Conflict Definition of Terms
single phrase or sentence. A round character is complex in temperament and motivation and is represented with subtle particularly; such a character
therefore is as difficult to describe with any adequacy as a person in real life, and like real persons, is capable of surprising us. 1981: 24
Abrams in his book, A Glossary of Literary Term, also states that: Characters are the persons presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who
are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral, dispositional, and emotional qualities that are expressed in what they say
—the dialogue
—and by what they do—the action. 1981: 23 In Understanding Unseens, Murphy gives nine ways that the author uses
to make his characters understandable to the readers. First way is personal description. It is the way an author describes the characters through their
appearance and clothes. The next way is characters as seen by other. An author usually describe the characters through the eyes and opinions of another. The third
way is speech. The way to describe the characters through what that person says. Then, past life. An author can give a clue to events that have helped to shape a
person‘s character through direct comment, the person‘s thoughts, his conversation or the medium of another person. The fifth way, an author can tell
the character through the conversations of other people and the things they say about him. Then, through the reactions of the character in dealing various
situations and events, an author can describe the characteristics of a person. The next way, direct comment can describe a person directly. The eighth way, an
author can give us direct knowledge of what a person is thinking about. The last, a person‘s mannerisms can also be used to describe the characters. 1972: 161-173