1. Major and Minor Characters
Major or main character is a character holds an important role, very dominant, and always appears in each conflict. Whereas
the minor character is the character appears only few times and takes the short portion.
2. Protagonist and Antagonist Characters
The Protagonist is the main character in drama, even if does not always actively initiate the events, the protagonist is always the focal point of the story. The
protagonist is the one who deals with truth and being conflicted by other characters. The opponent of protagonist is known as
the antagonist or in the event that opposing force is not person, we speak of the antagonist force.
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The antagonist is character who always causes problems for the protagonist or protagonist’s opposing force.
Besides, the protagonist character need not be a person. It can be animal, a superstition, a misconception, fate or any abstraction or force placed in dramatic
conflict with protagonist.
3. Flat and Round Character
According to E.M Foster’s book Aspect of the Novel 1927, he defines “flat
or type or two dimensional character is constructed around single idea or quality, it
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Christoper Rassel Renske, How to Analyze Drama New York: Monarch Press, 1996, p.35
never surprises”.
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It means, flat character is constructed round single idea or quality
without much individualizing detail from the character. While
round character is a complex individual incapable of being easily defined because round character’s physical, emotional, and intellectual dimension
change. When a play is performed by round character, the character must change, both central and subordinate actors are necessary.
4. Static and Dynamic Character
Static character is usually a flat character. It means that character who remain stable in his attitude throughout a work. While
dynamic character is like to be a round character, because a character undergoes personal development and change
through a gradual process or a crisis.
B. Culture and Identity
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