Essentially meaning that what makes a story interesting, and have an unforgettable plot and theme is for the objective of its main characters or any character to work toward the goal of finding or protecting love, truth, or to obtain power. ... Interestingly enough, this is what leads to the downfall of our main character. ... Another such minor quest displayed was for truth as well. ... Displayed by the two characters Westley and Buttercup. ...

• Word Count: 473
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

John Brown are the two main important male characters in the novel. ... They are also very important as it a gives the reader a good knowledge of how certain characters can differ. ... John is a minor character in this novel but still plays quite and important role. ... Even though John is a minor character, he shows us how understanding a person can be, where else Pedro just wants his happiness, and Is selfish in some ways. Through these two characters it can be seen that the author is trying to put contrasting characters into the novel. ...

• Word Count: 907
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Bertha Mason, though a minor character in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, played a pivotal role in the love story between Jane and Rochester. ... Without the nuisance of her character, Jane Eyre would have been a flawless love story, but in life everything is not always perfect and neither is Bertha Mason. Bertha's character only appears once Jane moves to Thornfield. ...

• Word Count: 1171
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He does not introduce complex characters, which would lead themselves to be analyzed for the understanding of his points. Instead, simple characters are used to make Wilder's points clear and concrete. ... The full significance of these minor events later becomes clear as Wilder explains that people live the first part of their lives without realizing the importance of the small events. ... In the play, several of the characters are dead and are reflecting back on their lives from a different point of view. ...

• Word Count: 527
• Approx Pages: 2

The historical novel, "A Farewell to Arms," by Ernest Hemingway in 1929, uses a minor character as a foil to show the strengths and weaknesses of the main character. ... Hemingway uses the literary device of foil characters to show how opposites attract. ...

• Word Count: 588
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

D) The crisis is observed at Christmas, when Elizabeth invites each of the adulterous characters to dinner. ... Each revolves around the devious characters responsible for the novel's many marital complications. ... Main Characters Life Before Man's protagonist is Elizabeth Schoenhof. ... She has little energy and is a complicated character. ... Minor Characters Chris is Elizabeth's former lover. ...

• Word Count: 881
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Since William Shakespeare wrote tragedies in which the main characters die, the star-crossed lovers in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet had to die, but some significant events led up to their death and someone made these incidents to occur. ... Although Friar Lawrence could be considered a minor character, he is the most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; he married the title characters despite their feuding families, he had a risky plan to save Juliet from a second marriage and his fear of committing sins. ... Therefore, Friar Lawrence was the mastermind in Romeo's ba...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

During those years, dramas major and minor sprang from the waning of mutual commitment and yet, the thought still lingered that "things will work themselves out. ... When we lament the decay of relationships, we are really speaking about the character of the people who make them what they are. ...

• Word Count: 776
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School