Melanctha – Second story’s character. She is a daughter of black – skinned man and a racially-mixed women. She has beauty a sharp mind but it doesn’t make her happy, for she suffers from depression. Lena – She is a young German- American tailor and a character of the third story. Her main trait is passivity.
Major characters
Minor characters Miss Mathilda – is a woman the good Anna used to work for. Lizzie – is a servant and a helper of the good Anna. Mary Wadsmith – is Anna’s employer. Mrs. Lehntman – is a widow and Anna’s friend. Dr.Shonjen – is both Anna’s master and her doctor. Rose Johnson – is Melanctha’s friend. Jane Harden – is an ex-friend of Melanctha. Jefferson Campbell – is the biggest love of Melanctha’s life. Herman Kreder – is a husband of Lena. Protagonist and Antagonist Anna, Melanctha and Lena are protagonists of the story. The antagonist in Anna’s story is her extreme form of altruism. The antagonist in Melanctha’s story is depression while Lena’s it is passivity. Conflict Conflict is person self, for every main character of the story has an inner conflict. Anna can’t stop neglecting her own needs, for she feels that she is obliged to help others. Melanctha can’t get rid of suicidal thoughts and Lena can’t summon up enough strengths to take her own life in her own hands. Climax Death of a protagonist is a climax of every story. Foreshadowing Readers learn about Anna’s wish to help and save, Melanctha’s blue mood and Lena’s passivity. 5 things we didn’t know about Gertrude Stein 1. While she was taking her final examinations Radcliffe College, she wrote on her paper, “ Dear Professor James, I am so sorry but I do not feel a bit like an examination in philosophy”. The response “ Dear Miss Stein, I understand perfectly how you feel. I often feel like that myself”. She received the highest mark in the class. 2. She studied medicine for four years at Johns Hopkins University, after studying at Radcliffe. She didn’t receive a degree from either place, as she was purely interested only studies and bored by tests. 3. During WWI she drove a car down the lines passing out supplies to soldiers and visiting hospitals. 4. She acted as an almost maternal figure to what was referred to as “the lost generation”. This generation flourished throughout France during the time between the two wars and included the likes of the Fitzgeralds, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway. 5. Gertrude Stein loved baseball and she joined her girlfriends, Zelda, Dottie, and Alice each summer playing the sport on team “Le Gang Stein”. Thank you for attention!
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