Question

In three to five complete sentences, explain how authors use characterization to support theme in literature.

Answer 1

@e.mccormick

Answer 2

@Luigi0210

Answer 3

OK, do you understand the term?

Answer 4

characterization is the traits and actions of the character

Answer 5

Hmm, I would say it is the process of describing them.

Answer 6

ok, sorry

Answer 7

No, no. You said the key points and that is important.

OK, so lets say the theme of the story is revenge. The characterization could be used to describe how this mild person was suddenly changed by drastic events and now they are out for revenge.

Answer 8

yes, very true.

Answer 9

the theme is like the moral of the story right?

Answer 10

So say Hamlet in Hamlet. He starts out sullen and others characterize him as just being morose. But from the instant he meets the ghost in the start, he is changing and this is reflected in how he is presented to the audience. His demeanor and clothing change. He is no longer the prince in black who mourns his father but becomes more the warrior out to do "justice" as he sees it.

Answer 11

The theme is not the moral. It is the key idea, and there are usually sub ideas. So love, friendship, war, things like that.

Answer 12

A moral, in contrast, is something that is taught. So in the theme of revenge in Hamlet, the moral at the end could be said that revenge did not really pay off because everyone died.

Answer 13

oh, okay

Answer 14

So characterization effects theme by displaying the characters traits and actions. What the character says and does is the story?

Answer 15

i just don't know what to write for this

Answer 16

I would say it is more like the characterization supports or exhibits the theme. If the theme is war, then people might have a military demeanor or clothes. If the theme is love, they might swoon or blush.

Answer 17

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