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	Character Development in Fiction
		Dynamic Characters are characters that change (internally, not necessarily physically) in the course of the story, generally as a result of a lesson they've learned, some insight they've developed, or a truth they've discovered.
		The main character in a story or novel is usually a protagonist, that is someone who is trying to solve a problem or accomplish a goal.
		While writers tend to take advantage of this relationship between reader and main character to force readers to examine certain ideas or issues, which may or may not be relevant to the main theme, the reader/main character relationship always provides a unique angle on the main theme, too.
	www.nemontel.net /~rorock/character_development_in_fiction.html (1155 words)

	Fictional character - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some 18th and 19th century texts, on the other hand, represent characters' names by the use of a single letter and a long dash (this convention is also used for other proper nouns, such as place names).
		Minor characters, or stock characters, are often the focus of this kind of analysis since they tend to rely more heavily on stereotypes than more central characters.
		The protagonist (main character, sometimes known as the "hero" or the "heroine") of a novel is certain to be a round character; a minor, supporting character in the same novel may be a flat character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fictional_character (2672 words)

	Creating Original Characters, Themes, and Visual Metaphors for Your Digital Short Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Figure 2.3 My main Bigfoot character Ezzie's plot goal is to pass her vision quest, so she can stay with her tribe and not be banished to wander alone in the forest forever.
		A character who has a very negative inner dialogue with a cheerful outer attitude could be shown to be in conflict by using a separate, softer soundtrack for the inner voice on top of the normal dialogue at key moments.
		At 10, the character's parents divorced, the character's mother moved away to a strange place with the character, and the character never again felt a sense of "belonging." At 21, the character had a vision of their life purpose and remains focused on achieving this at all costs.
	www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=174318 (7988 words)

	Main Characters Blooming Here!
		The main character also has some family members who encourage her by telling her she is capable of doing anything she decides to do.
		Teacher tells students that the main character in a story is not always a person and that they will be listening to a story where an animal is the main character.
		Students are instructed to listen to the story for the purpose of identifying the main character and some of the traits that describe that main character.
	www.glc.k12.ga.us /BuilderV03/lptools/lpshared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp=&LPID=7361 (1182 words)

	Book Review: Real Time
		The main characters are symbols of a greater struggle and also witnesses to something that seems to go on without end.
		With a couple notable exceptions, the majority of the main characters (and they are a large handful) are teen-agers, giving the teen-aged reader an added level of relevance.
		The main benefit of the book is to put the reader in the hearts and minds of the characters portrayed and see through their eyes, ears, and thoughts a real world that is likely far different from their own experience.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/bookreviews/reviewrealtime.htm (425 words)

	MMORPG.COM - The Chronicle : Developer Journal #1
		Main characters are offered a wide variety of advantages, like an increase in attribute and skill advancement rates and caps, access to powerful new abilities, and epic quests.
		Main characters are also the only ones that can form and lead guilds, hold rank in NPC factions, and own land for developing.
		Main characters will never be able to predict or rely on the second chance system, which keeps the risk high enough to justify all of the benefits they enjoy.
	www.mmorpg.com /gamelist.cfm/gameId/196/setView/features/loadFeature/179 (1366 words)

	CGTalk - In Game Main Characters
		All characters should be evaluated to determine their polygon requirements based on their needs and how close they will be seen on screen etc.
		For instance, right now I'm working on a game where you only see the main character from the back 90% of the time, and the times you do see his front are real quick.
		So the main character is about 2700 polys, and the enemies and NPCs are all about 4000 or 5000.
	forums.cgsociety.org /printthread.php?t=152455 (356 words)

	Genre Form decision tree
		II The form is dominated by the relation of the main characters to the larger physical or social environment
		The form is dominated by the relation of the main characters to the larger physical or social environment
		The other characters are fundamentally alien to at least one of the main characters
	www.umich.edu /~genreevo/gftree.htm (364 words)

	tip1.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This discussion will expand on the role of the secondary characters and how they may be used to help a character resolve his or her conflicts.
		When this is the case, the main character may in the course of the story encounter people who represent the different points of view involved in the decision.
		In this case, the character becomes the antagonist and represents a different point of view than that of the main character.
	www.lindahopelee.com /tip1.html (730 words)

