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Macbeth
initiates tragedy in the play through murder |
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Macbeth
coaxes Macbeth into fulfilling the prophecy despite Macbeth's doubts which drives the action of the play |
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Macbeth
They tell Macbeth the prophecies which causes him to kill Duncan in order to fulfill it |
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Macbeth
he is the reason for one of Macbeth's fears for he knows about the prophecy as well. His ghost eventually haunts Macbeth which causes him to become more insane |
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Macbeth
rewards Macbeth for his bravery and 'promotes' him. He is Macbeth's main obstacle to becoming king |
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Macbeth
he defeats Macbeth and eventually helps crown Duncan's son, Malcom |
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Macbeth
Duncan's son who becomes Macbeth's main challenge to keeping the throne.
works against Macbeth |
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Macbeth
the goddess of witchcraft
tells the witches to be more manipulative when telling the second prophecy and causes Macbeth to feel confident and gives him a false sense of security |
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Macbeth
Banquo's son
by surviving Macbeth's attempt to murder him, he becomes Macbeth's main enemy for it is said that Fleance will become king thereafter and not Macbeth's line
he causes macbeth to remain paranoid about the throne |
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Macbeth
noblemen who don't really do much... |
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Macbeth
they heighten the action by murdering Macduff's family and trying to kill Banquo and his son. |
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Macbeth
drunken doorman who speaks with Macduff and talks about knocking.... |
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Macbeth
she is murdered and serves as a contrast to Lady Macbeth
being an 'innocent' she causes Macbeth to appear even more wicked or insecure |
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Macbeth
Malcom's younger brother who flees to Ireland |
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Canterbury Tales - Nun's Priest Tale
rooster who dreams that he will be eaten by a fox. However, he is still captured by the fox. He initiates the action through his arrogance (sings for the fox) and belief that he is smarter because of all the texts he knows. |
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Canterbury Tales - Nun's Priest Tale;
Chanticleer's most lovely hen. She tells Chanticleer that his dream resulted from a stomachache and would not come true
she argues against Chanticleer and basically helps the plot go no where in the beginning because they are arguing about nothing |
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Canterbury Tales - Nun's Priest Tale;
he captures Chanticleer after flattering him and takes him into the forest where he attempts to boast and loses Chanticleer
he helps prove the priest's moral which is to never trust a flatterer
he brings the story to its climax after a boring beginning of a petty dispute over the meaning of Chanticleer's dreams |
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Canterbury Tales - Nun's Prist Tale;
they bring the story back to the 'human world' and help save Chanticleer from the fox |
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Canterbury Tales - Pardoner's Tale;
directs the three men to Death. This sets up the rest of the story because the men find the gold coins and try to kill each other off |
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| the youngest of the three men |
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Canterbury Tales - Pardoner's Tale;
runs off to town and buys the strongest poison available which poisons his two killers (the other men) |
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Canterbury Tales - Pardoner's Tale
he convinces his friend to kill the youngest when he returns from the town so that they can split the gold between the two of them instead of three
it was his idea to fetch bread and wine for the night which caused the youngest to go to the town and eventually buy poison |
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Beowulf
the protagonist of the story who initiates the action by helping Hrothgar by fighting Grendel, Grendel's mother and the dragon |
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Beowulf
demon creature thing who killed lots of Hrothgar's men in Herot. he is the reason why Beowulf comes to Denmark and his defeat glorifies Beowulf. |
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Beowulf
causes Beowulf to stay in Denmark longer and is just another challenge for him. She creates antoher climax in the story with the battle she fights with Beowulf |
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Beowulf
it hordes treasure and is the one creature who defeats Beowulf |
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Beowulf;
the only Geat who remains to help Beowulf defeat the dragon and becomes Beowulf's successor. He saves Beowulf from being completely killed by the dragon and becomes the new hero |
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Christmas Carol;
an accountant who at first believes that poorhouses and prisons help the poor. He is important because the story shows how he changes into a happy, Christmas spirited person.
he shows other characters how thankful they should be to not be him and be happy with what they have |
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Christmas Carol;
Scrooge's clerk who shows Scrooge that even if you have nothing, you can have everything, which helps Scrooge change |
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Christmas Carol;
by being compassionate and always hopeful, Scrooge starts to care about his well-being which also helps Scrooge become more 'human' |
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Christmas Carol;
he tells Scrooge that three ghosts will visit him and warns Scrooge from following the same fate (must wander the world in chains) |
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Christmas Carol
the first ghost who takes Scrooge to his past Christmas which reminds Scrooge of times when he once was happy and had friends -- Fezziwig |
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| Ghost of Christmas Present |
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Christmas Carol
the second ghost who takes Scrooge to the Christmases happening at the time. He shows Scrooge people that he knows and how they're all celebrating Christmas with family and laughing, which makes Scrooge want to join them |
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Christmas Carol
the third ghost who takes Scrooge to the future and shows him what he could become which encouraches Scrooge to change |
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Christmas Carol
Scrooge's nephew who invites Scrooge to Christmas
he heightens the action of the story because his party shows Scrooge the fun he could be having on Christmas |
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Christmas Carol
he encourages Scrooge as a boy to take part in the Christmas party |
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Christmas Carol;
she tells Scrooge that he values money more than her
the vision of her causes Scrooge to begin changing into a different person since he cries and is actually affected by the visions |
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| Peter, Martha and Mrs. Cratchit |
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Christmas Carol;
Bob Cratchit's family who just show Scrooge how people can still be happy on christmas even if they don't have a lot |
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Christmas Carol;
their visit unveils Scrooge's beliefs (at first) since when asked to donate money to the poor he simply asks, "are there no poorhouses?"
Scrooge's reaction to them causes the reader to feel less sympathetic towards Scrooge |
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Christmas Carol;
Scrooge's sister
She picks Scrooge up from his school and her death might be one of the reasons why Scrooge had become cynical and unfeeling towards others |
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