Character Analysis: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Conflict In the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Charles Holloway faces both internal and external conflict. Charles has to deal with committing the sin of lust, as shown through “Holloway’s eyes leaped to the poster… THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD!” (Bradbury 25), “He wanted to go away from here.

In Something Wicked this way Comes Ray Bradbury portrays the dust witch as the archetype of the devil figure. The textual evidence “The witch gagged. She tore at his face” (Bradbury150) depict the dust witch as the devil figure. After Will and Jim had washed way the symbol the dust witch returns to remark Jim’s house. Instead, Will leads her to an abandoned house. When the dust witch discovers this she attempts to kill Will by tearing at his face with her hands. This shows the devil figure archetype, as killing an innocent boy is by no means good but rather wicked and evil. Bradbury does this to convey the witch’s evilness. Similarly the textual evidence “stabbed, punched, drew stabbed” (224) illustrate the dust witches devil figure. Before

Throughout the novel, Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick brings the two main characters, Max and Kevin nicknamed “Freak”, together through friendship between two completely different people. The two friends friendship made both Kevin and Max stronger in their own ways; whether it be Max and his self confidence or Kevin with his size. The friendship they had changed both the main characters and others around them for the better in the end. Friendship also taught them how to treat one another whether it be in the case of Max and his dad, Killer Kane, or Freak the Mighty and Loretta, a side character in the novel. Max and Kevin’s friendship made both of them stronger and taught them and everyone around new and important lessons.

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, portrays an array of conflicts between Henry and his father, Marty, and Keiko throughout the novel. Henry's relationships that he encounters throughout his life, changes Henry as a person in many ways. Henry battles adversity, other characters, and himself, but it all leads him to become shaped into a new character.

Ray Bradbury wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes in the third person point of view so that the audience can know the true personalities and thoughts of the characters. This is because the true personality and thoughts of a character may often contrast with what another character might believe. This contrast can be seen when Charles Halloway claims that Jim Nightshade “wears the black ten-gallon hats and reads books to fit” (p. 15) when in reality, Jim prefers to read about dinosaurs.

Although Perry is the one who killed the family, Dick plans the crime with ease due to his evil characteristics and guilt free conscious, therefore vulnerability can easily be molded by manipulation.

In the novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Mr. Dark is characterized as weak through internal and external conflict. The conflict shown through the quotes “I could kill you,” (Bradbury 211) “on the biggest stage…stood Mr. Dark,” (108) and “Mr. Dark was running” (254) creates an internal conflict of confidence versus being a coward. This shows Mr. Dark’s internal conflict explaining his struggle to be confident when he could easily shy away from danger. This characterizes him as weak as even though he is the ringleader of the carnival he can’t help but to back away from it when his plans go wrong. Not only can Mr. Dark be seen as weak through an internal conflict but also through an external conflict. “The boy leaped back…the man

The reason why Charles Holloway says the quote “We are the creature that know and know too much.”(Bradbury 197) in the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes is to explain to the boys and himself why people are so easily tricked into joining the carnival when they regret. The quote itself illustrates the point that “knowing too much” means that since we,as human beings, have lived with ourselves our whole lives we know every single flaw we have and mistake we have made. Knowing this, we find it hard to forgive ourselves for our follies and this leads to regret,which is exactly what the carnival feeds on. The carnival shows people their mistakes in the Mirror Maze and then makes them(the people)

In the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, by Ray Bradbury,there are internal and external conflicts involving the character Mr.Dark. Evidence of external conflict can be seen in "you can't hurt me!", "he pressed the boy,almost lovingly close" and "’murder!’ Wailed the boy." (Bradbury,274) This shows Mr.Dark's external conflict with Charles Halloway as he fights him to save his carnival. The author does this by creating a scene where Mr.Dark's plan to keep the carnival safe will abruptly fall apart at the hands of Charles Halloway by his crushing, almost caring embrace. The author does this to show that Mr.Dark has a sick twisted love for his carnival and taking victim's souls and will do anything to protect it. Not only does

Looks deceive, will we ever truly be able to identify the genuine from the fraudulent? “Sometimes the man who looks happiest in town, with the biggest smile, is the one carrying the biggest load of sin. There are smiles and smiles; learn to tell the dark variety from the light” (Bradbury 135). Written in 1962, Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes is a fantasy fiction novel which depicts the mysterious experience two teenage boys encounter one October night in Green Town, Illinois. Within Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury utilizes symbolism of the carousel in order to reveal the primary theme:beware of even the most innocent things, for they can be so nefarious.

Throughout a life, a person meets multiple people and establishes relationships between each and every person. That relationship could be a strong connection or it could be a weak connection. However, no matter what that the status of a relationship is, they are long lasting. In the novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, we see the relationships of Henry Lee with his father, his friend, and his son develop through hardships, hate, and love.

In the Novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury, the characters support the Universal Theme of “Good Vs Evil”. The characters are divided into two groups; those who act morally right and are good-hearted, and those who just do not seem to have any sense of empathy and are blinded by selfishness and greed and choose to do harm for no other reason than the thrill of it. The protagonists face a series of battles with themselves and their sense of who they are, as well as against the evil forces. This evilness is reflected on the carnival freaks who constantly use fear and manipulation as a weapon to make all people egotistical and greedy, whereas our good characters utilize laughter, love and friendship to defeat the evil that is acting upon them.

Symbolism can be presented as both people or things and can be used to lead up into something greater, such as the theme it’s holding up. Two friends, Jim and Will, go to a carnival full of evil trickery. The carnival is lead by Mr. Dark. Mr. Dark, intimidates people and inspires fear when he wishes. Jim and Will go on to take down Mr. Dark only to find out that it’s not up to them to take down Mr. Dark but Charles’s. Themes and symbols are both important in stories. Something Wicked This Way comes is no exception. Two of the many themes in the story are the power of love and identity.  Three symbols that go with the power of love are the bullet shot by Charles, the hug given to Mr. Dark by Charles and Will. Three symbols for identity are the mirror maze, Charles Halloway, and the carousel. Identity, one’s

Throughout Something Wicked This Way Comes there is an ongoing battle between good and evil, and many problems dealing with greed. In most stories good prevails, but things happen differently this time. The characters have problems with greed and evil thoughts, which will bring them misfortune throughout the story.

Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is a compelling and curious novel that examines both the physical and mental journey of a young woman, Wariinga. Along the way she encounters many people and challenges that shape her identity.