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Skill Focus: Character Revisited

Character: The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet

Defined

Every work of fiction or drama needs characters. Whether they are people or animals, robots or creatures from outer space, their thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions drive the plot. Characters move the action forward, so they are inseparable from the plot. Authors construct characters through description, dialogue, and situations that reveal their personalities and traits, such as whether they are honest or devious, humorous or clever.
 
The main character in a story or play—the one the story revolves around and who usually has a problem to solve—is called the protagonist. The character whose goals work against the protagonist is called the antagonist. Minor characters provide support for the protagonist and antagonist, helping to reveal aspects of their personalities. Think of the plot as the engine, and the main character as the person behind the steering wheel.

Identification and Application:
  • When analyzing a character in a work of literature:
    • Look for the role the character plays in the unfolding, or telling, of the story.
      • A protagonist is the main character responsible for generating the plot of the story or play.
      • An antagonist is a character who is in conflict with or opposes the protagonist’s intentions or desires.
      • There can be more than one protagonist or antagonist in a work of literature.
    • Look for secondary, or minor, characters who help advance the plot and/or reveal more about the main characters.
    • Analyze a character in terms of his or her complexity:
      • A flat character is a one-dimensional character who embodies one or more traits that do not undergo any change during the course of a story. Flat characters generally do not show any internal conflicts; they think as they are expected to think.
      • A round character is a complex, fully developed character who often changes over the course of a story or demonstrates contradictory traits. Round characters have many internal conflicts, just as real people do.
  • Characterization is the process by which a writer makes the various qualities of a character seem real to the reader. Writers may depict characters through
    • descriptions of their appearance
    • descriptions of their actions
    • revelations of their inner thoughts
    • their dialogue (what they say and how they say it)
    • a speaker’s or narrator’s direct comments about them

Stop!  Think?

Q: Can a story or novel have more than one main character? Why or why not?

Q: What is one clue that a character is a protagonist?

Q: What is one clue that a character is an antagonist?

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