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    say that minor characters are not important to fictional writing‚ minor characters play major literary roles‚ sometimes more so than the main characters. Minor characters can be used to fill in parts of the story that main characters cannot‚ and also act as the conceptual foundation of the literature. In fact‚ in Sophocles’s play‚ Antigone‚ minor characters are utilized as the primary method of portraying the theme of the play to the audience‚ displayed through the way in which the character Ismene

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    House : Minor Characters "The supporting characters are important in themselves because they face the same type of problems…"(Urban "Parallels"). Minor characters do a fantastic job of dropping hints to the major themes at the end of any play. Nora’s father‚ Mrs. Linde’s husband‚ Nora’s children‚ Krogstad’s children‚ and Anne Marie‚ the minor characters in A Doll’s House‚ play their roles perfectly in supporting and shadowing the main characters and themes of the play. The first minor character

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    different. August Pullman in Wonder by RJ Palacio‚ is a 5th grade boy who gets bullied by many people because he has a face disorder. Jamie Grimm from I Funny by James Patterson‚ is in a middle school who would gets bullied‚ but tells a joke to get him out of the situation. The both have a little in common but mostly they’re different. For example‚ their personal life‚ family‚ and school are different. To start us off‚ we are going to start with how their personal lives are different. August has a face

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    Fences: Family and Fence

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    Hossain Symbolism of the “FenceAugust Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply due to the melodramatic actions that take place in the Maxson household‚ but rather the relationships that bond and break because of the “fence”. The “fence” serves as a structural device because the character’s lives are constantly changing during the construction of the fence. The dramatic actions in the play strongly depend on the building of the fence in the Maxson’s backyard. Fences represents the metaphorical

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    Minor characters play a very crucial role in Shakespear’s Hamlet. They serve as narrators for events that occurred outside the immediate play: the Dane’s ghost. Distinct contrasts are created through the usage of the play’s minor characters. The reader gains new perspective on Hamlet’s character when he is compared with Laertes. The presence of these minor characters can also have a direct effect on the action of the play. The actors in the play within the play are used to expose the guilt of Claudius;

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    FENCES

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    play Fences? The author August Wilson uses the symbol of a “fence” in his play Fences throughout numerous occasions. Three of the most important occasions fences are symbolized in the play are by Rose and Troy’s relationship‚ Troy and Cory’s relationship‚ as well as Troy versus Death. Throughout the play‚ characters create “fences” symbolically and physically to be protected or to protect. Examples such as‚ Rose protecting herself from Troy‚ and Troy protecting himself from Death. Fences focuses

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    Significance of Minor Characters in “A&P” ” Minor characters are crucial to a reader’s understanding of any story. In John Updike’s short story‚ “A&P” this idea is very apparent. In this short story‚ two of the minor characters are quite important. These two minor characters are Queenie‚ a young women shopper and Lengel‚ the manager of the A&P. Qeenie and Lengel are vital minor characters‚ as Updike uses them for the reader’s understanding of the young adult main character‚ Sammy‚ including

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    Fences: Fence and Troy

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    The Significance of the title‚ “Fences”‚ and how it relates to the characters. Many people tend to over look family and relationship problems. May people sit around and watch the struggles‚ the drama‚ and the happiness of relationships built and destroyed. Not many people can understand the circumstances or the thoughts of the people involved in the “tragedies’ or the “fantasy”. Troy‚ Cory‚ and Rose express the deepest problems or “fences” throughout the most of the scenes. The emotion given off

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    Role of Minor Characters in Ragged Dick It is impossible for the minor characters in Ragged Dick to have a fair chance at being recognized as decent members of society because of the emphasis Horatio Alger Jr. places on Dick Hunter. The better qualities of Dick are constantly being reminded to the reader‚ giving them little room to disagree with Alger’s heroic portrayal of him. Horatio Alger Jr.’s preference to homosexuality also reflects his choice in excluding any useful female characters in his

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    Troy ’s characters as a tragic hero in Fences Troy is one of the main character in the play Fences by August Wilson. He is the provider for the family‚ a fatherly figure‚ a husband‚ and a hard worker among other things. However he is also a cheat‚ a womanizer‚ a strict man‚ an unloving father and an unreasonable man. The question is despite the characters pros and cons‚ how is he a hero‚ especially a tragic one. The play is sad in a sense that there is a sad past‚ sad present and perhaps a

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