


When we talk about flat characters and round characters, what we mean is that there is a difference - or some kind of distinction - between characters who are superficial, predictable, or otherwise not very sophisticated - we usually call these characters flat- and, on the other hand, round characters: characters that have a certain kind of depth or complexity.Īnd the question is: What exactly is this depth? What makes a round character more interesting or more complex? If we look at a very famous narrative - let’s take for example the very first Star Wars movie - Episode 4, A New Hope, 1977 - we can see that Luke Skywalker, for example, is a good character. Click HERE for Spanish Transcript)īy Gilad Elbom, Oregin State Senior Lecturer in English What is a Flat Character vs a Round Character? Transcript (Spanish and English Subtitles Available in Video.

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