Characterization Questions (and pictures of the pages from the textbook)

There are pictures of the  "Characterization" chapter in your textbook if you forgot to take yours home.  Click on the pics at the bottom and do your best to read it!  Note: all pictures are from:
Arp, Thomas R., ed. "Characterization." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, & Sense. 10th ed. Boston: Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning, MA. 161-65. Print.

 

AP Literature-- Characterization:

Read the chapter on Characterization in your AP textbook (p. 161-165), and use it to answer the questions below.  Type out your answers on a separate sheet of paper.  2-3 sentences should be sufficient for most questions.

1.)    The text states: "Such fiction offers an exciting opportunity to observe human nature in all its complexity and multiplicity. It enables us to know people, to understand them, and to develop compassion for them in a way we might not do without reading serious fiction" (162). Do you agree? Does Dostoyevsky accomplish this with Raskolnikov? (Do you know him, understand him, feel compassion for him?)  Explain why or why not you think so.

2.)     Is Raskolnikov's character primarily revealed directly or indirectly? Is he dramatized?  How do you know?

3.)    The text states, "Good fiction follows three other principles of characterization. First, the characters are consistent in their behavior: they do not behave one way on one occasion and a different way on another unless there is a clear and sufficient reason for the change" (163). Is Raskolnikov's behavior consistent?

4.)    What are some of Raskolnikov's main motivations for committing the murder? Is there one that seems foremost?

5.)    Who are C&P's flat characters?

6.)    Who are the round characters?

7.)    Are there any stock characters?

8.)    Which characters are static? Which are developing/dynamic?

9.)     Where are moments of epiphany in C&P?

10.)   Examine the three conditions of a convincing change of character, listed on p. 165. Does Raskolnikov's character change meet these qualifications?