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A Theory of the Hero: Tragic and Anti-tragic Heroes (part 3 of 3)
NOTE: This is the third and final installment in a three-part series on heroic characters. This post will focus on how narrative timing and character choice determines the difference between tragic and anti-tragic heroes. The previous two posts respectively focused … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-tragic Heroes, Aristotelian Heroes, Aristotelian Tragedy, Cley, Dickens, Elric of Melnibone, Frodo Baggins, Hero, Hero Archetypes, Hero Tropes, Heroic Fantasy, Jeffrey Ford, Macbeth, Michael Moorcock, Opposite of Tragic Heroes, Shakespeare, Sidney Carton, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, The Physiognomy, Tolkien, Tragedy, Tragic Hero
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An Argument for Writing Characters You Don’t Like
I’ve written before about some of the differences between novels and short stories, but for the past several days one of those differences has been sitting in the forefront of my mind: character. With only several thousand words to work … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, Emma Goldman, Gregory Maguire, Humbert Humbert, Living My Life, Lolita, Nnedi Okorafor, Onyesonwu, Redeemed Villains, Sidney Carton, Unsympathetic Characters, Vladimir Nabokov, Wicked, writing
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