the time and place of the story’s action

it is up to the reader to draw conclusions about the character based on indirect information such as dialogue, action, thoughts or other characters

the sequence of events in a literary work

the main character in a literary work

a character who does not change

a character who develops or changes through the course of the story.

the author directly states the character’s traits

a character seen in only one way; only one side of the personality is revealed

a character who shows many different traits, faults as well as virtues

the person or force that opposes or competes against the protagonist

the ordinary form of written language that occurs in two forms: fiction and non-fiction