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    Antagonist is the opposite of protagonist, it comes from Greek “opponent, emeny”, and, in most cases, battles against protagonist. Antagonists are usually represented with angular, spikier shapes and dark, or “dangerous” colors. The best way to make an obvious antagonist is to make it as opposite to the protagonist as possible. A good example would be Scar from “The Lion King”(Fig.12). He has a completely different from the protagonists color scheme, different body shape. When put next to protagonists

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    Anvil Is The Antagonist Clayton’s story is a story about two boys who have a disagreement that escalated terribly. In Clayton’s story several characters in the story could be antagonists. Tucker could be the antagonist because he gets mad at Anvil for eating his apples and tries to kill Anvil. Anvil’s dad could be considered an antagonist because he abuses Anvil and is never home to support Anvil. However Anvil is the overall antagonist, Anvil causes the overall conflict because he purposely antagonises

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    Antagonist? Protagonist? In every fictional book, there are a lot of antagonists and protagonists, but are antagonists always bad? Or are protagonists always good? I want to prove that not all antagonists are bad, and shouldn’t be hated all the time. For example, Darth Vader is a dynamic character that changes throughout the whole book. Is he always bad? No, he saved his son, whom is the protagonist of the story. The character who I want to talk about is Ava Paige. Ava Paige is a female character

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    is the protagonist and what is he or she like? Notes: His name is Jonas. He is 18 years old. Jonas is smart, he has integrity and he is hard headed. He wants to make a difference. Who or what is the antagonist and what is he, she, or it like? Notes: The chief elder is the antagonist. She is in charge of the entire community. She is a bit older, she is uptight and strong willed. What is the conflict that is driving the protagonist to act? Notes: Man vs. society. The Chief Elder

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    Feminism in The Antagonist What makes a book feminist, and what makes a book anti-feminist? The definition of feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” If we apply this definition to a novel, some confusion may begin to arise depending on the person’s own beliefs regarding feminism. Perhaps the person may believe that there should be a focus upon female characters in the text, or an obligatory number. However, what truly makes a book feminist is the

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    of 3 based on the completeness and complexity of the answer. There will be bonus marks for exceptional answers. Antagonist /3 Identify the significant characters and forces that may be considered antagonistic in the novel. Note that in each case, you need to identify the character(s) to whom those antagonists stand in opposition. Antagonist Bob ewell is the main antagonist in the novel. He is representative of the racism that works against scouts growing progressive perspective, his hateful

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    Antagonist. The usual connotation of antagonist is a villain; a vile, putrid human being wanting to harm others for his/her personal amusement. Harrison Bergeron in the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and the stranger in “War Prayer” by Mark Twain are antagonists but only one accentuates the personality of a villain. In the stories “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and “War Prayer” by Mark Twain the authors use characters that seem out of place in the setting; in “War Prayer” Mark Twain

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    The hypothesis is the CRA mechanism will reach max contraction, but higher concentration of agonist is needed to reach max contraction in presence of antagonist, the NCA mechanism will show decrease in max contraction of agonist with presence of antagonist, and physiological antagonism will show relaxation of tissue due to the action of antagonist during presence of agonist. Each agonist

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    Fletcher Zuo Professor Maria Vinogradova CINE-UT 55 12.15.2016 Chinese Pre-revolutionary Cinema: Social Environment as the Antagonist In Chinese history, the pre-revolutionary period (1945-1949) is particularly associated with struggle and painfulness that are unprecedented in Chinese history. It is a period between China’s bitter victory in Sino-Japanese War and Communist Party’s takeover of the country, establishing the People’s Republic of China; while the former, lasted 8 years, caused more

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    provoking antagonist was used by the authors to really give the stories some depth. The antagonist of, “Where have you been…”Arnold Friend takes on the persona of temptation to the protagonist Connie and really emphasizes the theme of be careful what you wish for. Connie was a young girl who repeatedly met up with older more mature boys; but one day Arnold Friend arrives at her house and coerces her to leave with him. The story abruptly stops there leaving the reader hoping for more. The antagonist of,

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