Buster Keaton’s The General is a perfect example of the classical paradigm: “narrative structure that..dominated film...since the 1910s,” (359) following specific conventions: “scenes intensify...conflict in..rising...action...to...maximum tension in the climax.” (360-361) This is evident in the scene where Keaton fires cannonballs at a train with Union soldiers holding his love Annabel Lee captive. After Keaton’s initial failure to hit the other train--where the cannonball hits the train he is driving instead-- whenever the Union train pulls further away or blocks the tracks in front of Keaton’s train, tension between the characters rises, reaching its climax as a cannonball hits the Union train. Had Keaton hit the train on his first try, the scene would be less engaging, since classical films thrive on tension. The basic plot of the classical paradigm is obstacles are cast in the protagonist’s path, making it difficult for the protagonist to complete their quest. Suddenly, there are challenges preventing the protagonist from achieving his goal, so the audience becomes interested in whether the protagonist is successful, because …show more content…
Typically the protagonist will instigate action, and the antagonist resists it.(360) When Keaton fires the cannon, he initiates conflict between himself and the Union soldiers, the antagonists. The Union train outrunning Keaton’s cannonballs and placing traps on the train-tracks is an example of the antagonist resisting the protagonist. The traps on the train tracks are obstacles the protagonist, Keaton, must overcome to complete his quest. Since Keaton does not resolve the conflict immediately, instead taking several cannon shots and slowing to avoid the other train’s traps, the audience is drawn into their conflict, hoping Keaton will slow down the Union train to save his love, despite the traps placed in his
The antagonist is Paul’s older brother, Erik, and this sibling causes the main theme. That theme caused by Erik is fear. The author, Edward Bloor, chooses the literary devices nemesis and flashback for the book. Those two literary devices are the reasons why this book is successful.
As a silent film, Buster Keaton’s The General relied mostly on facial expressions and imagery. This resulted in exaggerated emotions and action packed visuals. Film was fairly new at the point of The General’s release, and films that could be projected to entertain wide audiences had only come into existence around 1895. The General uses it’s stunts and narrative filled with action, romance, and comedy to capture the audience's attention, without sound.
This theme shows in a multitude of ways that the author utilizes throughout the story, but perhaps most significant is the central conflict
Antagonist:Every other team in the NFL. they are trying to prevent green bay from winning the super bowl.
Identify and describe two conflicts in the story. Explain how the protagonist responds throughout the story and what his or her response reveals about him or her. Write in complete sentences.
antagonist. In The Veldt , George and Lydia are the protagonists and Wendy and Peter
The antagonists in my book was Catherine Roerva Pelzer. She was David's mother. But she was a horrible mother. Because she would abuse her son very badly. That she almost killed him.
A set of practices concerning the narrative structure compose the classical Hollywood Paradigm. These conventions create a plot centering around a character who undergoes a journey in an attempt to achieve some type of goal (). By giving the
4. Emily is clearly the story’s PROTAGONIST. In the sense that he opposes her wishes, Homer is the ANTAGONIST. What other characters --or what larger forces -- are in CONFLICT with Emily?
However, since the hero is part of society, the journey is also one of personal development. On a more psychological level, one could suggest that the hero’s quest is symbolic of all personal conflict. Conflict begins when a problem arises that must be dealt with. Most people, at first, refuse to come to terms with whatever this problem may be, and attempt to ignore it. With enough mental determination and/or aid from an outside source, however, one can bring themselves to cross the first threshold, and begin their journey into the heart of the problem. For example, victims of rape or other types of abuse must face what is haunting them in order for it to be exorcised properly.
“Soldiers Home” by Ernest Hemingway is a complicated story that has many options for an antagonist. Many people might say the war because it created conflict with not only two sides, but with close family members. Some might say Kerbs mother is because she keeps on saying his father wants him to get a job, wants him to settle down, and be a credit. You might ask why is the mom the antagonist if all she is trying to do is help Kerbs with getting his life together? Well if you ask me I would say that she is the antagonist because I believe it’s her desire to have Kerbs do all the things she wants and invokes the father as the authority figure.
A fantastic linear narrative storyline accompanied The Great Train Robbery upon release, with interesting editing, sophisticated camera work and a satisfying finale. Audiences at the time had only seen long shots, where the action took place within a linear narrative and in a less than exciting frame. It was only when Porter introduced this experimental form of film making that audiences saw how dull and mundane the features they had previously been exposed to had been.
1976. The conflict created when the will of an individual opposes the will of the majority is the recurring theme of many novels, plays, and essays. Select the work of an essayist who is in opposition to his or her society; or from a work of recognized literary merit, select a fictional character who is in opposition to his or her society. In a critical essay, analyze the conflict and discuss the moral and ethical implications for both the individual and the society. Do not summarize the plot or action of the work you choose.
The antagonist in the text is the surroundings. As they change when he walks in the streets of New York he develops into a
The film that made an impression on me because of its techniques was The Great Gatsby. The director, Baz Luhrmann presents certain themes and ideas for the viewers. To do this, Baz Luhrmann proficiently uses a range of techniques to demonstrate these ideas. The Great Gatsby is about a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby's quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death. The techniques I write about that illustrate the themes of the film are; camera shots, setting, lighting and symbolism. The scenes I will be concentrating on are the final scenes which feature the Great Gatsby.