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CHARACTER

CHARACTER. Antagonists and protagonists. Antagonist. Someone whom the main character struggles against Not necessarily a bad person (i.e., adult in YA Lit) Not necessarily a person! His/her/its role can change Can begin as adversary but become an ally by the end; or vice-versa

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CHARACTER

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  1. CHARACTER Antagonists and protagonists

  2. Antagonist Someone whom the main character struggles against Not necessarily a bad person (i.e., adult in YA Lit) Not necessarily a person! His/her/its role can change Can begin as adversary but become an ally by the end; or vice-versa One way of maintaining suspense is to take time revealing a character’s true role Even most “villains” have justifications for their behavior

  3. “Nobody is the villain of their own story.” Elizabeth A. Lynn Motivation Main characters can be bad people, yet drawn sympathetically.

  4. “A character who is so goody-goody as to make the holiest saint feel soiled tends to feel alien and remote to a reader.” --Michaela Roessner Protagonist Be true to the flaws of human nature.

  5. Protagonist Give them traits readers will sympathize with: weaknesses, foibles, idiosyncrasies, and other quirks. Don’t rush: reveal your character over time. True for personality as well as backstory—just as if you were getting to know the person in real life Include just enough to make a well-rounded, three-dimensional character Flat or two-dimensional characters are like cardboard cut-outs with no human complexity

  6. Other Character Types Deuteragonist “Second Actor” (protagonist is “first actor) Highlight, or emphasize by contrast, opposing traits of protagonist Sidekick, love interest In longer stories, can be fully drawn characters with their own subplots Spear carriers People standing around at the back of the stage of an opera holding spears Indicate that there are a lot of people in a given scene Not necessary in most stories, but can be effective

  7. The crowd fell silent in awe and wonder, for the townspeople knew the Duke had slain eleven men for merely staring at his hands, hands that were gloved in velvet gloves, bright with rubies and with diamonds. “The Thirteen Clocks” By James Thurber, 1950 What famous story did Thurber write?

  8. Writing Prompt In 250 words or less, present a situation in which a protagonist is striving for something but is confronted by an antagonist The “something” may be concrete or abstract Don’t worry about resolving the situation, just set the scene Remember, the antagonist may or may not be human Sure, this could be true of the protagonist as well

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