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Character

Character. Protagonist: main character Antagonist: person the main character is in conflict with. Round Character:.

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Character

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  1. Character

  2. Protagonist: main character Antagonist: person the main character is in conflict with

  3. Round Character: A character who is complex and has contradictory qualities, just like a real person. A character who changes over the course of the story. (The protagonist is usually a round character). Flat Character: A character who has little or no complexity or depth. They provide a background for the protagonist’s actions.

  4. Foil A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of the main character's personality: to throw the character of the protagonist into sharper focus. A foil usually has some important characteristics in common with the other character, such as, frequently, superficial traits or personal history.

  5. Characterization The act of introducing and developing characters in such a way as to make them real or believable. For example, from Emma by Jane Austen: Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

  6. Direct Characterization: The writer simply tells the reader what the character is like. Indirect Characterization: The writer presents the actions, words, and thoughts of a character as clues to the personality of that character. And/or, the writer presents how other characters respond to the character as clues to who the character is.

  7. Direct or Indirect Characterization of the “she”? “Though she called me ‘boy’ so often, and with a carelessness that was far from complimentary, she was of about my own age. She seemed much older than I, of course, being a girl, and beautiful and self-possessed; and she was as scornful of me as if she had been one-and-twenty, and a queen.”

  8. Direct or Indirect? Gregor Samsa

  9. Mr. Gradgrind from Hard Times -think/discuss What do we learn about the character from direct characterization? Indirect Characterization -What do we learn? -How do we learn it?

  10. In developing a character, a writer provides information about the following: • Physical Appearance: What does the character look like? What does the character wear? • Background: Where does the character come from? Who are the character’s friends and relatives? What has the character experienced before the events of the story?

  11. Personality: What are the character’s special qualities and habits? How does the character tend to react to events or relate to others? How does the character think or feel? • Actions: How does the character behave? How does the character act toward others or cause others to act?

  12. Words: What does the character say? • More Words: What do others say about the character? • Motivation: Why does the character act or react in certain ways? What does the character want or need? • Conflict: Does the character have an external or internal conflict? How is the conflict resolved? • Change: Does the character change in the course of the story? If so, why, and in what ways?

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