Stock Characters
What is a stock character?
Repeating characters that represent stereotypes, cliches, and social prejudices.
Name 3 elements of a Fairytale.
"Once upon a time", magic, the number 3, happily ever afters, talking animals/mythical creatures, kings & queens (royalty), lessons learned
What is the difference between Point-of-View and Perspective?
Point-of-View is who is telling the story and perspective is how they feel
What is characterization?
A description of a character including their personality.
What does it mean to fracture a fairytale?
To change it
Why should we care about stock characters?
Authors use stock characters to allow the reader to use his or her familiar ideas about a character type.
Name 3 differences between the Grim Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen.
1. Grimm Brothers- "Once upon a time"
2. Andersen- "Far far away"
3. Grimm Brothers- Happy endings for protagonist/ sad ending for antagonist
What does it mean to make an inference?
To make an educated guess based on using facts and details from the text
What is the difference between direct characterization and indirect characterization?
Direct characterization tells the reader about a character's personality whereas indirect characterization shows the reader a character's personality.
What does it mean to retell a story?
To paraphrase the story in your own words.
What is a stereotype?
Usually an oversimplified cultural attitude toward the way a person or group of people behaves in society.
Often has elements of prejudice or is used to justify beliefs that are not real but are still cultural conventions.
What are the 5 elements of plot?
1. Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What are the 5 types of narration?
The Omniscient Narrator
The Observer
The Protagonist
A Secondary Character
The Unreliable Narrator
How does Grethel influence the witch in the candy house?
She tells the witch how she does not know how to get in the oven, so the witch shows her.
What does it mean to relive a story?
To put more emphasis on characters and the plot
Name all of the stock character types and their character traits.
Princess- Royal, beautiful
Prince Charming- Brave, handsome
Evil Stepmother- Mean, Jealous
Weak father/foolish king- Absent, greedy
Fairy Godmother- Magical, helpful
Talking Animals- Guiding, helpful
What is an example of unrequitted love?
In the Steadfast Tin Solider he loved the little maiden, but she never noticed him.
In The Little Mermaid, Ariel fell in love with Prince Eric, but he never noticed her or realized who she really was.
In the Frog Prince, the frog loved the princess, but she never loved him back.
What is the difference between the omniscient narrator and the observer narrator?
The omniscient narrator witnesses the story but has no participation in the story. (S)he dictates what is happening and what characters are thinking and feeling.
The observer narrator witnesses the story and may have limited (or no) participation in the story. The first person observer chooses to add personal pronouns (I, me, myself) to inject commentary
How can the setting of a story influence a character's choices?
Different settings can influence characters' actions by causing them to make certain decisions that impact the plot based on the setting. The conflict is also affected by the character's decision which stems from the setting.
What does it mean to revise a story?
To rewrite the story and change different elements
Who plays the role of the weak father in the Golden Bird story & what are his character traits?
The king- greedy
What is the theme of the Frog Prince story. Support your answer with 1 example from the text.
"Keep your promises"- The king told the princess to keep her promise by letting the frog stay in the castle
"Never give up"- the frog was very persistent to get the princess to kiss him
What are some hints that a narrator may be unreliable?
They cannot be trusted to accurately convey the story. He or she is skewed. They are constantly changing up the story. Things don't add up or make sense. What they say confuses the narrator.
How is Little Red Cap influenced by the setting of the woods?
Little Red Cap gets distracted by the flowers in the woods because the wolf tells her how she should go pick them while he sneaks off to Granny's house.
What did we have to do for the PBA?
Fracture the Little Red Cap or Rapunzel story by changing the perspective.