Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Character
major characters
minor characters
stock or type characters
stereotypes
double
confidant(e)
villain
hero
anti-hero
self-revelation
personality
direct presentation of character
indirect presentation of character
show v. tell
consistency in character behavior
motivation
plausibility of character: is the character credible? convincing?
flat character
round character, multidimensional character
static character, unchanged
developing character, dynamic character, active character
direct methods of revealing character:
characterization through the use of names
characterization through physical appearance
characterization through editorial comments by the author, interrupts narrative to provide information
characterization through dialog: what is said, who says it, under what circumstances, who is listening, how the conversation flows, how the speaker speaks (ex. tone, stress, dialect, diction/word choice)
characterization through action
indirect characterization
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