to use minor characters to add depth and complexity to your protagonist 1. You can use different characters to bring out aspects of the protagonist you want to emphasize to the reader. Minor characters who have been involved with the protagonist for a long time are carriers of their own history with and memories of the protagonist. Minor characters can reference the past in handy ways that serve the development of the story. They can make observations about the protagonist’s character or predictions
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plot is affected by three minor characters: Ben‚ Charley and Howard. The minor characters help the story’s protagonist‚ Willy‚ develop extensively throughout the course of the play; therefore‚ they are key elements in the advancing story line. This story line blends and contrasts Willy’s closest companions‚ Ben and Charley. They represent two aspects of Willy’s ideals. Howard‚ Willy’s boss‚ functions in order to heighten the destruction of Willy’s dream. The characters Ben‚ Charley and Howard are
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the partnership and possibly end it. Shakespeare’s protagonist‚ Othello‚ becomes deceived and unable to decide in whom to place his trust. The noble Moor chooses wrongfully and places himself under the loyalty of Iago‚ allowing him to corrupt and transform him‚ destroying his sanity and relationships with others. Consequently‚ the Moor’s trustworthiness and envy become his weaknesses and result in his downfall. In the play "Othello"‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the protagonist’s flaws contribute to
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Iago. Jealousy Iago’s jealousy is the catalyst of the play‚ as it is his jealousy that drives him to ruin Othello. It is evident in Act I scene I that Iago is jealous that Cassio got the position of lieutenant even though “That never set a squadron in the field‚ nor the division of a battle knows more than a spinster – unless the bookish theoric‚ wherein the tongued consuls can propose as masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.” (I.i. 21-27) Iago clearly thinks that
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Minor Characters Minor characters are very important in a book. Henry‚ Elizabeth‚ and Justine are three characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein who contribute a lot to the novel. They contribute to the plot‚ and especially on highlighting Victor’s character. Victor is the main character in this book‚ and without the help of Henry‚ Elizabeth‚ and Justine‚ Victor wouldn’t have gone through the same experiences or the same emotions. Henry Clerval grew up with Victor in Geneva‚ so they both care
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of fiction feature minor characters. While these characters‚ by definition‚ are not the focus of the story‚ they do have a purpose in the story and serve what turns out to be a vital role. What is a Minor Character? A minor character is one who is not entirely important to the plot. That is‚ the story would still hold together without that character‚ but might be a little choppy. In a story such as "Jane Eyre‚" Bertha Mason‚ Edward Rochester’s first wife‚ is a minor character. In a totally different
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law in order to honor her brother. The story begins after Polyneices and Eteocles have killed each other and King Creon issues an edict forbidding the burial of Polyneices. In the prologue Antigone’s sister Ismene is introduced. Ismene while a minor character serves a great purpose in the play. In the opening lines of the play a dialogue is occurring between Ismene and Antigone. In lines 14-29 Antigone is telling Ismene of her plan to bury Polyneices even though Creon forbids it. Ismene tells
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Character of Emilia in Othello Emilia is a character in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare. The character’s origin is traced to the 1565 tale‚ "Un capitano Moro" from Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi. There‚ the character is described as young and virtuous‚ is referred to simply as the ensign’s wife‚ and becomes Desdemona’s companion in Cyprus. In Shakespeare‚ she is named Emilia‚ is the wife of Othello’s ensign‚ Iago‚ and is an attendant to Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona
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The Different Characterizations of Characters in Shakespeare’s Othello and Giraldi Cinthio’s Un Capitano Moro William Shakespeare based his play Othello‚ published in 1603‚ on the short story Un Capitano Moro by Giraldi Cinthio‚ which was published in 1565. Even though the two stories have many similar points and aspects‚ they are quite different. The basic structure of the plot is almost the same in both stories; each author simply wrote in their own details. Both authors also had different writing
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Othello is a character of extremes. He has no middle range. Right a response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. I agree with the statement that Othello has no middle range and his emotions and actions are extreme. At the beginning of the play he is competently in love and passionate with his ‘Sweet Desdemona’. In the first two acts‚ Othello shows his exaggerated love for Desdemona‚ by putting his life at risk and eloping with her. Act I Scene III “I
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