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Screenwriting
Good Will Hunting - Antagonist?
Been watching it on TV. I really really really like it, but it seems to challenge the notion that for every protagonist there needs to be an antagonist.
Is it possible that Will (Matt Damon) is his own worst enemy, and therefore he is both the protagonist that much is obvious and the antagonist?
Or is the antagonist his own mental problems?
Or does this fall into a different category altogether?
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. - Rudyard Kipling
Is it possible that Will (Matt Damon) is his own worst enemy, and therefore he is both the protagonist that much is obvious and the antagonist?
Or is the antagonist his own mental problems?
Or does this fall into a different category altogether?
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. - Rudyard Kipling
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[/nq] I've never accepted the general principle that a movie needs an antagonist. Often, it makes more sense to talk about the "forces of antagonism" - be they internal or external, single or multitudinous. -Ron
- [/nq] I've never accepted the general principle that a movie needs an antagonist.
- Often, it makes more sense to talk about the "forces of antagonism" - be they internal or external, single or multitudinous.
- -Ron
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[nq:1]Or does this fall into a different category altogether?[/nq]
I've never accepted the general principle that a movie needs an antagonist. Often, it makes more sense to talk about the "forces of antagonism" - be they internal or external, single or multitudinous.
-Ron
I've never accepted the general principle that a movie needs an antagonist. Often, it makes more sense to talk about the "forces of antagonism" - be they internal or external, single or multitudinous.
-Ron
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[nq:1]Been watching it on TV. I really really really like it, but it seems to challenge the notion that for ... his own worst enemy, and therefore he is both the protagonist that much is obvious and the antagonist?[/nq]
There is the wordplay of the title suggesting that to be the case, and Robin Williams' rival is somewhat of an antagonist because he suggests a course of life that might not be
There is the wordplay of the title suggesting that to be the case, and Robin Williams' rival is somewhat of an antagonist because he suggests a course of life that might not be
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[nq:1]Been watching it on TV. I really really really like it, but it seems to challenge the notion that for ... and the antagonist? Or is the antagonist his own mental problems? Or does this fall into a different category altogether?[/nq]
There are multiple antagonists, who act as the antagonistic force externally,
pushing on his internal issues but creating external conflict.
Ant
There are multiple antagonists, who act as the antagonistic force externally,
pushing on his internal issues but creating external conflict.
Ant
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