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Characters
What is a Character?
There are many ways to categorize a character.
Main Minor Round
Flat Static
Dynamic Protagonist Antagonist
Main and Minor Characters
The plot of a story is focused around the main character.
Minor characters provide insight to the main character. They often do not cause anything significant to happen within the plot and cannot exist without the main character.
Dynamic vs. Static
Dynamic characters are fully developed and mirror a real person. This means their actions and thoughts are believable. As the plot unfolds, the dynamic character will change in some way.
Dynamic vs. Static
Static characters do not change. They remain the same throughout the story/plot line.
Round vs. Flat
Round characters are well-developed. The author gives them many traits, both good and bad. They are not easily defined because we know many details about the character
Round characters are realistic and life-like.
Round vs. Flat
Flat characters are not well-developed. You can define them easily in a single sentence because they do not have many traits. These characters are sometimes stereotypes.
Protagonist
The protagonist is the main character in a piece of literary work who is the hero.
Antagonist
In a piece of literature, the antagonist is the character that goes against, opposes, or fights the protagonist.
Foil Character
Foil characters contrast with another character (usually the protagonist) to highlight the protagonist’s personality traits.
Stock Character
Stock characters are related to literary archetypes (stereotypes), but they are often more narrowly defined.
Characterization
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
Characterization
Two types of characterization:DIRECT—what the author tells about a
character. Example: Jana is loud and talkative. Jim is shy
and timid.
INDIRECT—what the author shows about a character.
Indirect Characterization
An author shows characterization by:
SPEECH
THOUGHTS
EFFECTS ON OTHERS
ACTIONS
LOOKS