a. King Marsiliun is the antagonist of this epic. He is the last king that Charlemagne has to conquer to acquire Spain. Undoubtedly‚ King Marsiliun’s small‚ pagan army could not withstand a war from Charlemagne’s vast and skilled militia‚ so he devised a plan to trick and weaken Charlemagne so Marsiliun and his army could victoriously attack them. Marsiliun sent his pagan servants into Charles’ domain to request that Charles return back to Aix where they would meet‚ and Marsiliun and his followers
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Mike Nichols‚ the director of The Graduate and Sam Mendes‚ the director of American Beauty both do a great job of including specific framing shots. They also character proxemics to showcase the relationships between the characters. Both directors also use the dominant and subsidiary contrasts very effectively in their respective movies. These mise en scene film elements are vital to a good movie and these directors perfected them. The directors in these two films use character proximity very cleverly
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How does Williams quickly establish Stanley as the plays antagonist? Firstly if we are to establish Stanley as the plays antagonist then we need to begin by looking at the protagonist of the play. Blanche Dubois is the protagonist and as the play develops we can begin to see that Stanley develops in to the antagonist. The two characters are the polar opposite of one another‚ Blanche is described as beautiful and moth like which allows us to see that she is very delicate and by the name ‘Blanche’
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In the short story‚ “The Scarlet Ibis‚” James Hurst uses the characterization of the narrator to illustrate that when a person’s choices are driven by pride‚ he may overlook the love around him‚ possibly leading to permanent loss and regret. As the story begins‚ the narrator recalls finding it “unbearable” that his disabled brother “possibly was not all there” and begins “to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” (1) Hurst uses the adjective “unbearable” to express his focus on
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LA9 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Literary Terms Antagonist: A character‚ group of characters‚ or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist or protagonists desires or must contend. The antagonist is usually a person or group of people who oppose the main character(s). Internal Conflict: Conflict that takes place not with another character or object‚ but inside the mind of one of the characters in the story. Unreliable Narrator: A narrator in literature‚ film‚ or theatre
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F370 Drugs and Behavior Fall 2013 November 9‚ 2013 Opioid Replacement Therapy Medications used for opiate addiction work as agonists‚ antagonists or utilize a combination of both actions. By definition‚ agonists cause a chemical action by binding to cell receptors and mimicking the action of naturally occurring substances such as neurochemicals. Antagonists also attach to cell receptor sites but instead of causing an action‚ they block the receptor from being stimulated by a target substance such
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Crime and Punishment: Protagonist and Antagonist Essay Crime and Punishment is considered by many to be the first of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s great books. Crime and Punishment is a psychological account of a crime. The crime is double murder. A book about such a broad subject can be made powerful and appealing to our intellectual interests if there is a link between the reader‚ the action‚ and the characters. Doestoevsky makes all these links at the right places. The action takes place between
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stable contractile tone had been attained‚ tissues were relaxed to baseline tension (500mg) for 20 min. However‚ tissues that did not contract or contraction was less than 500mg were deemed unviable and discarded. Receptor‐selective agonists and antagonists were used in conjunction with isometric tension recording techniques to characterize the muscarinic cholinoceptor subtype that mediate contraction in the preparation. The functional studies provided information regarding the presence of muscarinic
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Generally speaking‚ an antagonist is a character in a literary work that opposes the protagonist‚ or chief character. The antagonist can be a person‚ animal‚ or force of nature‚ as long as it provides a source of conflict. Juror Eight could at first be viewed as the antagonist of Twelve Angry Men‚ because he opposes the votes of the other eleven jurors. However‚ as the story progresses‚ Juror Eight establishes reasonable doubt and is able to convince and win over more and more jurors. Eventually
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and newborns. E. Involves cytochrome P450. Answer: B 6. Drug X produces maximal contraction of cardiac muscle in a manner similar to epinephrine. Drug X is considered to be a(n) A. Agonist. B. Partial agonist. C. Competitive Antagonist. D. Irreversible antagonist. E. Inverse agonist. Answer: A 7. Which of the following statements is correct? A. If 10 mg of Drug A produces the same response as 100 mg of Drug B‚ Drug A is more efficacious than Drug B. B. The greater the efficacy‚ the
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