Exploring Psychotic Characters in Literature The following characters are villains‚ or antagonists in their stories. An antagonist is the character who strives against another main character. This character opposes the hero or protagonist in drama. The term is also used to describe one who contends with or opposes another in a fight‚ conflict‚ or battle of wills. In literature‚ this is the principal opponent or foil of the main character and is considered the villain unless the protagonist is
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“And I toast to your long life” (Poe 235). This foreshadows the death of Fortunato‚ because it says how Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato and he later on kills him. Furthermore‚ the author uses foreshadowing by using a moment of enjoyment and allows Poe to add in a line of foreshadowing. While reading‚ it is hard to expect the foreshadowing because they are having a toast‚ but while Montresor and Fortunato are having a toast‚ Montresor’s toast foreshadows his enemy’s death. From this line‚ it is
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Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant author who wrote amazing stories and poems using various emotional effects. Throughout his lifetime he went through lots of tragedy and personal conflicts. Within his pieces of literature he uses his creative writing style abilities by making readers feel emotional effects such as horror and sorrow. With all of his past conflicts‚ I believe it made him a lot better at connecting to readers in other ways certain authors couldn’t. Poe’s style is characterized by his
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Edgar Allan Poe takes a very different approach to writing then others. He uses a very dark way of writing while also using many different components of style. Frequently you will notice he uses first person narration in his stories. Poe also uses hyphens to point out disturbance or fear in his stories. It is said by many that when more than one hyphen is present in a paragraph‚ the narrator is in a diversified state of mind. He is also remembered as the author who helped develop and create the short
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The Sociopathic Religious Leader and Terrorism The Sociopathic Religious Leader and Terrorism Naturally‚ when one is given the task to explore terrorism‚ the first thing one would think to do is look up the definition to establish a deeper understanding. Merriam-Webster defines terrorism as: “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal”. This definition can lead one to believe that the word terrorism is nothing
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organizations practice tribe-like codes of honor‚ but they do not practice the Warrior Ethos. They are ‘shadow tribes’” (Pressfield 19). 2b. “If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens‚ then you have defined an aggressive sociopath‚ a wolf” (Grossman 1). In these statements we can draw a similarity between Pressfield using “shadow tribes” and Grossman using “a wolf” to describe the threats that exist in today’s society. Shadow tribes are the mob/gang/terrorist that works against
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Albert “The Boogey Man” Fish This next serial killer is one that to me is one of the most horrible killers that ever lived. There is no other way to describe Albert Fish as anything but a monster. He was a living nightmare that looked like an innocent grandpa. But under the surface he was something that no sane person can possibly imagine. Fish’s sadistic behavior did not begin to surface until after his wife left him for John Straube. Fish got great pleasure from pain. Whether him inflicting
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nicest attire. This made me envy him over the years but the one thing I had against him was my masonry skills. I was the best mason the town had ever seen while Fortunato couldn’t tell the difference between granite and limestone. "One of these days Montresor I will best you in masonry just like I do everywhere else" he said one time. I responded with "A swine would fly before that would ever happen." For months Fortunato frequently practiced his masonry
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was smiling in my face‚ Have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums‚ And dash’d the brains out‚ had I so sworn as you Have done to this.” Lady Macbeth in my opinion is a sociopath with her not feeling remorse for anything her and her husband do no matter the effect it has on other individuals. She fits the profile of a sociopath with the abilities to manipulate people easily and have no shame doing it but also feel nothing towards anyone or anything she harms. Lady Macbeth also is a very private
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the lack of parental guidance which explains their decision making process and why. In Oryx and Crake‚ Crake appears to be the most dynamic character making a lasting impression. Crake happens to share the same qualities as a sociopath‚ according to Health Guidance “a sociopath acquires the qualities of having a lack of
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