Esposo type of characters

TYPES OF
CHARACTERS
IN LITERATURE
Esposo, Chelsea Anne R.
BSMT-2C Humanities 13
July 15, 2015
Mr. Jaime Cabrera
CEU, Philippines
I learn about types of
characters in literature,
electronic research, and
citing references by
completing this exercise.
PROTAGONISTS
ANTAGONISTS
SUPPORT CHARACTERS
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
BRAIN EXERCISE
GOD is my
first LOVE
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1. Types of
Protagonists
There are four types of
protagonists.
1. THE HERO
2. THE ANTI-HERO
3. THE TRAGIC HERO
4. THE CARICATURE

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HERO
 “A person who is admired for great
or brave acts or fine qualities”
 http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/hero
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 In my own words: Basically, hero is the one who
always do good, sacrifice its time and life for the
sake of mankind.
 My own example: A person who sacrifice his life
to save others.
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HERO

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ANTI-HERO
ANTI-HERO
 ”A main character in a book, play,
movie, etc., who does not have
the usual good qualities that are
expected in a hero”
 http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/antihero
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 In my own words: Anti-hero is a hero which can
save others but lack some talents that an hero
should have and don’t want to sacrifice his own
life.
 My own example: A person who is not willing to
save mankind.

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TRAGIC HERO
TRAGIC HERO
 “A great or virtuous character in a
dramatic tragedy who is destined f
or downfall, suffering, or defeat”
 http://dictionary.reference.com/br
owse/tragic%20hero
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 In my own words: A tragic hero is someone who
is being guided by the gods in which he doesn’t
only receive benefits but he also suffers.
 My own example: Perseus was guided by Zeus,
god of olympus, thus he still suffer fighting with
Medusa.

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CARICATURE
CARICATURE
 “A material object without life or
an inanimate object.”
owse/things
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 In my own words: A caricature is a funny painting
or funny drawing of a person that is commonly
used to give laughter to the audience.
 My own example: This caricature of Mr. Bean
makes people laugh than the usual they saw
him on his movie.

2. Types of
Antagonists
There are five kinds of
antagonists.
1. THE MAIN ANTAGONIST
2. THE NEMESIS
3. THE SHAPE-SHIFTER
4. THE CHANGE AGENT
5. THE ROMANTIC ANGLE

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ANTAGONIST05
ANTAGONIST
 “A person who is opposed to, strug
gles against, or competes with
another; opponent; adversary.”
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 In my own words: A character which always the
enemy of the hero.
 My own example: Drago is a good example
because he always want to kill everybody
around him and he want to rule the world.

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NEMESIS06
NEMESIS
 “An opponent or rival whom a pers
on cannot best or overcome.”
 http://dictionary.reference.com
/browse/nemesis?s=t
 In my own words: Nemesis are the character
that was very hard to defeat.
 My own example: Venom is one of the hardest
and toughest enemy of Spider-Man.

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SHAPE-SHIFTER07
SHAPE-SHIFTER
 “ A race of supernatural creatures
who can take the form of any
human being.”
 http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/
shapeshifters
 In my own words: A shape-shifter is a character
which changes his appearance when he
wanted to.
 My own example: Jacob was a half human and
half wolf, he change his appearance everytime
he was angry.

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CHANGE AGENT
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CHANGE AGENT
 “Is a person from inside or outside
the organization who helps an
organization transform itself ”
 http://study.com/academy/lesson
/change-agent-definition-role-
quizz.html
 In my own words: This is a person who has the
capability to change how a person or
organization lives, it has a high impact to the
person’s life.
 My own example: A priest is a good example of
this because they can change oneself through
God’s words.

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ROMANTIC ANGLE
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ROMANTIC ANGLE
 “It is the involvement of the feeling
of love within the characters”
 (The meaning was given by yours
truly)
 In my own words: It is the way of showing the
feelings of a couple on a movies.
 My own example: Loving your better half with no
regrets.

