Sympathetic Characters

There are some key elements that serve to make a character sympathetic:

1. Hotness Physical Description – audiences/readers tend to sympathize with characters who are attractive.

2. Altruism The unselfish concern for the welfare of others makes a character more sympathetic.

3. Victim A character who is the victim of suffering, whether physical or emotional, evokes sympathy.

4. Saviour This character is admired because they take action against suffering of someone else.

5. Sacrifice A character who is willing to give up something important (riches, power, position, freedom, life) for a moral cause will almost always get sympathy.

6. Active Character If a character just reacts to events, he/she is considered weak. However, if the character pursues some plan, need, dream or hope he/she is more sympathetic

7. Morality If the character has noble characteristics such as courage, compassion, loyalty, honesty etc, an audience will find him/her more sympathetic

8. Intelligence Brain power is always admired.

9. Flaws A character should be flawed so readers/audiences can relate to him/her.

10. Loved by Someone Else If a character is loved by someone else, it means that character is worthy of love.