ON THIS DAY…….

Congrats to the 1300 Class for making it this final week!
I like to remember good events like today by associating them with special affairs, celebrity birthdays, historical events.  

Birthdays:

• 1911 Joseph Barbera-Animator
• 1940 Bob Mackie - Fashion Designer
• 1874 Harry Houdini- Magician

Events: 

• 1958- ELVIS PRESLEY  was inducted into the U.S. Army in Memphis, Tenn.
• 2002- HALLE BERRY-  was the first African American Performer to win a Best Actress Oscar

Authors Jules Verne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on this day.

Where Bragging is Bad: Reblog if you hate when people "show-off"!

Hello to the 1300 in our final week!
I was reading an article from the Harvard Business Review written by Strategist, Dorie Clark, says that almost every culture has its own metaphor about what happens to people who are judged by their peers to be overreaching.
The U.S. is known for its embrace of assertive self-confidence, etc…however personal branding is seen as a positive way to differentiate oneself in the American workplace.  For foreign professionals who grew up with a entirely different bag of cultural customs and who now need to succeed in the U.S. may find a great deal of difficulties and challenges.
One Indian manager from Dorie's research group compared branding to "committing a sin".  That sounds a bit extreme for us , americans, but this is a strong indicator of how hard it can be to do personal branding from countries like China, Korea or India where modesty, composure and self-control are valued than the ability to toot your own horn.
I have had my fair share of traveling and I find it best to just be very observant and do as the natives do according to the country you live in.

How Artists Work

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

This is our last week of this semester…. I wanted to share one more thing with you...

I was fascinated by a recent book, "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work." by Mason Curry who examines schedules of 161 painters, writers , composers, philosophers, and other exceptional thinkers. 

The further I read, the more I realized that for these geniuses, a routine was vital to their work.   As Currey says, "A solid routine fosters a well-worn groove of one's mental energies and helps stave off the tyranny of moods."  This book is not a "how to" manual but rather a hodgepodge of trivia.  

Workspace . For Jane Austen asked that a certain squeaky hinge never be oiled, so that she always had a warning when someone was approaching .  

For many a daily walk was essential for brain circulation and function like Charles Dickens  was highly inspired by his famously three hour walks that he took every afternoon. 

Even a supportive partner had major influences for some artists like Martha Freud, "laid out Sigmund's clothes, chose his handkerchiefs, and even put toothpaste on  his toothbrush".  Gertrude Stein preferred to write outdoors, looking at rocks and cows-- 

So, I'll close with a toast to those artists who did their work within the constraints of someone else's routine.  Like T.S.Eliot, who found it much easier to write once he had a day job in a bank than as a starving poet.; F.Scott Fitzgerald, who's  writing  was crammed in around the strict military officer schedule.  

I don't look at cows but I'm more productive in the confines of my quiet sound insulated studio, shut away from the world. 

What's your routine???? 

Artists Bring Life

Now coming to a close in our English1300 class and looking back at some of the heartfelt stories and memorable poems we have read,  ever wonder where these remarkable writers get their  ideas?   Although their personal life experiences boosted their pens to paper, cities also drew them to create insight or that "eureka moment".
     Where they lived drives them to write such fiercely emotionally charged words that conveys messages of hope, deep sadness, excitement even death.  Cities like London to inspire Shakespeare, Athens served as a muse for the play writes like Sophocles as well as philosophers Plato and Aristotle.   Painters like Leornardo DaVinci, Michealangelo from Rome.  Kurt Vonnegut from Indianapolis during the depression, Steven King from Cape Cod, Ray Bradbury from Waukegan, Illinois.   Whether it is a city or country side, they all drew inspiration from their own surroundings.   Museums and galleries provide residents and visitors access to these works of art in their memory. Places of worship, city parks and buildings themselves reflect each urban area's artistic ethos.
"Artists are what make the places come alive".

