Main Character and Peripheral Character Protagonist character and Antagonist character

2.2.1 Main Character and Peripheral Character

Main character is the character that often appears in the almost each event and main character is the important and the special character, so that we fell is so dominates the story. In certain novel, the main character always appears in almost each event and can be found in each page of the novel. When we read a novel or any other literary work, we will usually deal with some character. There is character that classified as an important character and showed in the story continuously. In this case, main character has always related with other character. Peripheral character is the character that appears once or sometimes in a novel, and may be relatively in short portion. It is called peripheral character often provide, support, and illuminate the protagonist as Nugriyantoro, Burhan, states in his book Teori Pengkajian Fiksi .

2.2.2 Protagonist character and Antagonist character

Protagonist or main character is the central figure of the story. It is not necessarily clear what being this central figure exactly entails. The terms protagonist, main character and hero are variously and rarely well defined and depending on the source may denote different concept. The word “protagonist” derives from the Greek protagonists, “one who plays the first part, chief actor.” The term protagonist is defined to be either always synonymous with the term main character, or it is defined as a different concept, in which case a single Universitas Sumatera Utara character still may and usually will serve the function of both the protagonist and main character, or the functions may be split. In classical and later theater the protagonist is the character undergoing a dramatic change peripeteia, both of his own character and external circumstances, with the plot either going from order to chaos, as in a tragedy, with reversal of fortune bringing about the downfall of the protagonist, usually an exceptional individual, as a result of a tragic flaw hamartia in his personality; or from chaos to order, as in a comedy, with the protagonist going from misfortune to prosperity an from obscurity to prominence. A story about an exceptional character being a driving force behind the plot, facing an opponent the antagonist and undergoing an important change like it is the case with the protagonist may be told from the perspective of different character who may, but will not necessarily also be the narrator. The principal opponent of the protagonist is a character known as the antagonist who represents or creates obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. As with protagonists, there may be more than one antagonist in a story. An antagonist from Greek antagonists, “opponent, competitor, rival” is a character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a happening who represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend. In the classic style of story where in the action consist of a hero fighting a villain, the antagonist is not always the villain, but simply those who oppose the main character. Universitas Sumatera Utara

2.2.3 Round character and Flat character