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2889753105Protagonistthe leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.0
2889759317Antagonistthe adversary of the hero or protagonist.1
2889763542Plotthe main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.2
2889763543Point of Viewthe position from which something or someone is observed.3
2889775997Narratora person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.4
2889777888Flat Charactertwo-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.5
2889780864Round Charactercomplex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.6
2889786567Soliloquyan act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.7
2889788767Monologueis any speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person.8

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