The Love Song of J.Alfred PruFrock (p.1032)

On Wednesday Mr Hamon introduced our class to a new poem.  It has an unusual name for a romantic themed verse.
    In reading this poem I felt the speaker had a sneaky, trickster side who invites us on a romantic walk down windy roads and point out that the evening looks like a surgical procedure.  He keeps delaying and tried to hide something.
    Another side is  PruFrock the fool, whose twisted attempts to make us think he is a super slick, suave confident ladies' man, in fact,  Mr. Bean would score better then he did.  "AS IF"
     Finally, we have the sad, honest man who realizes the jig is up and can't even convince himself of his own stories. Few lines at a time seem to let him lift his mask.  He admits that he should have been
"a pair of ragged claws" and that he has seen "the moment of his greatness flicker" (lines 72,84).

Our average middle-class speaker who pretends to secretly control the world and he kind of suspects that he is a "ridiculous" and a "Fool" but could never fully admit it to himself (lines118-119).

Quote:  "In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo". (lines13-14).  Rewinding motion is like watching the same scene over and over again. Like Dante's Inferno, where character repeat the same pointless motions endlessly as punishment for leading small, meaningless lives.

Procrastination: good or bad?

OK..truth be told... "by choice, at times, I procrastinate".   But here's the thing…
      We live in a time constrained society. People are rushing, & pushing to meet deadlines. If a person can multitask and be successful at accomplishing several tasks at once in a short time frame, then we praise that person's ability.  
    Faster is synonymous with better, and a person who delays prompts reflection about that person's worth and value.   
It can be described as harmful and self-handicapping, a destructive strategy, yet we ALL do it. 
     Active procrastination is positively related to poly-chronicity, where the person can engage in "multiple" tasks at the same time and can adapt their work schedule to meet the deadlines in a timely manner. (Coi, 2009). 
     These people show a certain level of self-reliance, autonomy and self-confidence because they are aware of the risk of subjecting themselves to last minute pressures and still consciously decide to do it.  
     For me, in some instances not all, since I know that Im racing against the clock it creates a certain excitement and pressure that elicit peak performance.  Speaking for myself on certain events, these practices may not work for others. 

March 8th: The World Celebrates International Woman's Day!

     Professor Hamon spoke to us about "GENDER CRITICISM and the inequalities of women in the Literary World and in all aspects of life even in today's modern age.  
      In honor of all the women who have dared to shock, go against the grain and galvanized the paths and inspired hope for millions of us, today, March 8th, marks "INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY"       
      It's a day to highlight the importance of achieving equality for women and girls not simply of a matter of fundamental rights, but progress.   Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable and women enact more legislation on key social issues like health, education, anti-discrimination and child support.  Equality for women means progress for all!  
       I have gathered some powerful quotes of some of the women who are my heroines.  They have helped other women persevere and prosper throughout the years and who have inspired me the most....

James Bond supports "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY",  his boss, "M", has a few words to say about that!!

Please write your comments, share your thoughts on what does this day means to you and the women that have made an impact in your life. 

The Result of Technology in the Classroom!

With Teacher encouragement and school program sponsorship…Thomas Suarez: A 12-year-old app developer demonstrates this is a perfect of example of Technology in the classroom !!    

Reviews, Rewrites & Reflections

Hello Fellow Bloggers! 

Today most of our attentions are drawn to the fact that our semester is nearly over which means we will have to hustle to the finish line with pristine documents that are well written that  Prof. Hamon expects us all to produce.   Most of us were not happy with our first round of DOC1 grades, Professor Hamon so graciously allows us to "review" our papers with a small chat with him to invoke our inner senses to "reflect" on how to best approach our own essays, for an improved verbal expression of ourselves.  Remember we are all on a Heroes Journey to improve ourselves..... 
Rewriting is the second chance we all need to get the grade that he knows we all of capable of earning! 
Good Luck everyone! 

Do you believe in "MYTHS?

Hello Fellow Bloggers!
Call me crazy but I have always been fascinated with "Myths" especially the ancient greek kind or anything that is "fantastical". (p.907, workshop 8)   The movie "300" comes into mind for me , without getting too excited,  I mean really, an army of men in perfectly sculpted, chiseled out fully exposed ready to do battle with nothing more then their underwear, a shield and a spear......Did they wear cups in those days??   whew...  Ok, ..  Myths can sometimes be based on tradition with factual origins, while others are completely fictional.  But Myths are more than mere stories and they serve a more profound purpose in ancient and modern cultures.  Sacred tales that explain the world and man's experience and they are relevant to us today as they were back in the ancient times.
    I believe in "MYTHS",  do you??

uh....huh...

