Part A:
• Personage: Human being
• When analyzing a character look at their actions, their name, their appearance, and their dialogue.
• It is better to use the words protagonist and antagonist when talking about modern fiction instead of heroes and villains because the character is ordinary and necessarily a “good guy”
• Major character are the main part of a story and we figure out the most about them. Minor characters do play a part they help shapes that the reader thinks of the major character
• Round: they are complex
• Flat: characters that are predictable
• Static: character that does not change
• Dynamic: character that changes
• We need to be able to read characters by seeing the way the act, talk, or respond to situations like we do in our own life.
Part B:
The protagonist of the story is Sister. I would not consider her as a hero. Sister keeps making the assumption that Stella-Rondo’s child Shirley-T is hers, after being told many times that she was adopted. Also, she takes back everything that she had in the house and goes off to live at the post office, without thinking about her family’s feelings. Sister does not portray the nice and caring characteristics of a hero instead she is jealous and outspoken.
A minor character in the story is
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She thinks that Stella-Rondo’s husband Mr. Whitaker left her and she is happy about it, because she knew him first and Stella-Rondo stole him from her. Near the end of the story Sister gathers up all of her things from around the house even if her parents do not want her to and moves to the post office. “So I just picked up the kitchen clock and marched off, without saying” (446). This shows that she is does not care about what others think or feel as long as she gets her way and does not care that she is alone. Her family thinks that she is determined, mean, and direct. Sister is also, hard to get along with and everyone is turned against
notice this, it leads the reader to believe that he may not notice more of his own character
Getting familiar with a character is usually not done directly. For example, indirect characterization can occur through dialogue with other characters in a piece of literature. In the play Antigone, Creon’s personality traits are reflected through his conversations with others. Creon is an extremely opinionated, stubborn man. Yet, the reader would not know this if it was not for his interaction between his family, the chorus, and particularly his character parallel: Antigone. Due to the drastic difference between Creon’s and Antigone’s morals, their discussions challenge Creon’s views and develop them. Antigone’s role in the play is one of the most critical to solidify Creon’s motivation for his actions, therefore providing
characters are in many ways divergent, and it is in fact these traits that reveal the most about
Readers have to look at characters and their actions in order to reach the true heart of
The minor characters in a story can play such a major role. In the novel, “The Strange Case of Dr .Jekyll and Mr.Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, the readers are introduced to several minor characters, such as Lanyon, Enfield, Carew, and Poole, who help advance the plot. Hastie Lanyon was an old friend of Jekyll who wrote a letter to Utterson about what he witnessed, Richard Enfield told the story of the door , Sir Danvers Carew was murdered by Hyde, and Poole was Jekyll’s butler who got Utterson for help. These minor characters play a major role in the plot.
Sister and Mr. Whitaker have dated the past, but Stella had an affair with him during her sister’s active relationship. Suddenly, Stella decided to leave and move to Illinois without a reason or explanation. Sister begins to put the pieces together and believes that Stella is nothing but a liar. Sister is very determined that she will prove to her family what is truly going on with Stella’s life, especially her adopted daughter, Shirley T. Stella already knows Sister is telling the truth about her, but she is afraid to admit it and the attention will no longer be on her. Based on what Sister has told the family, Stella begins to tell the family Sister is lying and Shirley T is truly her daughter, and she did not interfere with Stella and Mr. Whitaker’s relationship.
In the beginning of the play we are introduced to the main characters and learn about their personality traits through the things that they say. For instance, Horatio’s description of Hamlet and his desire to introduce the ghost to him reveals to the reader/audience that he is close to Hamlet and is loyal to him. Some other examples include King Claudius’ speech which presents himself as a king that is devoted to his people and
• What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?
Growing up as a child, I always wondered why there are different kind of parents. All around the world every parent has a different kind of attitude towards their children. Despite that father are always seems to be the strict ones with their children because most of the time mothers are the opposite. In Father Knows Best, Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson always knows what is best for their children which “portrayed a family that was surprising like real people “. Although, the scene was a fairytale, nevertheless in the movie the couples had showed great example as parents. Some parents are strict with their children, and some of them are the opposite. In Father Knows Best the family interact together in a such ways that truly define the real meaning of a happy household. Therefore, in this paper I will discuss how gender roles, class, and family composition from Father Knows Best conform to my personal family reality,
What does it mean to be a hero? According to Webster, a hero is someone "of great strength [and] courage" who is "admired" for his or her "courage and nobility."1 Stretching this definition a bit further, I would argue that a hero is someone who uses this strength, courage, and nobility to help or save others. Nora Helmer, in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, leaves her husband and family at the end of the play-a move that can be viewed as either very selfish or very heroic. Because Nora uses her strength and courage in effort to save others and herself from the false "doll's house" life they are living in, her final act of leaving home is truly heroic. Nora saves
Characterisation, through dialogue and free indirect disclosure allows readers to perceive for themselves the personality and agendas of each individual.
After deciding to move to the post office, Sister’s point of view towards her uncle, mother, and grandfather changes, yet it remains the same towards her sister. While Sister was living at the house, she mentioned at the very beginning of the story that she “was getting along fine with Mama, Papa-Daddy, and Uncle Rondo” (Welty 40). Also, she refers to her uncle as being “a good case of a one-track mind” (Welty 43); this is positively stating that her uncle is only focused on one certain thing and nothing else.
Stella-Rondo brings out jealousy in Sister that causes tension between them. Sister hates that Stella-Rondo married Mr. Whitaker since Sister supposedly had him first. She feels like Stella-Rondo broke them up by lying. Most likely, Sister is upset because she was not the one to end up with the guy she liked, but she displays her feelings childishly. Sister’s
We find out about Sisters character by reading about the way she responds to situations and the conversations that she has with her family members. We also see her character come out by the actions that she takes when she moves out of the house.
According to DuPratt and Rees (2015) of the many critical components of acting, the actors must possess the ability to understand the given circumstances. Actors accomplish this by encompassing characterization such as physical, social/economic and psychological to accurately analyze the script. Physical traits pertain to the characters physical make-up. For instance, the characters age is an important aspect, as it should be consistent with their appearance, abilities, and health. Social/economic traits identify the characters socio-economic status and education acquired. This allows audience members the mental capacity to relate to characters circumstances. Psychological characteristics refer to the characters hidden feelings such as emotions, thoughts, and fears. Actors often experience significant psychological barriers while remanding in character during the scenes.