	Dummies::Creating Exceptional Main Characters for Children's Books
		They want their main characters to be prettier or uglier, more evil or sweeter, nobler or meaner, braver or more fearful than real people are.
		Giving your main character a set of physical attributes is important, but what makes a great character is all the quirks and desires and emotions that comprise a human being.
		A character bible is a type of character outline, in which everything about your character is laid out in one place so one can find answers to many questions about the character's personality and desires.
	www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-3201,subcat-LANGUAGE.html (936 words)

	Because of Mama:Storytelling/Characters
		As Robert McKee points out, a well-developed character needs to have dimension, and dimension means contradiction in the interior life of a character.
		Macbeth's character rests on an internal conflict: he is ambitious, and he is guilty.
		You may not have the screen time to develop these characters on the page, but this is all the more reason that the characters need to be well-developed in your own mind.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~shortflm/process/characters.html (749 words)

	Characters - Homestar Runner Wiki
		Characters that appear now and then, but aren't quite part of the inner cadre of Free Country, USA's leading citizens.
		Characters from the original Homestar Runner storybook or in that style.
		These characters exist in their own sub-universes within the framework of the Homestar Runner universe proper, and rarely interact with the main universe.
	www.hrwiki.org /index.php/Characters (479 words)

	Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For supporting characters it is important to consider their relationship to the main characters.
		Character growth can be subtle as in the case of Godai from Maisson Ikkoku whose overall personality doesn’t really change much from the beginning to the end of the anime, but he does seem to gain some maturity along the way.
		Character exploration is the main type of character development used in anime.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~rsekiya/anime/characters.html (1198 words)

	SparkNotes: Waiting for Godot: Characters
		He seems to be the more responsible and mature of the two main characters.
		Estragon - The second of the two main characters.
		His name are character are often thought to refer to God, changing the play's title and subject to Waiting for Godot.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/godot/characters.html (300 words)

	Dramatica Theory Book - Chapter 13: Domain Descriptions
		Also in each case, all of the characters in the story will be affected by the same situation, which is the definition of the problem when seen from the "they" point of view, like that of the general on the hill watching the battle.
		Such a character might be suffering from a prejudice, haunted by a suppressed memory, or unable to shake a crush on the kid down the street.
		As an example, if a Main Character were handicapped, during the duration of the story the audience members would also feel handicapped, suffering the problems this creates as if it were a problem in their own lives.
	storymind.com /dramatica/dramatica_theory_book/chapter_13.html (2503 words)

	Through the two main characters of Rhodaand Gertrude the writer allows the reader to know his opinion on gender ...
		Through the two main characters of Rhodaand Gertrude the writer allows the reader to know his opinion on gender equality at the time.
		Below is a short sample of the essay "Through the two main characters of Rhodaand Gertrude the writer allows the reader to know his opinion on gender equality at the time.".
		Up to this point the writer doesn't prompt much sympathy for the character of Rhoda as she is construed as bitter and slightly vindictive, yet after the event we see a softer side to her.
	www.coursework.info /i/39066.html (436 words)

	TV.com Forums - Main characters that have been killed?
		The main character from the Anime Berserk dies and it's quite tragic.
		On Miami Vice the character of Zito was murdered.
		Speed from CSI:Miami was another main character that was killed off because the actor claimed that he couldn't take the grind of a weekly TV show.
	www.tv.com /general-tv-discussion/main-characters-that-have-been-killed/topic/102-644001/msgs.html (788 words)

	JiffyNotes: Hamlet: Summary: Main Characters
		The famous German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, in his The Birth of Tragedy, had this to say about Hamlet's character in 1872: "Dionysiac man might be said to resemble Hamlet; both have looked into the true nature of things; they have understood and are now loathe to act.
		Horatio would much prefer to commit suicide, as Roman servants routinely did when their masters were killed, but Hamlet convinces him to live on and act as witness to the world.
		He is intended to be a character foil to Hamlet, so their personalities and actions are almost always diametrically opposed.
	www.studyworld.com /studyworld_studynotes/jnotes/Hamlet/MainCharacters.html (1680 words)

	Resource Centre: 100 Things to do with Books [English Online]
		Invite one character to dinner and write a note of explanation to your mother.
		Invite three celebrities to a party for the main character and explain your choice.
		Explain what the main character would be least likely to do and why.
	english.unitecnology.ac.nz /resources/resources/books.html (1186 words)

