Question

write a character sketch of the protagonist in black midas

Answer 1

Silenus is a satyr, a chubby dude with goat legs and horns. These guys often play the pipes and like to chase nymphs. Silenus is also a friend and teacher to the god of wine, Dionysus. In this story, Silenus is traveling with Dionysus when he gets stupidly drunk and loses his way. A group of peasants escort the satyr to King Midas. Midas throws Silenus a party before helping him locate Dionysus, and Dionysus rewards Midas for returning Silenus in good health.

As a character, Silenus is what scholars would call comic relief. That means he's the funny guy. His job in the story is do stupid things that make the audience laugh. And on the whole, he's pretty good at it—especially if you follow the version of the story where he gets smashed and passes out in Midas's garden. And to be clear, we're laughing at him, not with him.

As Dionysus's teacher, Silenus represents everything that's important to the wine god. Silenus loves music, wine, women, and having fun. In fact, he loves these things too much—this guy is always drunk and always getting into trouble. (In another myth about the satyr, Silenus is captured by a pair of shepherds and made to tell funny stories. You see how he is?)

Bottom line: Silenus is all about excess. He shows us what happens when you have too much of anything. In this way, Silenus is actually a perfect addition to the story of King Midas. A little wine might be good (for the 21 and over crowd), but too much is bad. Same with gold, it seems.

Through his role in this and other myths, Silenus has become a mythological poster boy for debauchery.

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Answer 2

Black Midas by Jan Carew published in 1969, Aron Smart who is orphaned at an early age, for most of his childhood he worked with the road gangs to construct roadways. He met a white man, Beauchamp while out on his way for the job. The white man had a connection with legendary ‘gold king’ who happened to be Aron’s disappeared dad, Joe Smart. The white man as a benefactor, allows Aron to get a pharmaceutical apprenticeship when he acknowledges him to be Joe’s son.

Later, Aron was not satisfied and  becomes a “pork-knocker” as he started working in diamond mines like his father. Therefore, by working as a pork knocker he realized it not to be an easy task to perform and that a man can lose his entire fortune if work is not done carefully. With time Aron faced his inner conflicts while working in the diamond mines. There were instances that he was impacted by the people he met and the choices he had to made to strive to become a big name in the city.