In almost all stories, whether they are beautiful novels like To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, well written plays such as Macbeth by William Shakespeare, or even simple short stories such as The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Cornell, they all have one thing in common: They have characters. No matter the genre or style of a story, each and every one contains its own set of unique characters. Each character in a story comes with its own opinions, thoughts, and actions. If you think about it, no character in a story is exactly the same. With this in mind, we may think about characterization. According to Perrine’s Literature Structure, Sound, and Sense, characterization is “who a person is”.
In the first part of the characterization …show more content…
Perrine first talks about how “the characters are consistent in their behaviors”. Meaning, they don’t act one way, and then later act a completely different way later in the story. Then it mentions that characters’ words and actions are caused by motivation that the “reader can understand and believe”. What this means is that the character must act a certain way or say a certain thing that makes sense to the reader. His or her actions and words should make sense to who the character is as a person. Finally, Perrine talks about how “the characters must be plausible or lifelike”. What Perrine is trying to explain is that characters must be human like, or have human like traits, almost as if you could see the character that you are reading some where in the real world. In Roman Fever, one the characters, Mrs. Slade, wrote a letter to Mrs. Ansley to make a fool of her, which is clearly something very cruel. But, Mrs. Slade acts like a normal human being, as she explains to Mrs. Ansley that she “...never thought you’d die” (Roman fever 8). Therefore, it is clear that the author follows Perrine’s rules, making Mrs. Slade more human- like then just simply a character with no heart and …show more content…
The first that is mentioned is a flat character. This type of character has only a few traits, and can be summed up pretty easily. In contrast, aThe next type that is described is round character, which is when a character is more complex and has the three dimensional quality of real people. Then the chapter mentions stock, static, and developing characters. A Sstock character is when a stereotypicalstereotype character, such as a stepmother or a mad scientist. A Sstatic character is when a character doesn’t change personality- wise, whereas a developing character is when a character will change. For example, in Roman Fever the character Mrs. Slade is a round and a static character. She is round because she is very complex and there are different sides of her. She is also static because she doesn’t really change at all throughout the story. Mrs. Ansley is also round and static because there are many sides of her and she doesn’t truly change in the
In the first part of the characterization …show more content…
Perrine first talks about how “the characters are consistent in their behaviors”. Meaning, they don’t act one way, and then later act a completely different way later in the story. Then it mentions that characters’ words and actions are caused by motivation that the “reader can understand and believe”. What this means is that the character must act a certain way or say a certain thing that makes sense to the reader. His or her actions and words should make sense to who the character is as a person. Finally, Perrine talks about how “the characters must be plausible or lifelike”. What Perrine is trying to explain is that characters must be human like, or have human like traits, almost as if you could see the character that you are reading some where in the real world. In Roman Fever, one the characters, Mrs. Slade, wrote a letter to Mrs. Ansley to make a fool of her, which is clearly something very cruel. But, Mrs. Slade acts like a normal human being, as she explains to Mrs. Ansley that she “...never thought you’d die” (Roman fever 8). Therefore, it is clear that the author follows Perrine’s rules, making Mrs. Slade more human- like then just simply a character with no heart and …show more content…
The first that is mentioned is a flat character. This type of character has only a few traits, and can be summed up pretty easily. In contrast, aThe next type that is described is round character, which is when a character is more complex and has the three dimensional quality of real people. Then the chapter mentions stock, static, and developing characters. A Sstock character is when a stereotypicalstereotype character, such as a stepmother or a mad scientist. A Sstatic character is when a character doesn’t change personality- wise, whereas a developing character is when a character will change. For example, in Roman Fever the character Mrs. Slade is a round and a static character. She is round because she is very complex and there are different sides of her. She is also static because she doesn’t really change at all throughout the story. Mrs. Ansley is also round and static because there are many sides of her and she doesn’t truly change in the