Character Analysis Profile

Save heaps of time with this character analysis profile for any text, designed especially for novel, play and literary studies in high school / secondary English.

This eleven-page, reusable resource includes:

1. Character brainstorm and mindmap
2. Understanding characterisation through appearance, speech, actions and relationships.
3. Character motivation and responses to major plot events.
4. Conflict and obstacles
5. Character attitudes, values and beliefs.
6. Character quiz and questioning.
7. Character day-in-the-life-of
8. Complex characterisation

The character analysis profile also includes definitions and examples of the following literary terms:

• characterisation, character, protagonist, antagonist, foil
• motivation, motive, obstacle
• conflict, internal conflict, external conflict
• narrative, plot
• attitude, value, belief
• reality, perception and complex characterisation

I have used this character analysis profile successfully with: The Giver, The Book Thief, Frankenstein, The Great Gatsby, Jasper Jones, Fahrenheit 451, Pride and Prejudice, Othello, Macbeth, The Tempest, 1984 and Animal Farm.

This product is also available on Google Doc / Google Drive.

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