Essays on Protagonist

There is a very direct similarity between ones behavior and ones environment. Humans areproducts of the environments they inhabit.Humans evolve and adopt behaviors which are very similar to those found in their social climate.This is especially true when examining the characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald presents the characters in his novels as products of…

Who is Holly Golightly? Socialite? Opportunist? A Lost Soul?-a “free bird” not to be caged?….no, she is an existential rogue. Truman Capote carefully handled the creation of this character and through her was able to elaborate on major existential themes. She is clearly one of Capote’s most intricate characters and possibly, the greatest existential icon…

Analysis of the Protagonist in Oedipus Rex             Though there has been much debate over who is actually the protagonist in Sophocles’ tragic play Oedipus Rex, the general consensus among scholars is that Oedipus himself stars as the protagonist in this play as a part of his role as the tragic hero.  “Rather than configuring…

Innocence to Adulthood Any young protagonist experiencing a significant change of knowledge about the world or himself will point or lead him toward an adult life. As seen in John Updike’s “A & P” and James Joyce’s “Araby,” both of the main characters are confronted by situations that bring them to “thresholds of maturity and…

Salieri’s role in the play “Amadeus” has many functions. Not only does he, in a sense, narrate the play, but his persona and identity could also claim him title of tragic hero, or even that of the protagonist. How his character is perceived by individuals in the audience, or even through different parts of the…

“It is often said that protagonists in plays are flawed in some way. ” To what degree and with what effect are the strengths and weaknesses of the protagonists significant to two or three plays you have studied. In the universality of human experience, every individual has endured a serious flaw in character and lapse…

Name The Eccentricities of Bartleby and Mr. Hooper—A Comparative Essay on the Male Protagonist of Herman Melville’s Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-Street and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil Both protagonists in Herman Melville’s Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-Street and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil are undeniably alike when it…