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
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long”. Because he tried to cheer Romeo up when he was heartbroken; we discover that Mercutio is a close friend to Romeo he’s also really sarcastic and born to entertain people. Almost automatically, we get the idea that Tybalt is a hot-headed, aggressive, and violent person. When we first meet Tybalt in Act one, he’s all fired up when the Montague and Capulet servants start a fight and he is ready to jump in. As this happened calm and collected Benvolio tries to stop it. This still show indirect characterization because we are able to tell the personality of the characters only by the way that they acted in various situations. With the skill of understanding indirect characterization reading, understanding and relating to characters in literature will become much easier. It is also important to develop this skill as writer would also be extremely beneficial to you. Especially if you wish to become a novelist or even trying to get a good grade on a writing exam. As for direct characterization there’s not much to say because it’s a relatively easy concept to understand.
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
were. In the novel the author spoke about both humans and animals alike telling the reader exactly how each and everyone looked. To start of using we divorced that Napoleon a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar. Use this same method the author makes us infer that Snowball is friendly and lively just because of his appearance. Even though the author mostly uses direct characterization he or she also used indirect characterization. This was done when describing the human Mr. Jones, he was called a drunk, cruel, awful leader. The rebellion of the animals was predictable because of the ways that they were treated. Later in the book the author use indirect characterization to describe the animals on the farm. For example we could imply that Boxer the horse as a loyal hard working horse. Because the author writes that Boxer works the most and eats the least. He wakes up earlier that everyone else and goes to sleep the latest. This is the complete opposite for Mollie the Horse based on what the author wrote the reader can tell the she is greedy and really lazy. This is because in the middle of the novel Mollie the horse left the farm because she was beings feed sugar cubes by the farmers next door, and then she started wearing bow. This was considered illegal by the animals on the Animal Farm so Mollie was banished. Both types of characterization are important to writing and understanding what you are reading. Another thing that characterization is good for is writing a script or for a book that you want to become a movie. A great example of this is the series of novel the hunger games. On the very first page Katniss uses direct characterization to describe her sister’s cat Buttercup. She says that Buttercup “is the world’s ugliest cat. Mashed-in nose, half of one ear missing, eyes the color of rotting squash.” And also her sister Prim named him Buttercup, insisting that his muddy yellow coat matched the bright flower. In the hunger game Katniss also describes her mother and sister. She says that her mother’s face is worn down, and says that her mother once looked like her sister. Using indirect characterization we can tell that Katniss is a brave warrior who loves her family. First of all you can tell that she is brave because she goes in the woods that are filled with venomous animals for food. She also stood up against the person who stared and ran the hunger games to save her friends life. You can tell she is a warrior because she survived the hunger games not once but twice back to back. Lastly you can tell she loves her family because the only reason she got in the hunger games was to get her little sister of it. Another highly detailed series of novels is The Twilight Saga. In the book the author put the color of the Vampire’s eyes, and how fierce and hypnotizing they are. The author also put the color of the transformed werewolf’s fur. He also use indirect characterization to describe the personalities of all the characters. Indirect characterization was also use to show the rivalry between the vampires and werewolves of the novels. In the end direct and indirect characterization are both important to literature. Both are ways to describe a person in literature. Even though one is based on appearances and the other is all about personality. The two strategies coincide with each other you need one to describe physical appearance and the other for what’s happening inside the character.
this is when the author directly tells the reader what the character is like. Indirect characterization- consists of the writer showing a character's personality through their speech, actions, or appearance. 2. While writers track their plots in different ways, all writers tend to follow the same plot structure and test their characters’ actions against the same framework. Briefly explain the framework that writers use for
How do fiction storytellers reveal a character’s actions and or characteristics? Fiction storytellers use things like conflicts, diction, and imagery to add a better description to a book. Most of these examples also hook the reader to want to learn more. The mood of a story is also revealed when using this examples. In The Looking Glass Wars Beddor uses conflicts and challenges to inform the reader about Alyss’ characteristics.
Characterization is used to help along the point giving us a better understanding of the main character. In the start of on the sidewalk bleeding the author uses characterization to flesh out Andy and give some of his aspirations. One of those aspirations is his girlfriend Laura he believes that “someday he would marry laura someday” (Hunter 2). First off this quote gives one of the symbols of the story. Second, this shows that Andy wants to have a life past the royals. The author also uses characterization to describe the nature of labels. A boy and a girl couple stumble upon Andy
An example of direct characterization is when Steinbeck show how Carlson likes to do things like play cards by himself when there are others around but instead he decides to play solitar which is a one-person game instead of playing together. Also, direct characterization is used when Carlson says “Well, looks here, Slim.
