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Indirect characterization are the actions of a character that show their personality traits. These traits won’t be told the reader in the text but they will be told through the decisions

The author reveals the character/narrator by using indirect characterization. In the story, the character is describing his actions and thoughts, telling what type of person he is in the process. For example, in the story, the character says “In the enthusiasm of my confidence…”(Line 17). This is revealing that the character can be prideful and that it could cloud his judgment. But, simultaneously,the

The chosen interpretation rests on how the narrator’s character is analyzed through her hidden thoughts and concerns. In the following paragraphs, we’ll look at how the author, Gilman, uses indirect characterization to reveal the narrator’s character through emphasis on the narrator’s thoughts.

In “The Prologue” of Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses both direct and indirect characterization to introduce the characters. Direct characterization presents a character’s personalities directly. For example Chaucer’s statement that “the knight followed chivalry, truth/honor…” Indirect characterization uses actions, thoughts, and dialogue to reveal a character’s personality.

Most authors when writing like to provide clues about the character for the reader to fill in the blanks called a direct characterization some authors tell the reader exactly what the character's personality is leaving nothing to the imagination which is called direct characterization some authors use both indirect and direct characterization Jack Finney who wrote contents of the Dead Man's Pocket uses direct characterization as well as a direct characterization in Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket Jack Finney uses direct characterization at the beginning of the story Finney writes he was a tall lean dark-haired young man a pullover sweater who looks as though he had played not football probably but basketball in college in other words finny

There are two types of characterization that are used throughout literature. Direct Characterization is when the author or director takes a direct approach and tells the reader what a character is like. With direct characterization the reader does not have to gather information about the character and put the information they have together about the character. Indirect characterization is when the author does not come out and tell the reader exactly what the aspects of the character are. With indirect characterization it may be more difficult to pinpoint exactly how a character is unless the reader really thinks about it.

readers and their interpretations. This way, this character can either be seen as a man who is

In each writing, fiction or nonfiction, there are always characters who keep the story moving along through conflict and dialog. One challenge an author has to accomplish while allowing the story to flow is creating these characters in two different ways; direct and indirect characterization. Throughout the fictional novel, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, the author, Stephanie Oakes, did an exuberant job of creating full bodied, round characters using direct characterization. She was able to do this by describing physical attributes of the other characters in great detail and by describing exactly how the protagonist is feeling through the events she has to endure. Stephanie also used extremely descriptive words to describe Minnow’s surroundings throughout her experiences.

you analyze how the novelist reveals the values of the character and the nature of the character’s

Through direct characterization each story directly gives the reader what a character’s personality is like through the narrator. Indirect characterization is what the character’s behavior is towards themselves and towards the other characters throughout the story. A symbol in each story can tell the reader more about an object or more about the story. The main characters in two different stories can surprisingly have a connection, either through relationships or through objects which creates an everlasting perspective. Each story has the elements of direct characterization, indirect characterization, and symbolism which builds the story into an essential story through the

6) Through this indirect characterization, the narrator explains how he is treated like an outcast and that he is physically weak because he cannot lift weights or stand up for

Characterisation, through dialogue and free indirect disclosure allows readers to perceive for themselves the personality and agendas of each individual.

Direct characterization is when the author uses exact descriptions to describe the character. The anonymous author of Beowulf, develops the monstrous character of Grendel by using direct and indirect characterization. The poem Beowulf develops

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First some information about the author. W. S. Maugham was a well-known English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King's school in Canterbury, studied painting in Paris, went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St.Thomas Hospital in England. So, he put his hand in different activities and that's why he is a versatile and experienced person. S. Maugham was critical of the morals, the narrow-mindedness and hypocrisy of bourgeois society. Such novels as "Of Human Bondage", "The Moon and Sixpence", "The Theatre" and others came under his pen. He was also the master of