The Hero and the Anti-Hero · Literary Analysis
Internal Conflict and Ambiguity
Analyzing how authors use internal monologues and unreliable narrators to create complex characters.
Key Questions
- 1How does a character's internal conflict drive the external plot of a story?
- 2In what ways does an unreliable narrator challenge the reader's perception of truth?
- 3How does moral ambiguity in a protagonist affect the reader's empathy?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5
Grade: 10th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: The Hero and the Anti-Hero
Period: Literary Analysis
Suggested Methodologies
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