In Grant's Cinderella story, the protagonists and antagonists can easily be classified as good or evil. ... Of course to counter all the good and beautiful people there are the antagonists, namely the "mean old- (ibid) step mother and the "mean- (ibid) stepsisters, all described as ugly physically as well as in deeds. ... Also, again conflicting with Grant's tale, the step sisters and step mother are "sweet cheery and pretty- (Lee 611) who actually try to befriend Ashella and to lighten her emotional burdens, yet they are considered antagonists because they are bothersome to the ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The protagonists and antagonists in Dracula are very interchangeable when it comes to goals, methods, strengths, and weaknesses. ... As it is clearly seen, the protagonists on the side of good have many endearing qualities while the antagonists on the side of evil have a pact with the devil and are of the purest of evil. ...

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Since the beginning of time, there has always been a tenacious struggle between good and evil. In a particular famous book, The Bible, the continuous clash between good and evil remains evident throughout the work. In Herman Melville's novel, Billy Budd, symbolism, characterization, and irony are ...

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General Plot During a horrible war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. Two boys, Ralph and Piggy, come across a conch shell and realize they could use it to summon the other boys. Once they gathered everyone, the boys started electing ...

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In most of novels and films we reviewed this semester, the use of "doubles" serve as driving forces to the plots; the main characters end up meeting their "doubles," and they act as facets of a single identity, inhabiting a single body. However, as is often the case in stories such as these, the mai...

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The quote "All conflict in literature, is in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil" is portrayed within every piece of literature. Both influences, good and evil, are always trying to triumph over a character, or a group of characters. All people, whether they are characters in a story...

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The protagonist, Ralph, is representative of the desire to keep peace and order while the antagonist, Jack, represents the human impulse toward savagery and the instinct to gain power and status in any given situation. ...

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While the classic battle between good and evil forces is a major theme of the medieval epic "Beowulf," one may question whether these good and evil forces are as black and white as they appear. Scholars such as Herbert G. Wright claim that "the dragon, like the giant Grendel, is an enemy of mankind,...

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Forgiveness, Christianity, and Class in Mary Barton Rousseau's paradox statesso called progress in letters, in society, indeed in civilization has only serves to pervert the innate goodness of man.? Although this is more a testament to class than religion, there are still spiritual undert...

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Don't Underestimate the Grandmother Is it that hard to find a "good" man in this world? According to Flannery O" Connor, finding a "good" man is hard to do. O"Connor writes the story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," trying to portray the difficulty in finding a "good" man. No one is perfect, but kno...

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Satan: The Unlikely Hero The following references to Paradise Lost' means Book 1 only. In 1656 John Milton endeavoured to write the first English epic. The result was Paradise Lost'. His awe-inspiring poem tells the indescribable story of humanity's first disobedience', the original sin'. ...

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According to literary researcher Patrick Galloway, one must be "initiated to her trademarks when reading Flannery O'Connor's novels or short stories." In many of her works, O'Conner paradoxically uses styles that are both grotesque and brutal to illustrate various themes of grace and self-actualizat...

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Mediocrity through Contradiction To be heroic, one must not necessarily be good. It is quite easy to posses many heroic qualities and still be evil at the base. This is exactly the case with John Milton's Satan from his poem Paradise Lost. A hero is generally defined as a great warrior, who shows great courage or the main male character in a literary or dramatic work. Heroic is defined as exhibiting courage or daring and having impressive size, power, or affect. ...

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