Romeo And Juliet Direct Characterization Examples

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Darrien Æ Gayle

English H II

Ms. Litos

10/13/15

Direct and indirect characterization

There are many ways to talk about a person. In literature its characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Direct characterization is when the author tells his or her reader about a character. As for indirect it is when the author reader something about the character through the character's actions, things the character says, or things other characters say. There are examples of this in the novel Romeo and Juliet. In Animal farm there are also examples of characterization. The art of characterization is not very difficult to exhibit. It can also be easily understood, meaning that you can easily figure out a character’s personality.

Understanding characterization is an extremely important task. This is most important when taking any type of reading or writing exam in which who have to describe a character. Indirect characterization the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions or appearance. This makes it way easier for the read to understand the character in question. For example in the novel Romeo and Juliet you can easily tell that Romeo is hurting in some way. This is because one of his very first lines is “sad hours seem …show more content…

Direct characterization is the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is reviled by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrase, or epithets. Epithets is any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality. In the novel Animal Farm direct characterization is used a lot. The author used this method of characterization to identify most of the characters in the story. The author spoke of character we encountered in detail from their faces to what species they

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