The document discusses descriptive pauses in narratives, anti-heroes in stories, and how characters change with complex epic plots. A descriptive pause takes up narrative space without advancing the story's timeline. An anti-hero functions as the protagonist despite being an antagonist. Characters undergo major life changes and development in the second act of epic stories due to conflicts driving the plot forward.
The document discusses descriptive pauses in narratives, anti-heroes in stories, and how characters change with complex epic plots. A descriptive pause takes up narrative space without advancing the story's timeline. An anti-hero functions as the protagonist despite being an antagonist. Characters undergo major life changes and development in the second act of epic stories due to conflicts driving the plot forward.
The document discusses descriptive pauses in narratives, anti-heroes in stories, and how characters change with complex epic plots. A descriptive pause takes up narrative space without advancing the story's timeline. An anti-hero functions as the protagonist despite being an antagonist. Characters undergo major life changes and development in the second act of epic stories due to conflicts driving the plot forward.
13. What is a descriptive pause? (173). A descriptive pause occurs in
the narrative discourse when discursive space is taken up without the passing of any story time. Many terms signify such shifts in order, such as meanwhile, at the same time 14. Who is the anti-hero? (140) An anti-hero is an antagonist who functions as a protagonist. 15. Do characters change as to degree of complexity in narrative with epic plots? Yes, they change because in the second act there is a conflict and its in this part of the story where the characters go through major changes in their lives as a result of what is happening and this can be referred to as the character development.