In the book Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses both Direct Characterization, and Indirect Characterization, to describe the characters. Direct characterization is when you tell the reader the characteristics of the character directly. For example, “She is tall and skinny.”On the other hand, Indirect characterization is when you give a description of the character, without directly saying what the character is like, through speech and actions. Direct And Indirect Characterization can easily be compared and contrasted in many ways.
Characterization is an essential component in a short story. Characterization is based on two things , indirect or direct characterization. Indirect Characterization shows the audience what the personality of the character is , and Direct tells the audience what the personality of the character is. Authors make characters be presented by means of description,through their actions,speech,thoughts and interactions with other characters. Authors frequently apply characterization to their stories to develop a theme or moral to the stories. Practically every novel that was made in the history of literature has a theme.This means any kind of short story like The Whistle by Anne Estevis and Marigold by Eugenia Collier has characterization.
Characterization is the process by which the author reveal the personality of a character. Characterization can be created in two different ways: direct and indirect characterization. Direct characterization is when the author tells the readers what a character is like. Indirect characterization is based on clues from the story, the reader decides what a character is like. Indirect characterization can come from what the character says/does, what the character thinks, what others say about the character, and the character’s physical appearance.
William Shakespeare composed the tragedy Romeo and Juliet in the 16th century. This play vividly portrayed the banned love between the heirs of two families. Spoiler alert, Romeo and Juliet killed themselves in the end. Every person in Romeo and Juliet held responsibility for their death. Among all of the characters, Friar Lawrence and Capulet were major catalysts of the casualties. Let's not forget Romeo, the one that started it all.
Raymond Carver, the author of “Cathedral” uses characterization to describe the main character, the narrator’s development in the story upon meeting a blind man. This blind man, Robert, unintentionally changes the narrator’s perspective on life and on himself. The narrator first starts off as an arrogant, close minded individual who later opens his mind and is introduced to new perspectives of life. The most important element used in this writing is characterization because it makes the reader change perspectives on how the narrator develops throughout the story and deeply goes into a lot of detail to support the narrator’s development. good thesis, but the wording is a little bland and lifeless
Through the flaws in the characterization of his characters, Shakespeare allows their weakness to manipulate and cloud their judgment. This fundamentally leads to the outcome of Romeo and Juliet, with each weakness presenting a conflict that alters the characters fate. Being especially true with the star-crossed lovers, William Shakespeare leads their perfect love into tragedy with these conflicts. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt all contribute to conflicts that enhance the plot. From destructive flaws in their characterizations, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt are all consequently controlled by their weakness, therefore affecting the outcome of the play.
The author uses one main character, at most, two; only the protagonist and the antagonist exist as major characters. “Rip Van Winkle”, Washington Irving uses one main character to play both the role of the protagonist and the antagonist. In paragraph three lines, six and seven, the reader meets the protagonist. “…a simple good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle” In paragraphs five and nine, lines one and two, and one and four, respectively, the reader encounters the antagonist. “The great error in Rip’s composition was an insuperable aversion for all kinds of labor.” “…Rip would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.” Even though, in both cases where the reader encounters Rip Van Winkle, Rip only counts as one main character. Characterization occurs when the author draws an overall picture of the characters. Characterization happens in two ways in literature, by description and personality. The author uses the words a story to describe a character or imply the appearance of the characters through the text of the story. Introducing the personality of the character to the reader in words give or describe the personality of the characters or the words used imply certain things about the character. The protagonist in “Rip Van Winkle” the reader first meets in paragraph three, lines seven and eight, “… a simple good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle.
(1) In many short stories and plays there are persons involved which [who] help characterize other main characters. This process of characterization is called a foil. [A foil is not a process.] "A foil is a minor character, who by similarities and differences, reveals characteristics of a more important character, and who, as an element of plot, is there for the more important character to talk to" (Vavra). The foils in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, help the reader understand the main character; [, not ;] Hamlet.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare take place in the fourteenth century in Verona, Italy. Most of the play will take place in Capulet’s house. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at a party. The problem with this is that their families have an ongoing feud that has lasted centuries. They are both aware that their families would not approve of them being together, let alone getting married, so they get married in secret with the help of Friar Laurence and Nurse. All was going well until Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, in order to get revenge for Tybalt killing someone in his family. He is banished by Prince.Juliet’s parents then tell her she is to marry Paris. At first, Juliet refuses, but then later agrees to marry Paris because of Friar
People often they describe others in terms of traits this is for instance: to get a general picture of the other person, how one person is in comparison of another and to predict future behaviours. “To be able efficiently to interact with and react towards the other person”
Characterization has been established as an important part of literature as it allows authors to fully develop characters’ personalities, allowing readers to understand the characters and their actions. In the poem Judith, the author uses adjective phrases to describe Judith and Holofernes’ personalities. The diverse contrast in their nature highlights the heroic qualities in Judith, which teach the reader to have faith in God, as that is where her courage and strength stems from. Therefore, characterization can further be used as a technique to establish major themes in a work of