Narrators and Characters

is aware of what is true and untrue within a story. The reliable narrator is also to inform the reader what is taking place in the story. The reliable narrator is trustworthy.

Usually, the 3rd person omniscient narrator to be truthful and knowledgeable.

• Reliable Narrator

• Unreliable Narrator

is a narrator that is not trustworthy. The unreliable narrator will present the reader with bias information. Which can cause an untruthful narrative voice... tend to be in 1st person, so that means that narrator is likely not perceiving events or other characters accurately.

*Also, the unreliable narrator can be crazy

• Reliable Narrator

• Unreliable Narrator

The character in the story that restores harmony. The character solves the problem, saves the day, despite the odds being against them.

• The Hero

• The Anti-Hero

• The Mother Figure

• ​This character's task is to protect the main character. For example, Teacher, counselor, father/ mother figure.

• The Damsel in Distress

• The Mentor

• The Seductress

As a minor character the fool often provides comic relief and is optimistic that everything will turn out well.

For example:

Nemo

Olaf

Dory

• The Fool

• The Trickster

• The Dopplegamg

Often embodies negative characteristic such as greed . The opposite of the hero.

• The Shapeshifter

• The Hero

• The Villain

• The Fool

A duplicate or shadow character. It represents the evil side of the character's personality.

• The Hero

• The Doppel Ganger

• The Trickster

• ​Represent something we encounter in life.

• Can be things, settings, ​situations, pesonalities.​

• ​Serve to send a message on how to act.

• You probably already know a lot of them.

• Archetypes

• Reliable Narrator

• Unreliable Narrtor