present characters to the reader. Third, the writer is concerned with whether the characters presented are credible and convincing.
The character then is presumably an imagined person who inhabits a story.
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The character is a role presented in the story, which has some sort of identity. Term of character itself rather understands, where the different as story
figures is presented through attitude, interest, desire, emotion and moral principle owned the figure.
a. Major and Minor Character
Major character or main character is a character, which is concerned with threw hole of a story. Because major character or main character has most part
acting in a story and it is always relates to other characters and so very definitive on the whole of plot development. It always presents as character, or relates to
incident and conflict, influence to important of plot development. In other side, minor characters appearance is more or less in a whole story, unimportant, and
only presence if there is interrelatedness to main character or major character, in a direct or indirect way.
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b. Protagonist and Antagonist Character
Protagonist character is the central character in the story, one who is face with conflict.
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Watching a movie was watch for identify with character. It was given sympathy and emphatic involve in an emotional toward characters. The
terms protagonist, main character, a hero are variously defined and depended on the source that may denote different concepts. In fiction, the story of the
protagonist may tell from the perspective of a different character. The principal opponent of the protagonist is a character known as the antagonist, who represents
or creates obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. As protagonists, there may be more than one antagonist in a story.
In other words, a person or groups of people who have opportunity become the main characters. In the classic style of story where the action consists
of a hero, fights a villain can regards as protagonist and antagonist, respectively. Antagonist character is any character or force in the story that presents or causes
conflict for the protagonist. Contrary with the popular belief, the antagonist is not always the villain, but simply those who oppose the main character. In some
cases, the antagonist may be the main character. Such antagonists are usually police officers or other law enforcement officials. Sometimes, antagonists and
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protagonists may overlap; depending on what their ultimate objectives are being considered.
c. Flat and Round Character
