Character

Name: Doris &Tom

1 The definition of character: The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.

2 It includes two elements as below

(1)The person in a work of fiction
-----Protagonist: the central to the story with all major events
-----Antagonist: the opposer of the main character is called the antagonist.

(2) The characteristics of a person
------Outward appearance and behavior
------ Inner emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities

The two elements of Character are revealed by
(a) How a person is described
(b) What a person does, says, and thinks
(c) What others in the story say and think about person
(b) How others in the story react to the person
(e) The choices the person makes
(f) The changes the person undergoes
(g) Internal conflict
(h) External conflict

3 Examples from the text

Outward appearance:
“He was panting. From his bulging eyes, he seemed to spurt inner violence of an uncontrolled vitality which is his weakened body could hardly contain” “War” (75).

“She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station, since with women there” “Necklace”(46).

Inner action:
“Free! Body and soul free!” she kept whispering” “The Story of An Hour”(8).

“…and she thought of that gay evening of long ago, of that ball where she had been so beautiful and so feted” “The Necklace”(52).