Within the first three acts of shakespeare’s play, macbeth goes from fighting courageously and heroically on the battlefield to maliciously ordering the murder of his old friend, banquo. as a result, it is increasingly difficult for readers and audience members to view macbeth sympathetically. what other unlikable or unsympathetic protagonists have you encountered in other stories, novels, television shows, or movies? describe why these figures were unsympathetic. why might an author choose to focus on a character who readers and audience members view negatively?

Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher." his ordinary occupations were neglected or forgotten. he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, an objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue -- but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story? the narration reveals usher’s feelings of discouragement. the narration reveals usher’s absent-mindedness after his loss. the narration suggests usher’s confusion in the wake of his loss. the narration suggests usher’s mental decline after his sister’s death.