“The Quiet Man” In the short story “The Quiet Man” by Maurice Walsh there were two main characters. The two characters had very different characterization. Shawn Kelvin and Liam O’Grady are protagonist and antagonist in this story. They are separated by many contrasts in their characters. The physical characteristics of the two men are very different. Shawn Kelvin a young blithe lad in his twenties. Shawn is a little shorter than an averaged sized …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…the loss of his farm. Liam was an unliked man by many villagers because they feared his size and was an angry unfriendly man. Liam only wanted to look good in front of villagers so he went to church by habit. In this short story “The Quiet Man” by Maurice Walsh you can see the major differences between the two main characters. Shawn Kelvin is a gentlemen and Liam is a beast with no heart.