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Character Revelation Techniques in Literature

This document discusses several techniques writers use to reveal characters in stories, including showing a character through their actions, describing a character's physical appearance, reconstructing a character's special setting, presenting a character through how others see them, using dialogue or monologue, and focusing on a character's unique behaviors. It provides examples from classic novels like Moby Dick, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to illustrate how authors have successfully employed these character revelation methods.

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Character Revelation Techniques in Literature

This document discusses several techniques writers use to reveal characters in stories, including showing a character through their actions, describing a character's physical appearance, reconstructing a character's special setting, presenting a character through how others see them, using dialogue or monologue, and focusing on a character's unique behaviors. It provides examples from classic novels like Moby Dick, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to illustrate how authors have successfully employed these character revelation methods.

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Character

Devices Used to Reveal a


Character
The ability to reveal character
is one the most important skills
required in writing stories.
Showing a character
through action
Showing a character through action
Moby Dick by Herman Melvile
(Year)
Description
of Physical
Appearance
Description of Physical Appearance
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Reconstruction
of the subject’s
special setting
Reconstruction of the subject’s special
setting
Presenting character
through the eyes
of the others
Presenting character through the eyes of the others
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Presenting the character through a dialogue or monologue
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Focus on the subject’s
idiosyncratic behavior
Focus on the subject’s idiosyncratic behavior
End

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