3. Types of
Support
Characters
There are six types of
supporting characters.
1. THE SIDEKICK CHARACTER
2. THE MENTOR CHARACTER
3. THE FOIL CHARACTER
4. THE COMIC RELIEF CHARACTER
5. THE EXTRAS
6. THE CHORUS (e.g., Greek tragedy)

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SIDEKICK11
CONFIDANT
 “A close friend and
confederate or assistant.”
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 In my own words: Obviously, a side kick is always
the one that stays with his manager or boss.
 My own example: The one who assist the
manager in carrying his things.

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MENTOR10
ROMANTIC ANGLE
 “A wise and trusted or teacher
or an influential senior sponsor”
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 In my own words: Mentor was the one who help
his student be productive and he give advices
for him to become better student.
 My own example: Han was a great mentor for
Sean because he teach him how to drift
perfectly.

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FOIL12
FOIL
 “A character who contrasts with
another character”
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil_(lit
erature)
 In my own words: The one who opposes the
main character, thus they were the one makes
highlight of the characteristics of the hero.
 My own example: In the movie, Lion King, Scar
killed Mufasa in which highlighted the value of
braveness and acceptance of Simba.

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COMIC RELIEF13
COMIC RELIEF
 “The inclusion of a
humorous character often to
relieve tension.”
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic
_relief
 In my own words: In this character, they were the
one who makes their main hero happy and able
to relief their stress.
 My own example: In the movie, Beauty and
Beast, they were the ones who add laughter on
the movie.

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EXTRAS14
EXTRAS
 “People who appears in the
story or the people around a
certain setting to make it
more realistic.”
 (The meaning was given by
yours truly)
 In my own words: Extras are those who makes
the movie alive, because without them the
setting will be boring and not realistic.
 My own example: A wedding is compose of
crowd to enjoy with.

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CHORUS15
CHORUS
 “Characters who act as a unified
whole .”
 http://www.enotes.com/homewor
k-help/what-chorus-characters-
macbeth-264108
 In my own words: Chorus is like a speech choir,
they act and perform together.
 My own example: A group of teenager is playing
volleyball in the gym.

4. Types of
Character
Development
There are two types of
character development.
1. THE FLAT CHARACTER
2. THE ROUND CHARACTER

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FLAT CHARACTER
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COMIC RELIEF
 “A two-dimensional in that they are
relatively uncomplicated and do
not change throughout the course
of a work.”
 www.britannica.com/art/flat-
character
 In my own words: Flat character are those who
do not change and do not leave all through out
the series of a one movie.
 My own example: A varsity of a volleyball team
that who is the libero was always going to be a
libero until she graduated and leave the team.

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ROUND CHARACTER
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ROUND CHARACTER
 “A round characters are complex
and undergo development,
sometimes sufficiently to surprise
the reader.”
 www.britannica.com/art/flat-
character
 In my own words: They are the who was bad
and turn to be the good one.
 My own example: A fat and boy turn into a slim
and cute guy.

5. BRAIN
EXERCISE &
PRACTICE
Complete Name
Course, Section, Subject
Date Completed
Teacher’s Name
University, Country
I personalize my learning
about the types of literary
characters by completing
this activity.
1. NEW INPUTS
2. CONNECTIONS
3. APPLICATIONS
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New concepts learned
In this activity, I learned new characters that
adds color on the story. They give a certain
meaning on the role that they are playing.
This characters can be the asset of a one
movie.
NEW INPUTS
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This reminds me of…
It reminds me of the assets of my favorite
movies like, what kind of character they
are playing, and who is the main
character in the movie. And I believe that
after answering this I can manage to
identify what role they are playing.
CONNECTIONS
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Usefulness in real situations
I can use this when I watched movie pr
read a book. I can easily recognize them
and say what kind role they are playing.
This knowledge is considered as simple
but this knowledge may help me in
understanding the story deeply.
APPLICATIONS
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Note: Tests can include ideas from this source.

Works Cited
 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tragic%2
0hero
 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hero
 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/things
 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/antagoni
st?s=t
 http://study.com/academy/lesson/change-
agent-definition-role-quiz.html
 http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-
chorus-characters-macbeth-264108
REFERENCING
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