A CHAPTER FROM sTUDYING NOVELS

1. CHARACTERS
DR.A.HAZEL VERBINA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
DR.G.R.DAMODARN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
COIMBATORE
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2. What makes it different ?
● The hero/ heroine
● Supporting characters
● Range and richeness of their
lives
● Lighty sketched
● Detailed
● Creation controls the
response
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3. Writing about
characters
● I Employ pair of words
● Distinction between the characters
● is the capacity to change
● Simple characters called closed
● Complex called open
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4. Other terms
● inflexible or flexible
● • surface and depth
● • one-sided or multi-faceted

5. Three important points to
define the range of a
character
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● Not all closed characters have a fixed range
● A simple character can be interesting and effective
● Not all characters have the same range
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7. Flat and closed
characters
● Surprise the readers by displaying an
unexpected turn in their characteristics
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8. Simple character
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9. Two ways in which novelist present character
● Telling
● Directly informs the reader
about the character
● When the character first
appears
● Showing
● Readers discretion to gather
information about the
character
● Subtle mode of narration .
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10. Questions about
characters?
● How characters speak ?
● How characters think ?
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11. Want big impact?
Use big image.
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● How character speak ?
● In a very complicated way,
● Repetition of certain words are phrases
● Use lot of illustrations, rely upon common saying and
proverb
● Say a great deal or very little

12. How characters think?
● Use lot of vivid images
● Given list of vocabulary with moral words
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