enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. North and South (Gaskell novel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_(Gaskell...

    From plot points such as Margaret refusing Thornton's first proposal, to the protagonists' character traits, the parallels between the two novels are clear. Margaret and Elizabeth Bennet both share haughty, intelligent, but prejudiced natures, while Thornton is proud, reticent and powerful like Darcy.

  3. John Thornton - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thornton

    John Thornton, a leading character in Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild; John Thornton (North and South), a leading character in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel ...

  4. The Call of the Wild - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_the_Wild

    The 1935 version, starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, expanded John Thornton's role and was the first "talkie" to feature the story. The 1972 movie The Call of the Wild, starring Charlton Heston as John Thornton, was filmed in Finland. [48] The 1976 television film The Call of the Wild, starring John Beck.

  5. List of fictional antiheroes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_antiheroes

    This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero—a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [1]

  6. List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2009 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Emmerdale...

    The casting and character was announced in May 2009. John and his family are part of a new farming dynasty, who took over running Butler's Farm from the Sugden family. [4] Speaking of his new role, Thornton said "John is great because he is a farmer, a proper bloke. He is hard working and quite moral - a really good character."

  7. John Stamos Explains Why It Took Him 20 Years to Be ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/entertainment/john-stamos-explains...

    Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images John Stamos has a career resume dating back to the early ‘80s — as well as an Emmy nomination and a People’s Choice Award under his belt — but the actor ...

  8. Billy Bob Thornton isn't 'big on pretending to be someone ...

    www.aol.com/entertainment/billy-bob-thornton...

    Billy Bob Thornton found out he was the man for Landman even before he knew the show existed.. The Oscar-winning actor was at the December 2021 Las Vegas premiere of 1883, a show in which he had a ...

  9. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_characters

    Created by William Shakespeare, the comic character of Sir John Falstaff who is depicted as a fat, vain, and boastful knight who spends most of his time drinking and hanging about with petty criminals, living on borrowed, looted, or stolen money. He is ultimately repudiated by other major characters who eventually see him for the debauched ...