ELEMENT OF

FICTION:CHAR
ACTER AND
CHARACTERIS
TICS
 CHARACTERS
✖There are two types of character
roles in a story, which are:Protagonis
MAJOR t
CHARAC
TER Antagonist
CHARAC
TERS ROUND /
FLAT
MINOR DYNAMI
CHARAC C/
TER STATIC
STOCK /
FOIL
 CHARACTER: The
relationship with a plot
PROTAGONIS ANTAGONIST
T
• ATTEMPTS TO • Idea that stands in
WIN A GOAL the way of the
OR FULFILL A protagonist .
DREAM
• REFLECT OR • At times are
EMBODY A difficult to identify
COMPLEX especially if the
MIXTURE the
• Sometimes, OF title of
antagonist
the work ismight
not
BOTH
lead humanas
to the major character being.
it directly
POSITIVE
refers to theAND
central character – ‘Oliver
NEGATIVE
Twist’ or ‘A Rose for Emily’
QUALITIES
by the degree of the development
given by the author
ROUND FLAT CHARACTER
CHARACTER
• CHARACTERS OF • REPRESENT OR
SEVERAL SHOW A SINGLE
QUALITIES, CHARACTERISTIC,
COMPLEX, MULTI IDEA, TRAIT AND
DIMENTIONAL LIMITED
WITH EMOTIONAL FEATURES.
DEPTH. • CONTRIBUTE
LITTLE TO THE
STORIES
DEVELOPMENT
 DYNAMIC VS STATIC
CHARACTERS
DYNAMIC STATIC
CHARACTER CHARACTER
• Characters • Characters are
undergo some static or change
development or very little, they
change in their remain unaffected
personality. They by the events of
are affected by the the story
events of the story.
 Characterization
✖Direct/Explicit
Characterization
-The narrator tells you the
characters, describing the
personality directly

✖Indirect/Implicit
 Themes
✖The main idea behind
the work
✖Ideal insights that an
author develops, reveals
or repeats in his work
✖Can often be summed
up in abstract terms