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[5] [7] Though not every story requires an antagonist, it often is used in plays to increase the level of drama. In tragedies, antagonists are often the cause of the protagonist's main problem, or lead a group of characters against the protagonist; in comedies, they are usually responsible for involving the protagonist in comedic situations.
Samson Agonistes draws on the story of Samson from the Old Testament, Judges 13–16; in fact it is a dramatisation of the story starting at Judges 16:23. The drama starts in medias res. Samson has been captured by the Philistines, had his hair, the container of his strength, cut off and his eyes cut out.
The dictionary definition of ἀγωνιστής at Wiktionary; Agonistes (fictional character), a fictional demon from the videogame Tortured Souls; Samson Agonistes, a tragic closet drama John Milton; Sweeney Agonistes, a verse drama by T.S. Eliot; Agonist-antagonist (pharmacology) Combatant; All pages with titles beginning with Agonist
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Agon (Ancient Greek: ἀγών) is the Greek personification for a conflict, struggle or contest, describing a concept of the same name.This could be a contest in athletics, in chariot or horse racing, or in music or literature at a public festival in ancient Greece.
A co-agonist works with other co-agonists to produce the desired effect together. NMDA receptor activation requires the binding of both glutamate, glycine and D-serine co-agonists. Calcium can also act as a co-agonist at the IP3 receptor. A selective agonist is selective for a specific type of receptor. E.g.
The key thesis of the book: "However many characters may appear in a story, its real concern is with just one: its hero. It is the one whose fate we identify with, as we see them gradually developing towards that state of self-realization which marks the end of the story.
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