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Flat character
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A character you know very little about but who plays a key role
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Static character
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A character who either does not change or is incapable of change
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Round character
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A character who is well-developed; you know a lot about him or her
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Antagonist
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Person or thing preventing the main character from doing what he/she wants to do
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Drama
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Prose or verse intended to be acted out
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Dramatis personae
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The characters or persons in a play
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Comedy
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A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better, and end happily ever after
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Protagonist
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The main character of a literary work
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Soliloquy
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A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage
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Aside
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Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play
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Stage directions
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A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play, for example gestures or sound effects
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Narrator
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The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author
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Props
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Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play
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Dynamic character
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A character who is capable of change
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Monologue
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A long speech by a single character without another character's response
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