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    access to William Shakespeare’s books knows that his plays are littered with characters withholding tragic flaws; especially in Much Ado Ado About Nothing, where these personality dysfunctions are most relevant. Despite the downfall a character may experience withholding a tragic flaw in this book, these traits are most significant when it comes to developing the story; which is especially the case with Don John, a major character who’s tragic flaw paves way for the entire arc of Much Ado About Nothing

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    movie Great Gatsby, we have been introduced to a variety of characters and setting in which these character express many traits about themselves. Even though these characters express their feelings towards one another it may only happen in a selection of settings. Each of these things together differ between the novel and the movie. Throughout the novel and movie we meet Nick who in the book provides a smart, tolerant, caring, and flawed persona. His involvement throughout the entire book and movie

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    reader is presented with two distinct and contrasting characters of Dorrigo Evans and Nakamura. While differing in actions and beliefs, both characters highlight the societal paradigm of their respective cultures and show how through others people within society come to fulfil their expectations, even if these expectations are something, which oppose our own personal values and expectations. It is through Flanagan’s construction of

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    screens of primetime television or earning their own series on Netflix. When looking into anti-heroes plenty come to mind: Daredevil, Walter White, Lestat to name a few. But what if a famous literature character who came back due to popular demand—the kind who saves the day—as an anti-hero? This character is Sherlock Holmes. Steven Moffat brought the famous detective back from the dead for a modern twist. Sherlock became the sociopath, the drug addict, the man with no morals, the man without

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    The main character in the novel is Auggie Pullman. When the story begins, Augie does not like to show himself to the world because of a disorder from birth, that made his face different from others around him. Throughout the story Auggie has made new friends that make him feel so special and great that he forgets about his disorder and lives his life. Auggie also has grown as a person to learn to accept and conquer challenges that come his way. Lastly, he also has become more confident with the way

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    character’s appeal to the readers often determines the impression a book has. Whether a character is primarily “good” or “bad” does not necessarily correspond to the impact they have but affects the experience of reading a book. It is a crucial moment when readers decide whether the flawed main characters are principally admirable or the opposite. This is the decision that needs to be made about the captivating main character in The Great Gatsby. Contradicting the title, Gatsby negative qualities significantly

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    portray the theme of her novel, the idea that justice will always triumph. In "Death on the Nile" Poiret undertakes the position of bringing about what’s due to the guilty character. At the same time in “And Then There Were None" the protagonist is unclear because while Justice Wargrave is the one seeking justice, his methods are flawed. Agatha Christie uses mystery in both of her books to emphasize how the truth will come out in the end. This is clearly shown in “Death on The Nile” where the outcome

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    Despite their “flaws” and “mistakes”, these characters never learn they are mistaken in their choices because in reality they’re choices are morally correct. A true tragic hero would go through each phase, from being born into a noble or rich family, to making a mistake or having a certain flaw, and to the very end realizing their mistake or flaw. However with Antigone, Okonkwo, Paul, and Marjane there is no true mistake or flaw. Instead, they have been right the whole time because they have fought

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    The world does not contain an ideal individual for every man is flawed in some aspect. The imperfectness of an individual and the Problems developing from them are the same way in which the Greek tragedies are written. The leading Character of a tragedy( the protagonist) is called a tragic hero and a tragic hero has to have a tragic flaw that will lead to his destruction or victory at the end of the story. In “ Antigone ” a book by Sophocles, the tragic hero would be Creon for he has a tragic flaw

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    Lily and Scout, while being both fantastic characters in their respective book, have some questionability when it comes to how reliable their narration is. They’re both are children, yet different ages and told in different tenses; with problems, most notably Lily’s lies and Scout’s naïveté, affecting the narration. The two main characters, Lily and Scout, have two similarities that stand out due to how alike they are; their mom has been missing the majority of their lives, and they grew up in the

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