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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Composition and literature

what is a character analysis?
  

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I would take it as applying to a work of fiction which is about people. It would look at one particular individual, and attempt to describe what makes him special, and how he relates to the other characters, and his importance in the plot. ")

  • I would take it as applying to a work of fiction which is about people.
  • It would look at one particular individual, and attempt to describe what makes him special, and how he relates to the other characters, and his importance in the plot.
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I would take it as applying to a work of fiction which is about people. It would look at one particular individual, and attempt to describe what makes him special, and how he relates to the other characters, and his importance in the plot. I would not restrict it to a discussion of his "character."

(I'm distinguishing between "character analysis" and "a character a
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Generally speaking, a character analysis is a discussion of a character in a piece of literature such as a novel. The discussion is often organized in terms of the characteristics that this fictitious person exhibits during the course of the literary work. Was he/she bold? Shy? Aggressive? Retiring? Gentle? Understanding? Cooperative? Religious? Easily angered? Greedy? Generous? Dema

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