Character Flashcards
the leading male/female character, who is especially virtuous, usually larger than life, sometimes almost godlike
Hero / Heroin
antagonist of heroes/heroines
Villan
who is in one way or another the very opposite of a traditional hero
Antihero
Minor characters might function as a …
foil
A character that serves a contrast to another
Foil
often conflicting motives, impulses, and desires, and who seem to have psychological complexity
Round Characters
Characters act predictable or repetitive
Flat characters
A character that changes
dynamic character
A character doesn’t change
static character
Character seem to be pulled out of a stockroom of familiar, prefabricated figures
stock characters
Characters that recur in the myths and literature of many different ages and cultures.
E.G. the scapegoat
archetype
the presentation of a fictional personage
Characterization
a narrator explicitly tells us what a character is like
Direct characterization
a character’s traits are revealed implicitly, through his or her speech, behavior, thoughts, appearance
Indirect characterization
