Though a short story usually focuses on one main character, we know that it is almost impossible to delete all the minor characters as they also play an important role in the story. ... The boy's uncle is another minor character who influences the boy's character. ... As I have pointed out above, the minor characters have an important function in creating and developing the traits of the main character, the boy. It is the existence of the minor characters that delivers the story more accurately. ... In short, through the minor characters the author conveys a stronger image of th...

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Readers do not tend to notice the importance of minor characters and how they help the main character through the story in multiple ways. In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the actions and words of the minor characters, such as the Ghost, Horatio, and the gravedigger, play a crucial part to the development of the play's plot and themes. ... Shakespeare also creates the character Horatio. ... Another important minor character that is overlooked is the gravedigger that was digging Ophelia's grave when Hamlet and Horatio returned. ... The role of minor characters are ...

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The Role Of Minor Characters Many minor characters played very important roles that influenced the outcome of the play to occur. ... The most important minor character that has influenced the final tragedy of the play was Friar Lawrence. The roles that these characters play set the mood, influences the ending and reveals important information about themselves or other characters. ... The Minor Character that has affected this play the most is Friar Lawrence. ... These minor characters affected the play in different ways. ...

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Minor Characters Minor characters are an important aspect in "Young Goodman Brown." ... Throughout the entirety of the story, these minor characters appear for short periods of time. ... These two points are what adds to the mystery of the minor characters. ... The minor characters act just as they did before his dream, but now he does not believe anything they do. ... The minor characters definitely get that message across to Young Goodman Brown. ...

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The Importance of Minor Characters in Beowulf Even small things have a purpose. For example in epics, minor characters can be as essential as the main characters. ... Wiglaf's character adds loyalty and tradition to the epic. ... Though playing a minor role, Hrothgar's character proves to be significant. ... These characters contribute as much to the epic as the main character. ...

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My presentation is going to focus on the minor characters that make up the cast of 1984 written by George Orwell. Each character has an important part to play as the story would not be whole or complete with out the minor characters. The role of these minor characters creates the surroundings or environment that makes for an interesting and complete story. ... To understand the importance of how each of the minor characters contribute to the plot I will use an analogy, this being that each person, no matter how small a role they may play is like a part in an engine. ... A number of p...

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Minor characters do not undergo a transformation in the course of the play. ... The appearances of minor characters on stage contribute significantly to the atmosphere of the play. ... Eunice is the most major' among the minor characters. ... From the examples above, it could be seen that minor characters contribute greatly to the play. ... The importance of minor characters in A Streetcar Named Desire is unquestionable. ...

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Minor Characters Verses Major Characters The minor characters of Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins, and Pearl in The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne play significant roles to the overall theme of the novel. ... Although they are minor characters, they are significant to the major characters and most importantly to the novel. ... However, Pearl possesses a complex character. ... Although little information is given about the minor characters throughout the Novel, the information that can be gathered about them shows that without the minor ...

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In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird minor characters are utilised to explore major themes throughout the novel. ... Characters within the text all experience prejudice in their lives; some are prejudiced and some are recipients of prejudice. ... Aunt Alexandra is one of the most prejudice characters included in the novel, and is not only prejudiced against one group of people but many. ... The theme of prejudice is also channelled through the minor character of Aunt Alexandra. ... Minor characters throughout Harper Lee's To Kill a Micking Bird are used to explore the theme of preju...

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Duncan, King of Scotland, is one of the lesser major characters in this play but plays an important role in emphasizing and clarifying Macbeth's character. Duncan, even though he has only a little part in the beginning of the play, he affects Macbeth's character. ... Though how minor a character, one can argue that Duncan made a difference in Macbeth's further actions till his death. ...

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Importance of Minor Characters A minor character in a short story often plays an important role. Amy Tan proves this in the short story "Two Kinds". Mr. Chong, the old, strange and deaf music teacher plays a very small role, yet is so vital in this story. Suyuan, Jing-Mei's mother, has alway...

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In Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, there is a wide array of characters ranging from major and very important to the plot to minor and has almost no importance to the story. For example, some could argue Alyona Ivanovna, the pawnbroker, as either a major or minor character. Some would say that she is a major character because of the fact her murder was basis of the entire novel and what ultimately lead to Raskolnikov's demise. ...

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In this paper, I shall begin to sketch a Deweyan account of the central virtues of character. ... Following Gary Watson's suggestion,(4) we may say that what sets a virtue ethic apart from other types of theory is that it (1) assigns explanatory priority to character in its account of moral good and (2) offers an account of the traits of character - or virtues - which make for good character and action. ... "(6) The acts we choose are a function of the characters we have. ... First, he stops short of giving character the sort of explanatory primacy that virtue theorists typically do. .....

