What do you call an important character?

main character; protagonist; leading actor; principal person; principal character; hero; principal figure; main actor.

What are the 8 types of characters?

The different types of characters include protagonists, antagonists, dynamic, static, round, flat, and stock. They can both fit into more than one category and change from one category to another throughout the course of a story.

Is a deuteragonist a supporting character?

Deuteragonists are second in importance behind the protagonist, and many serve supporting roles as a friend, sidekick, mentor, sibling, love interest, and so on. Deuteragonists can also serve as the antagonist who opposes the main character, or they can be a neutral party.

What is a supporting character called?

deuteragonist
The deuteragonist often acts as a constant companion to the protagonist or someone who continues actively aiding a protagonist. The deuteragonist may switch between supporting and opposing the protagonist, depending on their own conflict or plot.

What is a less important character called?

A flat character is someone we don’t need to know anything about. They’re in one scene, maybe two. They don’t really help to move the story along, but they do help your protagonist with something or other.

What is an dynamic character?

(If we were talking computer talk, we’d say that inside this program that term is “reserved.”) In talk about literature, the term “dynamic character” means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.

What is the third most important character called?

tritagonist
In literature, the tritagonist or tertiary main character (from Ancient Greek: τριταγωνιστής, romanized: tritagōnistḗs, lit. ‘third actor’) is the third most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and deuteragonist.

Can you have multiple Deuteragonists?

So can you write a story with more than one main character? The short answer is: yes. You can write your novel any way you like, so long as it works in practice. Many writers, especially those writing in genres such as fantasy and sci-fi, have multiple main characters in their novels.