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In a crime story, Perry Smith would definitely be the antagonist, because he is the murderer. However, In Cold Blood is not merely a cri...

Being a rather outsider from Gatsby-Buchanans circle, Jordan Baker is one of the most interesting characters in this book—well, apart fr...

Nick is the narrator of The Great Gatsby; he came from a conservative family in the West. His father has planted high morality and honou...

Tom is the older boy of the Tullivers, not good as a student, but grows up as a determined young man to accomplish family’s wish. When h...

The Mill on the Floss tells us the life span of Maggie Tulliver, a rebellious and imaginative young girl who—unlike any ordinary girls ...

If we ignore the ‘human beast’ in him, Jacques Lantier is certainly an amiable young man. He was handsome, tall, with strong built muscl...

This young novelist, Claude’s best friend in The Masterpiece , actually represented Émile Zola’s personalities which makes this book the...

Claude is the main character in Zola’s The Masterpiece ; he was a shy guy who liked painting but disliked women. One day Claude met Chri...

Katharina is the eldest daughter of Baptista, a gentleman of Padua, who represented women’s despair at the time Shakespeare wrote this p...

Clarissa is the heroine of Mrs. Dalloway , and she was in her middle age. At this stage of life, she began questioning her past decision...

Porthos is, probably, the most uninteresting musketeer from the four inseparable musketeers who served the King of France under Mr. de T...

Medea —whose name became the title of this Greek play of Euripides—is the leading female character in this play. She is neither protagon...

Apart from the mystery—which Charles Dickens did not live long enough to solve—Edwin Drood was an interesting character. He was an orpha...

Arthur Clennam is the main male protagonist in Little Dorrit. I choose him to be featured in Character Thursday this week instead of Lit...

Although not the most influencing characters, Miss Wade is one of the most intriguing characters I found in Little Dorrit . She could no...

Cordelia is the youngest daughter of King Lear , and the kindest princess of the King’s three daughters. She is a tender-hearted young w...

The Earl of Kent (or we can simply call him ‘Kent’) was one of the protagonists in King Lear with a good sense from the beginning. As a...

Santiago is the main character in one of Hemingway’s masterpieces: The Old Man and The Sea —he was the old man himself. As a fisherman, ...

Ralph might not be a perfect partner for most women. Although he was wealthy enough to live comfortably without working, Ralph has been ...

Isabel Archer—our heroine—is a self-possessed young lady with independent mind. She has been comfortably living under her father’s prote...