Teenager Age Definition of Terms
10 the characters and become more complicated in describing two different sets of
phenomena. In addition, the opposite of the protagonist is antagonist. The purpose of the
antagonist is to be the main actor as a hero’s quest and to motivate the goals. It is
called as the antagonist character because most of the time it tends to be the troublemaker. The motive of the antagonist is being self-serving or community
serving. Tabb 2015 defines; the point of the antagonist is to be a successful, superior, deeper, and adorable to search the deep interest. Therefore, as the
antagonist character, he she may has a big opportunity to change the life story of the novel.
2 Dynamic and Static Character
According to Tabb 2015, dynamic character is an evolving character which goes through some sort of changes and major life transitions. Other aspects
of dynamic character are coming-of-age experience, pull through trials and tribulation, mature, reconsider and take a turn for the worse. The protagonist is
usually a part of the dynamic character. Furthermore, the dynamic character has an electric and charismatic personality. However, the dynamic character is not being
observed from character’s qualities. It is assessed by the changes of the character itself. In addition, the dynamic character is the character who experiences many
changes through the story. In contrast, the static character is the character that does not change through
the whole story. The antagonist is included in the static character because it will not PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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is still the same. Static character usually has existing persona, confidence, compelling, heroic and charisma.
3 Round and Flat Character
Abrams 2009 states that “round character is complex in temperament also
motivation, and is represented with subtle particularly; such a character, therefore it is difficult to describe with any adequacy as a person in real life and capable of
surprising us” p. 24. Round character in a story is the simple character who resembles real people and tend to change because he she has more traits.
Next, flat character is commonly called two-dimensional type. This type shows the single idea of visualizing detail. The character is the one who can fully
described in a single sentence because it has no depth. Flat character tends to stay the same throughout the story or has one-track personality. He she has no problem
to figure out and to be understood.