What is characterisation?
Characterisation is the way writers create characters and make them believable. When writing about texts, it is easy to treat characters as real people. Try to remember that the author is creating characters using language.
Think about the set of characters in a text:
- What are the characters like? How do you know this?
- What do the characters say (The words said by a character in a story or play. )?
- What do the characters do?
- How are they described?
- How are they seen by other characters?
Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice are widely recognised fictional characters