Really??

No man was ever successful without a good woman standing beside him! 

A Hero's Journey

Hero's journey is a circular pattern consisting of 3 parts.
separation, initiation and return.   A hero journey is full of challenges and obstacles, the hero overcomes their challenges vanquishes and triumphs and then returns to his or her own village. Trials of the journey initiated from person to hero only to see that the quality you were looking were already inside you.
You are the hero of your own journey!!!

Mythological Criticism the "Archetype"

Hello Fellow Bloggers!
In this weeks workshop #7another type of criticism was brought into light called Mythological. (p.2025)
Well, if psychological criticism examines the artist as an individual ,   than,"Archetype" in literature , is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.  It can also mean universal symbol, maybe a character, a theme even a setting.
A swiss psychologist, Carl Jung says that it's about "collective unconscious" which are experiences shared by a culture or a race.  This includes love, religion, death, birth, life struggle survival.  They are created in the literary work or other art form.
HERO is one example of Archetype: it's a character who predominantly exhibits goodness and struggles against evil in order to restore harmony to society, e.g. Hercules, Jesus rising from the dead..etc.
Mother Figure is also a Archetype: such a character maybe  Mother Earth who offers spiritual and emotional nourishment, and can be Stepmother who treats children miserably, like in Cinderella.

Nurturing Mother Earth

Hercules the Hero 

Re-Birth of Jesus Christ

Jesus vs Devil, Good vs. Evil 

Gender Criticism

Workshop 8 includes a reading that introduces us to "Gender Criticism" .
I can probably guess what that might be about just by the title.
On page 2033 it explains that this type of criticism examines how sexual identity influences the creation and reception of literary works. 
It doesn't surprise me that it began with the "feminist" movement...(Im pro-feminist)
Feminist critics believed that the culture was so completely dominated by men that Literature is saturated with unexamined "male produced" assumptions.....guys are good at that!
Well, reading further it also mentioned that the last 20 years showed expansion studies  even including gay and lesbian critics in the field whom described their discipline as the "Queer Theory"!

"You better weerrk"

Doc2: Analyze the poem that envokes your senses!

Our workshops are truly helpful in giving us a sneak peek of what's to come  for the week in class.  Im looking back and can't believe that we are already mid-way through the term and 3 days from finishing the month of February.

In our 7th workshop we explored more poems and now becoming more in depth with analysis and poems that invoke feelings. more later...

"Her Kind" has got class!

The poem "Her Kind" written by Anne Sexton reads to me like a women who wanted to break out!  Born 1928, she was raised during the turn of the century when the world wasn't quite ready for women to run for government and wear see-through tops.  Women were very traditional and expected to lead sheltered lives, obedient and quiet .
They are supposed to be viewed as submissive and pure of thought, not "dreaming evil" (line3).
Anne Sexton portrays herself as with two voices, the voice of the speaker and voice of outside society. Basically the speaker of "Her Kind"  is a black sheep of traditional society.
She speaks about her education and career instead of a domestic life as stated "a women like that is not a women, quite. I have been her kind."(line 6-7). p699.

Anne Sexton is this powerful woman that truly ignored all tradition for that time period.  This Mae West of the Literary world was subtle in her dominance and males felt threatened and helpless just by a being next to her.
She is saying , be different, be rebellious, go against the grain because society will eventually comply!

What can you say? The woman's got class!!

Anne Sexton
1928-1974

                             

Doc2: Analysis of Poems

As we progress in class and realizing how in depth a poem or story can be, "analyzing"  literary work is no joke!
In our Doc2 we are to choose one or a group of poems that we are reading.  Than choose a theme and literary elements you want to "analyze".   There is no right or wrong, but you must write it in descriptive ' scholarly' words to convey to the reader what your findings were and what you believe,  in no less than 1500 words.
As Sigmund Freud would say "we must be virtuous in our quest"....

Psychological Criticism (Literary sense)

Ok , I know this is a fancy word for something to do with the function of the brain.  right?
Well,  Doctor Sigmund Freud,  a Neurologist from Vienna, had learned a great deal from studying Literature.   His theory of human perception claimed that much of what we forget is stored in the unconscious mind including traumatic events that happened in childhood that were repressed.  He used one the ancient greek plays "Oedipus" written by Sophocles.  Freud paid respects to the playwright, Sophocles, for his deep understanding into human nature  that his characters displayed the complexity and depth of "real" people.

