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  2. A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story. Writers use characters to perform the actions and speak dialogue, moving the story along a plot line. A story can have only one character (protagonist) and still be a complete story.

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  3. Character definition with examples. Character is a person, a figure, an inanimate object, or animal that drives the story forward.

  4. Characterization is the representation of the traits, motives, and psychology of a character in a narrative. Characterization may occur through direct description, in which the character's qualities are described by a narrator, another character, or by the character him or herself.

  5. Jun 2, 2019 · A character is an individual (usually a person) in a narrative in a work of fiction or creative nonfiction. The act or method of creating a character in writing is known as characterization. In British author E.M. Forster's 1927 “Aspects of the Novel,” Forster made a broad yet worthwhile distinction between flat and round characters.

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  6. Character is a property of narrative and discursive textuality, even as it is also a moral and ethical category referring to individual and collective norms of behavior and motive. This double valence has affected the concept since Aristotle and Plato first began the unfinished, centuries-long project of literary theory.

  7. Character is the combination of traits and features unique to a particular individual, such as strong morals or a good reputation, portrayed in a novel, poem, play, or film.

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