CHARACTERS

OF FICTION
PRESENTED BY: MASIAS, FAMELA G.
CHARACTER

A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing

in a story. Writers use characters to perform the actions
and speak dialogue, moving the story along a plot line.
PROTAGONIST

the hero and he is defined as an adamirable character who

embodies certain human ideals.

ANTAGONIST

is a character, idea, concept, or institution that opposes and

‘antagonises’ the protagonist,
MINOR CHARACTERS

• Foil – A foil is a character that has opposite character traits from another,
meant to help highlight or bring out another’s positive or negative side. Many
times, the antagonist is the foil for the protagonist.
• Static – Characters who are static do not change throughout the story. Their
use may simply be to create or relieve tension, or they were not meant to
change. A major character can remain static through the whole story.
• Dynamic – Dynamic characters change throughout the story. They may learn a
lesson, become bad, or change in complex ways.
MINOR CHARACTERS

• Flat – A flat character has one or two main traits, usually only all
positive or negative. They are the opposite of a round character. The flaw
or strength has its use in the story.
• Round – These are the opposite of the flat character. These characters
have many different traits, good and bad, making them more interesting.
• Stock – These are the stereotypical characters, such as the boy genius,
ambitious career person, faithful sidekick, mad scientist, etc.
The various methods of characterization, are generally categorized
as expository or dramatic If the author tells us about a character
directly through the narrator's voice, then he is using the
EXPOSITORY METHOD. If he allows the characterization to arise
indirectly out of action and speech, then he is using the DRAMATIC
METHOD.
PLOT OF FICTION
Plot is defined as the arrangement of events and actions in a story to
convey a theme. Traditionally, plot required a causal connection be
tween events as well as a thematic connection, but recent
developments in fiction such as the so- called Theater of the Absurd
have made it advis able to loosen the definition to require only a
thematic connection.
Plot that demonstrate events causally related or a series of
related episodes and incidents that carry the story through
from conflict to a conclusion are called conventional plots. In
a conventional plot, the characters ordinarily act out the major
events, and those events are usually con- nected by cause-
effect relationship
In analyzing plot, one should make note of such devices as
FLASHBACK and FORESHADOWING and the ORDERING OF
EVENTS in general. The order of narration can be a key to the
author's values. If a story is narrated in chrono- logical order, the
author may be relating events exactly as they happen in time purely
for the primitive appeal to suspense, for the sake of making the
reader wonder what will happen next.
MAIN PARTS

1 EXPOSITION 2 CLIMAX
Exposition is the description or explanation The climax in a story is the point, usually near the end

of background information within a work of
literature. Exposition can cover characters and
their relationship to one another, the setting or
time and place of events, as well as any
relevant ideas, details, or historical context.
of the third act, where the value of the story is tested to
its highest degree. As such, it is also the pivotal
moment in a story with the greatest amount of drama,
action, and movement as the character makes a choice
(related to the central conflict) as presented by their
dilemma or crisis.
MAIN PARTS

3 DENOUEMENT
.is the resolution of a plot, consisting of the final
moments in a fictional work — the closing sequence
after the climax of a story.
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