  Freud along with his other famous playwrights agreed that great literature truthfully reflects life.
Psychological Criticism is so varied that he broke it down into three categories: First it investigates the creative processes of the artist.
Second approach is the psychological study of a particular artist, it is to understand the motivation and behaviors.  The third: is analysis of fictional characters, this approach is the one most often used.  It is a modern insight about human behavior into the study about how fictional people act. (p.2021)

Whew, that wasn't too painful, was it?

The Thing I carry.....

In Literature  "symbolism" or symbol, is a physical object or place which carry an idea or an association that stand for something so deeply significant that sometimes it's too rooted to spoil the magic to explain. Symbols mean different things to different mentalities.  
For me, my automatic watch never parts my wrist.   It symbolizes the reasons why it was given to me as a gift during a once happy time in my life many years ago that will never come again.  Although it may represent happiness, it also symbolizes sadness. 
It is also a constant reminder that time is precious and once it's given, you can never relive those moments ever again because time stops for no one..... 

"To The Desert" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

The author starts the poem with : "I came to you one rainless August night.  You taught me how to live without the rain.  You are the thirst and thirst is all I know. "....  in this excerpt he conveys a sense of reflection, and appreciation for living without rain and having been raised in the environment.

Here the author conveys a sense of nurturing , encouragement and growth. He  talks about endurance and longevity :  "You blow a breeze and brand your breath into my mouth.  You reach---then bend your force, to break, blow, burn and make me new". (Saenz, p.691)

Reading it in the 3rd person in it's entirety, a feeling of nostalgia and some religious undertones. It is about finding GOD in a barren environment.  The poem exemplifies the idea that God is everywhere.  The author also uses the desert as a metaphor to spiritual bleakness and emptiness in one's own life.   A reply from God to the author stating that he can be provided for at the end.

Reference:
Gioia, D., and X.J.Kennedy,  Literature. (twelfth edition, 2010). p.691  www.pearsonhighered.com

LOVE: To write is to breathe. That simple and that complicated.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! 

On February 14th many people exchange gifts or flowers with their special valentine.  This day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday. Thanks to 'Shakespeare in love' who romanticized it through his written works and handmade paper cards became the 'tokens-du-jour' in the middle ages. 
The celebration of love continued through the ages and into the new western world.  
  We celebrate love on this day, but those of us few in numbers also celebrate the LOVE of other things, for me, writing.
Our Doc2 should reflect our passions for writing the story according to how we see it as individuals. You are your own mind, write what the story is telling you.  Go to the red zone, dare to write to get a "rise" out of the readers.  
Love is to burn for that desire, red means hot and stop, means "do not enter" if you dare! 
What are you burning for?

A Literary Voice

In my experience with recording scripts and short stories, you have to portray the character you are reading about in order to sound as if your living in the story.   
The Literary Voice can be described as two things:  

1)   Literary Voice is the author's style , the quality that makes his/her writing unique, conveying the    author's mind set, personality and attitude of the character he describes. 
2)   It can also be described a characteristic speech and diction through thought patterns of a "first person", or narrator.  Voice and diction has so much to do with the author's experience of a work of literature, and when I read to record, I am "re-living"  that experience through his character.  It is one of the most  important elements when he/she writes their work . 

Thesis Game

Hey everybody!   Today was a good day..
Prof. Hamon had the class take part in the "Thesis Game".   The class was divided into 5 groups of two and we were given 30 minutes to write a thesis along with 3 support statements based on the story we chose.   My partner and I chose "the very old man with enormous wings".   Once submitted to the prof. he read them out loud and asked the class to vote on the one that they would write their paper on and the team with the most votes wins an automatic "A" on their paper.  It was a really good learning approach to sharing ideas and learning from one another.  Thank you class for your votes.

"EL Boom"

Who knew?  Latin American Literature was so intriguing.  1970 brought about some serious international attention for the Latin Literature sector .  A new generation of fiction writers which brought in different european , multilayered cultures on styles of writing. characterization became complex instead of straightforward. Latin writers were more "fantastical" in their accounts with fractured time sequence. These young Latin writers were the catalysts of an explosion of creativity commonly called  "EL BOOM" that transformed Latin America into one of the centers of modern world fiction.