	Elizabeth Noerdlinger and the Main Characters
		So it is especially fitting that the clay artists take a look at themselves and others near and dear in a show titled “Main Characters,” to be held from Feb. 9 to Mar. 13, 2005 at the quaint gallery in Redwood City.
		Susan Wolf’s cast of Main characters will be comprised of a “Well Known Potter and Ceramic Sculptor;” a “Mildly Eccentric Bookmaker/Ceramist;” the “Local Folk Potter;” a “More that Mildly Eccentric Sculptor,” and the “Resident Raku Man.” Wolf has been working in a “Fish” theme of late, so her works will probably have scales.
		Nina Koepcke’s characters will be women (mostly artists) that have meaning for her and for the art she makes; Picasso’s housekeeper with a dove on her head, Francoise Gilot (in dress form), Nina is also showing humorous takes on four of the Main Gallery artists.
	www.themaingallery.org /exhibitions/mainch05.html (609 words)

	Yu-Gi-Oh! main characters -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Japanese names in Western order (given name before family name) are listed first and the (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English (Any of various resins or oleoresins) anime names are listed second, when applicable.
		anime, and a minor character in the manga.
		Miho doesn't appear in the Duel Monsters anime, which, along with the manga, was released in North America and Europe.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yu/yu-gi-oh_main_characters2.htm (1725 words)

	Dramatica Theory FAQs
		You can have a Main Character point of view that seems to float from one character to another -- the bodies change but their take on the world around them is the same.
		If you are telling a story about a Main Character who is primarily seen in terms of his physical activities, that is a completely different kind of story than one about a Main Character who is seen primarily in terms of their Psychological manipulations of others.
		Remember that the Main Character presents the first person view of what it feels like to be in your story while the Obstacle Character is always felt by their impact on the Main Character (and thus, by the audience).
	www.dramatica.com /theory/theory_faqs/storyforming_faq.html (4554 words)

	Your Rubric
		The main characters are named and clearly described (through words and/or actions).
		The main characters are named and described (through words and/or actions).
		It is fairly easy for the audience to understand what problem the main character(s) face and but it is not clear why it is a problem.
	www.lausd.k12.ca.us /Nightingale_MS/Pages/Resources/Rubrics/Rubrics_Cklists/rubrics/storytelling.htm (968 words)

	A WAY WITH WORDS #1
		Actually, those are the *main* characters in a story.
		You may have a main character well in mind even before creating a world, but if not, your world-building can help you find one.
		A good character comes from a good world, and in turn lets people experience their life in that world.
	www.seventhsanctum.com /www/column/WayWorld1.html (736 words)

	Pokémon (anime) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main series tells the story of Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) and his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
		The main episodes are stories that star various recurring characters that appear in Pocket Monsters, some of which account for discontinuities of the plot of Advanced Generation.
		Much of the dialogue in the short is done in the Pokémon language, which consists of grunting (for larger Pokémon) or stating the name of the Pokémon, and most of the intelligible dialogue (monologue?) excluding the narration is performed by Meowth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pok%c3%a9mon_(anime) (3870 words)

	Defining the Main Character in stories with multiple narrators
		I believe that the mistake of the Main Character identification with the public was first introduced by Aristotle (or by someone who translated him badly from the original Greek) and was coined by the 18th century critics.
		So, the main character identification, doesn't come from a character that resembles oneself, or one that acts like oneself or about who is the narrator.
		Here the main character has all the wrong ideas and acts in the worst of ways, so you need many points of view (the movie has about ten narrators) to understand all the implications of the problem.
	storymind.com /dramatica/questions_and_answers/defining_main_characters.htm (970 words)

	Characters
		I thought it'd be cool to write down the characters in each of the stories I was writing, but then reality hit me twice.
		For one, I don't know all of the characters in each of the stories yet, and two- they're supposed to merely be background stories to the background characters.
		But, for now, this is for the main characters, and their various fleets of subcharacters.
	members.tripod.com /silent_windrider/id31.htm (177 words)

	Screenwriting Central - Script Magazine \| The Screenwriting Magazine
		But out of the fifteen, and as my story progresses I only have the "four or five" main characters, and the rest of the characters introduced are supporting characters.
		At the end of act one there is a celebration that sets my story in motion, and I needed to have meaningful characters in the pub.
		I have read "the writer's journey" by Chris Vogler and he defines the Hero/Main character as the character as the one who learns the most in a story.
	www.scriptmag.com /dcforum/DCForumID13/97.html (208 words)

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