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Types of Characters in Literature - Protagonist, Antagonist, and More

Explore the different types of characters in literature, including protagonist, antagonist, foil, static, dynamic, round, and flat characters. Learn about direct and indirect characterization methods and how characters are revealed through their thoughts, actions, dialogue, and relationships.

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Types of Characters in Literature - Protagonist, Antagonist, and More

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  1. Character Person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

  2. Types of Characters • Protagonist: main character • Antagonist: opposes the main character • Foil: A character who provides a strong contrast to another character, usually the main character. It calls attention to the strengths or weaknesses of the character

  3. Types of Characters • Static: character whose values, morals, opinions remain the same throughout the story • Dynamic: undergo a major change in values, morals, opinions during the story

  4. Types of Characters • Round: are convincing, true to life, have many different and possibly contradictory personality traits. • Flat: are stereotyped, shallow, and often symbolic, and have only one or two traits

  5. Characterization • Direct: the narrator states something about a character • Jill is smart. Bob is tall. • Indirect: author reveals information about a character that requires us to make a judgment • Jill is our valedictorian. • Bob hit is head on the door frame.

  6. Methods of indirect characterization • What the character thinks or how he/she feels • What the character does: his or her actions • What the character says • How other characters react to him or her • How the character looks

  7. What are you looking for? • Traits: a special quality or something about someone’s personality • Motivation: what causes someone to act in a certain way • Conflict: when characters have different motivation or goals

  8. What are you looking for? • Point of View: the side from which a story is told. • Relationships: the connection of people in friendship, family, work, school, or other activities

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