1.Which character in a novel or any literary work of art, do you admire the most and would wish to be your friend? Why?
2. Which character in a novel or any literary work of art, do you detest the most and would not wish to befriend? Why?
Mine:
My most attractive: Portia - modest, decent, perceptive and jocular too. . . .Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice
My most unattractive:Chichikov - Devious, slimy, and heartless in marketing souls of the dead. . . .Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls.
*Realistic characters not Snow White and the Forty Thieves.
2007-02-14 03:13:53 · 3 answers · asked by ari-pup 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
1. A very dangerous friend but... Lydia Gwilt from William Wilkie Collins's Armadale. Why: intelligent, complicated, muderous in a helpless way, loyal in her own strange manner, and again intelligent....
2. Grandcourt from George Eliot's Daniel Derronda. Why: self-righteous, boring, bored, patronizing, arrogant for no reason, dimwitted but thinks he's intelligent, brutal, abusive.....
2007-02-14 08:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They still have all those fairy tales put to real life:
They have a dating service for nothing but beautiful women and rich men.
Women want things, men want beauty.
From Beauty and the beast to Cinderalla being sweep off her feet by the rich charming prince.
In High school guys play football to get a women.
In real life they better have a good education and a good job.
2007-02-14 08:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by Ruth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Frankenstein. I always thought the guy had a bad break and I think I could deal with his occasional outbursts.
2. Holden Caulfield (Catcher in the Rye) ...people say they identify with him but I always thought he was annoyingly whiny.
2007-02-14 08:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