The Quiet Man Protagonist

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In "The Quiet Man" the main relationship between any of the characters is between the protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist, Shawn Kelvin, is first introduced in the exposition of the plot, and described as "A quiet man, under middle size, with strong shoulders and deep-set blue eyes below brows darker than his dark hair." Shawn is also seen as a mysterious person as the others characters couldn't decide why, "One shoulder had a trick of hunching slightly higher than the other." the antagonist, "Big Liam O’Grady was a great, raw-boned, sandy-haired man, with the strength of an ox and a heart no bigger than a sour apple." The conflict between to the two characters begin with the description of how "Big Liam O’Grady of Moyvalla, was the