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Characterization - Direct and Indirect
Characterization - Direct and Indirect
Building a Character
What is characterization?
Characterization is the way we learn about a
character and how we create and describe a
character base on what the playwright has provided.
There are two types of characterization:
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
Direct Characterization
Direct characterization. The character
him/herself or another character in the play
tells the audience what the character is like.
From “Of Mice and Men”:
Candy: "I ain't much good with on'y one hand. I lost my hand
right here on this ranch. That's why they gave me a job
swampin'....I ain't much good, but I could cook and tend to the
chickens and hoe the garden some. How'd that be?"