerges as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a person who makes a judgement that eventually leads to his or her downfall. Romeo is famous for being a tragic hero in the play, Romeo and Juliet. John Proctor is a tragic hero because he is lustful, hypocritical, and highly respected. John Proctor reveals himself as a tragic hero for being lustful. He had an affair with Abigail. Abigail says, “I know you clutched my back behind your house and sweated
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truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” What does it mean, Do i agree with it? Why or Why Not? In literature, a tragedy is a work in which the protagonist is brought to ruin as a consequence of tragic flaw, a moral weakness, or the inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. Given that definition, would i say that the other Wes Moore's story is a
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the scum of the earth, to revered legends today. Captain Blood, the 1928 pirate novel by Rafael Sabatini, exhibits this monumental change, in a simple but elegant fashion. Nearly 200 years removed from the golden age of piracy, Sebastian brings us a hero in Captain Blood
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“There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” John C. Maxwell. John C Maxwell is a contemporary author and an inspirational speaker and he enlightens the reader with his profound view about pride. In other words, John C Maxwell is saying that pride can be a good thing, if you use it the right way, but it can also be a terrible thing, that makes an individual
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True Tragic Hero of Antigone Since early Greek and Roman times, authors havecreated stories following the life of a tragic hero. Tragic heroes, though they are noble, have a hamartia, or a fatal flaw that causes their inevitable downfall. Sophocles utilizes the role of tragic hero to develop the theme of pride in Anitigone. The protagonist of the play is repeatedly misconceived because Sophocles develops the roles of multiple characters into ones that could be interpreted as a tragic hero
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A Tragic Hero(ine) is “a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities.” Shakespeare play “Romeo and Juliet” would be a perfect an example of a Tragic story. The play is about two young star-crossed lovers(Romeo and Juliet) whose passings at last accommodated their family feud. When asked, who is the tragic heroine in Romeo and Juliet, many seem to think it’s Juliet. Juliet is a tragic hero as she had tragic flaws,a noble birth and killed herself for a reason that didn’t exist
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