What change or growth docharacters undergo as a result oftheir change.

How do the characters respondto the conflict?

What are their reasons forresponding as they do?

What insights about human lifedo these ideas convey?

What central ideas are emphasized throughoutthe drama through words and actions of thecharacters?

The character’s own words.

Other characters’ reactions tothe character

Descriptions of a character’sphysical appearance.

The character’s actions andbehaviors.

A writer simply tells theaudience about the characters

The narrator, or chorus tell theaudience what a character islike.

It may appear in stage directions.

Static Unchanging; remain thesame

Dynamic Change and grow

Flat one-dimensional; haveonly one quality

Round multi-dimensional;have many qualities

External Conflict a struggle against an outsideforce, such as an enemy, nature, or the pressuresof society

Internal Conflict a struggle posed by acharacters’ own beliefs, thoughts, orfeelings.

Protagonist & Antagonist Usually a single maincharacter (protagonist) who opposes the onewho either creates or adds conflict (antagonist)

Complex Characters Characters that have strengthsand weaknesses and experience mixed emotions.They have multiple motivations and a variety offeelings.