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The minor characters in Macbeth are important to the overall plot of the play. ... Although he is a minor character, if it wasn't for him people wouldn't know the situations that occur throughout the play. ... These three Characters, rather they lead to the death of Macbeth, pushed him to do things or relied messages to him, helped make the play of Macbeth a great masterpiece....

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Two Minor characters that greatly affect Hamlet in this play are Laertes and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern". Hamlet acts different when he is around them and develops into the ruthless person he has to be if he wishes to kill Claudius and take the crown that is rightfully his. Rosencrantz and Guilde...

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In the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the playwright leaves no doubt that Brutus is the main character in Act II. ... Next, Brutus is a main character because of his many soliloquies in the act. ... Brutus is undoubtedly the main character in Act II. ... Second, he gives the soliloquies in the act, which is usually a sign in a play of who is a main character. Finally, Brutus is the character affected by internal conflict the most in this act, and that usually happens to the lead roles, or is not emphasized as much in minor ones....

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Polonius, in Hamlet, is a minor character whose deceitful ways show the audience that he is one of many characters who lack sincerity and integrity. ... These aspects of his character are exposed in his relationships with the King, Ophelia, and Laertes. ... Polonius, in Hamlet, is a minor character whose deceitful ways show the audience that he is one of many characters who lack sincerity and integrity. ...

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Lonely Marty Minor characters can often play major roles in the outcome of a play or tale. In Paddy Chayefsky's play Marty, there are several minor characters that contribute to Marty's life in a major way. ... With each interaction with one of these minor characters, the main character learns more about his situation, human nature, and perhaps even the opposite sex in general. ... This character represents the antithesis of what Marty's character stands for and provides a climax to the aforementioned foreshadowing and predictions made by other minor characters. ... These ...

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Lonely Marty Minor characters can often play major roles in the outcome of a play or tale. In Paddy Chayefsky's play Marty, there are several minor characters that contribute to Marty's life in a major way. ... With each interaction with one of these minor characters, the main character learns more about his situation, human nature, and perhaps even the opposite sex in general. ... This character represents the antithesis of what Marty's character stands for and provides a climax to the aforementioned foreshadowing and predictions made by other minor characters. ... These ...

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Without a supporting cast of characters, no story would ever be as good as it was with them. ... But he himself wasn't really all that deep or memorable of a character. ... Again though, you see major development in the secondary characters. ... The one scene in this story that I feels shows that supporting and minor characters are just as important as the main few, is the scene where Creon is talking to the Sentry who just was guarding his fallen brothers body. ... Its rare that you see such a minor character have such a large speaking role, but it goes to show you how pivotal even a sma...

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Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet, and Prince Escalus are minor characters that had a strong influence on the direction of the plot. Of the many minor characters that influenced the direction of the plot, Friar Laurence was the most significant. ... Therefore, Friar Laurence was a minor character that greatly affected the direction of the plot. ... Thus, Lord Capulet was a minor character that played a big role in influencing the direction of the plot. The third and final of the three minor characters that influenced the direction of the plot was Prince Escalus. ...

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There was one character named Mary Warren who is actually a minor character turns out to be one of the most important, dynamic characters. ... Mary Warren is a dynamic character for only a few pages, never- the less she is probably the most important to the purpose of the play. ...

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The minor transformations we take in as individuals can affect us in the most crucial of ways. The same thing goes for characters in plays; one change in them can alter the rest of the plot. ... One character who changes significantly and who is indisputably dynamic is Elizabeth Proctor. ... Another character that undeniably changes throughout the play is John Proctor. ... Either way it not only makes the characters more interesting but the play as well. ...

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The character is too selfish and unrespectable to be pitied. ... However, in Tess of D"Urbervilles, written by Thomas Hardy, the main character Tess, is a woman of true character. ... Even the most minor offense becomes a major incident. ... Thomas Hardy tells the story in such a way that it becomes next to impossible to dislike Tess, which cannot be said of many other classical characters. ...

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Some of the minor characters are Antonio, Borachio, Dogberry, Leonato, Conrade, Ursula, and Margaret. The main characters in a play have may lines in which they speak to each other. However, the minor characters rarely have big speaking parts. The only way one can get to know the minor characters is through their short conversations with the major characters. ... The interactions between minor and major characters are important because they give us clues on the personality and morality of all characters. ...

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