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... character who causes the nature of Sand City to be revealed is , oddly enough , hardly present . Merrick the sculptor is dead . But Merrick represents the life beyond Sand City . By the standards of his hometown he was not a success ...
... character who causes the nature of Sand City to be revealed is , oddly enough , hardly present . Merrick the sculptor is dead . But Merrick represents the life beyond Sand City . By the standards of his hometown he was not a success ...
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... characters . If , for example , a character who demonstrates many virtues suddenly commits an act of dishonesty , the audience or reader wants to know how to feel about this character . Are the circumstances of the act such that he can ...
... characters . If , for example , a character who demonstrates many virtues suddenly commits an act of dishonesty , the audience or reader wants to know how to feel about this character . Are the circumstances of the act such that he can ...
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... character who opposes the protagonist , often the villain . ANTI - HERO , a kind of protagonist who lacks the conventional heroic qualities ; he is frequently an outsider who pas- sively observes the futile lives of those about him ...
... character who opposes the protagonist , often the villain . ANTI - HERO , a kind of protagonist who lacks the conventional heroic qualities ; he is frequently an outsider who pas- sively observes the futile lives of those about him ...
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THE NOBEL PRIZE 27 | 64 |
RALPH ELLISON | 75 |
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