Our "Thesis" for DOC2

Ok, I didn't get it quite right on monday's class about the thesis... Im just want to make a brief note.
I went back to the link from "College of Arts and Sciences, UNC".  The link that Prof. Hamon so kindly provided us at the beginning of this course. For Mr. Hamon must include a author and title in the thesis.   
Thesis: tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion.

• A road map for the paper, telling the reader what to expect from the rest of the paper. 
• subject, topic, author, title and make a claim usually a single sentence somewhere in your first paragraph that presents your argument to the reader.  

This link is my go-to site for such reminders. hope it helps you as well.
 http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/

Stock, Flat, or Round...what's your shape?

What's in a story without a memorable "character"??

Characters come from the hearts and souls of the writers who, for whatever reason, express their own life experiences.  

English novelist E.M. Forster had other character labels such as Flat:  with only one outstanding trait or feature a mannerism, physical feature or even an obsessive fondness with something...and  Round:  lots of facets and deeper personalities. 

Depending on the story and plot, my tastes tends to go with whatever the portrayal of the character him/herself.  In "Silence of the Lambs", I love ALL the characters!  Clarice's hunger for solving the mystery by using a criminally insane patient was brilliant.  Dr. Lechter playing head games and his british mannered, morbidly desire to dominate makes him insanely attractive (forgive the pun) .  These unforgettable characters will live forever in our own human existence and will set standards for future characters.  What's your shape???

A good theme equals a great story!

Hello Guys!
My readings give me the understanding  that a "theme" is whatever general idea or insight the whole story reveals. To me, it would be very obvious as to what a theme of a story would be.   In literary fiction a theme serves as type of "unifying device".   It aims for a more deeper and comprehensive statement. The character arrives at some realization or understanding. (p.199)

Where is the Humanity?

Hello Class and  hope everyone had a great weekend!
In reading this week's workshops, opened my eyes to the realism of Latin cultures.
In "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"…how can cruelty and compassion co-exist in such an environment. It's like the necessary evils in order to know the good.
It takes a look at the human response to the weak, dependent and different.
So many moments of cruelty and callousness are expressed throughout the story, it stuns me.
After the Elisenda's child recovers from the illness, for example, the parents decide to set the old man adrift with provisions for only 3 days a concession to the old man's plight but not a very nice one.
Once they can profit from showcasing him, however , Pelayo and Elisenda imprison him outside in a chicken coop for the visitors to pelt stones at him even taking a hot iron to him.   Things that make you ask yourself , "where is the humanity in this world?"

On a positive note, I like that his wings of an angel convey a sense of magical attraction for pilgrims and although his wings are dirty and bedraggled and bare , he is rich in spirit and hope, setting examples for us all.

We are starting DOC2, you ready?

Symbolism

In Literature  "symbolism" or symbol, is a physical object or place which carry an idea or an association that stand for something so deeply significant that sometimes it's too rooted to spoil the magic to explain. Symbols mean different things to different mentalities.  
For me, my automatic watch never parts my wrist.   It symbolizes the reasons why it was given to me as a gift during a once happy time in my life many years ago that will never come again.  Just as important,  it is a constant reminder that time is precious and once it's given , you can never relive those moments.  
 "The one thing that no one can afford to buy , yet no one can afford to lose...is time" ~~Steve Jobs.

Mira, Look! Love Latino Boom

It's not uncommon that Latinos and religion go hand and hand.
Our workshop this week assigned the reading "The Gospel According to Mark".
Although it was kinda of dull but very significant in history. An action story that emphasizes on what Jesus did as opposed to what he taught.  Jesus heals and restores the sick and the sight to the once blind.  Demons are driven from oppressed. The Gospel of Mark is one of the oldest and the shortest, Mark himself, who was the assistant to Peter wrote it.
This gospel describes the inenvitable resurrection of Jesus Christ.
It tells of a clear story of a divine person Jesus of Nezareth.  Jesus comes to life as a man to walk the hills of Galilee, lived among the people and eventually was betrayed by one of his own disciples and was crucified on a Roma cross.

