 The main character of a literary work  A character or force against which another character struggles.

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 The main character of a literary work

 A character or force against which another character struggles.

 fictional character in a story with whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, if not necessarily admire.

 Fictional character in a story who is unpleasant and difficult to like

 A contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and in literature.

 a character is ignorant of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters

 the opposite of what is expected occurs.

 characters say the opposite of what they mean.

 An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.

 A set of conflicts and crises that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climax.

 A character with many personality traits (many details given)

 A character with few personality traits (few details given)

 A character that does not change personality, beliefs, ideas, etc. throughout the work

 a character that experiences some type of change during the course of the story due to events

 Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story.

 A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, usually resolved by the end of the work. The conflict may occur within a character as well as between characters.

 Conflict that occurs within a character

 Conflict against forces outside of a character

 A character has trouble deciding what action to take.  This type of conflict deals with right and wrong.

 A character has a problem with the law, school, accepted behavior, etc

 A character struggles with the elements of nature.

 The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work

 In the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution.

 The idea of a literary work abstracted from its details of language, character, and action, and cast in the form of a generalization.

 The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story

 The resolution of the plot of a literary work.