lesson on how to cope with difficult circumstances in life without get through it.
2. A character is someone in a literary work that has some sort of identity, it doesn’t have to be strong, an identity which is made up by
appearance, conversation, action, name and possibly thoughts going in the head.
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Thus character is someone stays in the story eventhough his role just supporting main character. People can disclose or know
his character through conversation,deeds and so forth. 3. Character is the term for the people in fiction, the heroes and villains,
allies and enemies, love interest and comic reliefs.
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Character is imaginary person in the story and each character has its own role in the
story
From all definitions above, the writer has a conclusion that character is a person that inhabits in a story which is not only create the plot of story but also
helps the reader know the totality of story.
2. Kinds of Character
In life, all people grow and change every day. They often do not notice day-to-day changes because they are so small, but if they have not seen someone
for a while- for a year or two or even a few months-, they usually notice differences, both in physical appearances and in the way the person thinks, speaks,
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Richard Gill. Mastering English Literature London: Mc Millan Master Series, 1995, p.127.
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Thomas M.Laughlin. Literature the power of language USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1989, p.375.
and acts. To observe changes accurately and to speculate on what brought about those changes, people have to know a person fairly well.
Characters are often described as being flat or round, static or dynamic. A flat character is not fully developed. People see only one aspect of their
personalities because presumably, the author does not need to reveal more about them for the purposes of the story. It plays a supporting role to the main character.
On the other hand, round character is a very complex individual, more like someone in real life with several facets to his personality. A static character is one
who does not really change in the progress of the story; he is the same person at the end as he was in the beginning. But a dynamic character does change,
psychologically, physically, or otherwise.
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Because flat character is not fully developed, most minor characters are flat. Flat character is defined by a single quality without much individualizing
detail or one who is minimally described, stereotypical or who has only one purpose.
In reading literature, there are two other important terms to keep in mind for describing people: protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the mayor
character with whom readers generally sympathize, while the antagonist is the character with whom the protagonist is in conflict. The antagonist is generally not
sympathetic.
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Larry M Sutton, op.cit, p.5.
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Judith A. Stanford. Responding to Literature New york: MacGraw Hill Companies,Inc.,2003 fourth edition, p.37.
The protagonist is the main character, who is not necessarily a hero or a heroine. People can assume that not all protagonists are heroic. The antagonist is
the opponent or a character or sometimes a thing in conflict with the main character or protagonist.
3. Tragic Character
