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INTERVIEW WITH SALLY SMITH O' ROURKE + GIVEAWAY OF.

AUTHOR GUEST POST AND GREAT GIVEAWAY: BETH MASSEY.

ROUND CHARACTERS AND FLAT CHARACTERS IN JANE AUSTE.

they bring the variety of real life within the pages of a book, performing both comic and tragic roles.

their personality is modified by experience, they are likely to influence the development of the story, and are fit to surprise the reader in a convincing way.

they pass through the crucial events of the story and are remembered by the reader in connection with those scenes.Round characters are more complex and have more than one facet, like human beings: They may become boring when they perform tragically.

Just think of Miss Bates, Mr Woodhouse or Mr Collins. Flat characters are best when they are comic. Whatever she does and wherever she goes, she remains the same. The business of her life was to get her daughters married its solace was visiting and news. When she was discontented she fancied herself nervous.

She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. Flat characters can be easily presented in a few sentences as in the case of Mrs Bennet in Pride and Prejudice: As a matter of fact, the author can use them to create a particular atmosphere inside a complex narrative frame. However, this does not mean they are always artistically inferior to round characters. They are easy to recognize and do not develop throughout the story, even if they experience different relationships and situations. Flat characters, which can also be called 'types' or ' caricatures', are built around a single psychological trait or quality.

Flat and round characters