Contemporary classifications of fictional characters

Character, action and plotclassifications of characters.Other classifications of characters.These considerations can be described as ontological, as they touch on the origins of characters.To understand characters, readers tend to resort to their knowledge about real people.However, this should not be understood to mean that characters are self-contained.Flat characters are simple: they have only one or two traits.They are closer to actual persons than flat characters.Rimmon-Kenan has criticised the division into flat and round characters in written narratives.Reference to genre, the presence of real characters my be limited to certain genres.Classification of characters involves those who are static and those who are developing.