#round character

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I tried to create a simple round character just blinking. I´m not absoñutely happy with the result but I´m trying to post everything to track how my drawing is evolving

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Round Characters vs. Flat Characters

Round characters have their motives, background, personality, and other features fully developed. 

Examples of round characters are: 

Severus Snape (The Harry Potter series) 

Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)

Spock (The Original Star Trek)

A flat character doesn't really have motives, background, or much of a personality. They have an easily recognizable character type and serve some narrative purpose of the author. 

Examples of flat characters are: 

the "red shirts" (The Original Star Trek)

Isabella Swan (Twilight)

Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)

It's important to note that although round characters are usually dynamic and flat characters are usually static, you can have a round, static character or a flat, dynamic character. They often go together, but NOT ALWAYS.

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Edward Morgan Forster recognized this in 1927 by distinguishing flat and round characters (Rimmon-Kenan 40). According to Forster flat characters are similar to caricatures and can be expressed in one sentence since they are constructed around a single idea or quality. Forster continues by claiming that flat characters are easily remembered by the reader because they do not develop throughout the novel.

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