Othello--Protagonist and Antagonist

Othello is the protagonist of this play, or the hero. He is respected by lots of people, including the Duke (I.ii), and he has Desdemona. Desdemona is what Roderigo wants, so it can be said that Othello is who people want to be. His major flaw,or hubris, is how gullible and jealous he gets. By falling into the traps of Iago, he sets himself up for disaster. In Act IV, he slaps Desdemona as a result of the jealous ensued by Iago (IV.i.224). It shows that this is his flaw when Lodovico says "is this the noble Moor whom our full Senate call all-in-all sufficient?"(IV.i.249-250). This statement shows that Othello is not who he truly is after he gets jealous. He is not the person that the others know. The antagonist in the play is Iago. He is the evil one, and the character initiating all of the problems. He wants to bring down Othello because he thinks that he has slept with his wife, even though Emilia says that she did not(IV.ii.147). Also, he wants to bring down every other character until he gets what he wants. A set of foil characters would be Desdemona and Emilia. Emilia does not speak out against Iago's view of women while Desdemona does. Another would be Iago and Cassio because Cassio is seen as poliet since he treats women with respect while Iago does not. Lastly, I think that minor characters play an important role. They reveal things to the audience. I said above how Lodovico brings to attention that Othello really is respected, so it enhances the fact that he changed. Lastly, Roderigo plays an important role in the plan of Iago (V.i.23).

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Literary Term #7

Protagonist

In The Sun Also Rises, not only does Jake tell the story, he is also the main character or protagonist of the story. All of the actions or events of the story include him or his thoughts. If he doesn' t know about it, neither do we, the readers. He is involved in the sense that he is either there when it is taking place, that he is in the action, or that he is describing the aftermath of the action when encountering another character. Jake's hubris is that he is impotent. On page 120, Jake and Bill's conversation reveals he is unable to have sex when Bill says "Other groups claim you're impotent." and further into the conversation Jake pretty much says that he became impotent during war whenever he says "A plane is sort of like a tricycle. The joystick works the same way." On page 128, Jake says he loves Brett " 'off and on for a hell of a long time.' ". Earlier in the book, Brett says she she cannot love Jake by saying: "I can't stand it, that's all. Oh, darling, please understand!" and "I have to see you. It isn't all that you know". 'All that' is having sexual relationships with Jake. She cannot love him due to his disablility and this causes a hubris since he loves her and cannot have the love requited fully because of the inablitiy.