the person or force that opposes or competes against the protagonist

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 time and place of the story’s action

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

a character who does not change

the sequence of events in a literary work

the author directly states the character’s traits

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

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

the main character in a literary work

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