"A Rose for Emily"; a love to die for.

In an earlier posting I wrote that a character is what makes the story come alive and memorable.  In my reading  "A Rose for Emily" , William Faulkner, the author, makes the female protagonist your classic outsider who is "Flat" because she is your stereotypical southern eccentric.  

She is also "Stock" in that she is fearless and somewhat reckless , she enforces her own personal laws of conduct by refusing to pay taxes and will not state her reasons for buying the poison and when the federal mail comes calling, she flat out refuses to attach numbers to her house.  Emily lives her life on her own terms. 

I consider her also to be a  "Round" character  in that she is a muted mysterious figure and subject to extremely bizarre behavior and the object of everyone's gossip and speculation.  

Is it obsessive love OR just plain lunacy when she kills a man to keep him enclosed to ensure he will never leaver her.  Necrophiliac is a sexual desire for dead bodies, but looking at it from a broader sense it also means "powerful desire to romantically control another".  Well, Emily is making sure that her man has nothing to say about that!!  LOL.

Yet she ultimately transferred her affections to Homer, ..tsk...tsk..poor Homer met his doom by loving Emily too. 

In my view, I don't blame mentally unstable Emily for her actions. I'm not promoting her horrific actions but the strand of hair is a reminder of her desperate desire to keep what she once loved.  Some of the perverted things people do in the name of love and happiness.    
 "True Love" comes once in a lifetime, how far would you go to preserve your love next to you? 

A Kaleidoscope of Equality

kaleidoscope: By definition reflections produce changing patterns that are visible through an eyehole when rotated.  
In Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" definition of equality is a few of their constitutional amendments that rendered every American equal, meaning that no one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower that anyone else.  "Handicapper Teams" in place to ensure their  'special laws' of their own idea of equality are forcibly obeyed. Equality was a more complicated term then we all imagined.  Dr. Hamon brought that issue to light on monday.  He challenged us into using our noggins, raised some eyebrows and even got a bit exciting.  We know in a general sense of what "equality" is.   There is …..Social equality, Equal opportunity,Gender equality, Racial equality,  …etc..list goes on …..   As I discovered there are "kaleidoscopes" of equalities out there that are constantly changing.  Equality to me is a uniformity and equilibrium amongst each other.   What's your view?

Rough Draft of DOC1 was "rough" Peer Review HELPS !

Ok, as Prof. Hamon once said, "you learn to write through many rough drafts till you get it right!"  and he is so right .  Writing to analyze a character from a play is no small affair.  Things to consider is

• Plot
• setting
• protagonist and the human traits
• relationship to real life.
• what was the author's purpose for this character
• physical features or odd mannerisms that we readers remember them by 

There are so many factors involved in analyzing characters and how there symbolize the force that drives the interest in the story.  So, for me, it's important to get it right even if it takes a few more "re-writes".   Peer reviews are important process of writing as well.  We all need to learn from each other and see what others think of our writing too.
Good Luck to everyone in class. cheers! 

DOC1 Writing to Analyze

Hello fellow Scribblers!
Since elementary school, I was taught that "reading is fundamental" .  I still carry that philosophy even today. Reading to analyze is something else altogether . Analyzing is not an exact science.  
It may sound fancy and to some it's intimidating but don't forget that there is no right or wrong interpretation.    Getting in groups helps and 1,000 words seem doable, right?
Literary analysis is objective and subjective all at once.  Whether your a pro or a beginner critic you should always use other sources to assist you in your analysis. In fact, library books online are good and scholarly sites like Jstor, Muse and other databases.   I like to start with the author, gives me insight on his writing style and his way of thinking , prepares you for what your about to read.
Good luck everyone on DOC1.  

Protagonist Defined.

      The word alone came from an historic country like Greece. Protagonist originated from Athens and it is one person who plays the main part; the chief actor which can be a man or women.
     It's the primary figure that will be the central of a play, theatrical , cinematic or musical production.  It is the personage the audience most remembers and identifies with .
     The most noted example that I identify with is Joan of Arc who was a Protagonist in plays and film feature "The Messenger".    In ancient Greece theatre a "Deuteragonist" and a "Tritagonist" played others roles alongside the protagonist as there were always 3 played all tragic dramas.