1. Characterization How do we learn about characters in literature and how does their depiction relate to a universal theme or human nature?

2. What they say and how they say it?

3. What they do or how they act

4. What they think (interior monologue)

5. What they have or wear?

6. Where they are; where they travel; where they feel comfortable or distressed?

7. The people with whom they associate

8. What other characters say about them

9. What the author directly tells us about them (authorial intrusion)

10. Types of Charater Flat- one dimensional-single dominant trait stereotypical Round- complex- multi-dimensional Static- changes little or not at all as a result of conflicts Dynamic- changes as response to conflicts

11. Archetypal characters= embody a universal human experience- become like a symbol b/c we recognize the type. For example… The siren or temptress The rebel The hag or shrew The mother earth The mentor The blind seer The threshold guardian The hero- Or anti- hero The noble savage The innocent The villain The devil The outcast