Characters in A Raisin in the Sun
Characterization in A Raisin in the Sun
Directions: Complete the chart below. Assignment must be typed.
• Static Character: one who does not change much in the course of a story
• Dynamic Character: changes as a result of the story’s events
• Flat Character: has only one or two traits and no depth
• Round Character: is like a real person, has many different character traits, which sometimes contradict one another.
• Dramatic foil: a character that contrasts with the protagonist and keeps the protagonist from achieving his/her goals.
| |Quest/Conflicts |Characterization |Dynamic or Static? Flat or round? Foil? |
|Character |What is the character’s quest(s) and conflicts (internal and/or|For each character, include 3-4 insightful words or phrases that |Explain whether the character is static or dynamic, flat or |
| |external) that block the quest(s)? Did the conflicts/quests |describe the character. (Literal facts are only appropriate if they |round. Compare and contrast earlier moments with the ending. |
| |change? How? |are very important.) Include 2 quotes (correctly cited) as evidence to|What does change and does this make the character dynamic? Is |
| | |support the traits. Identify the speaker of the quote. Cite each |the character a foil? To whom and why? |
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