27/8/2020
Hello Students, how
are you doing?
Below are model
unseen poetry
passage. Read it
and answer the questions on it.
I am the helpless fish
Frying in your bowl
of cooking oil.
You lean against the
kitchen wall
Smiling with the
thought of coming
feasts
But nature in time
will call
You”ll render account squatting
on your heels
Your hunger returns
with new demands
And l will not be there to
Feed the needs of
Recurrent appetite
Questions
- The theme of the
poem is………
A. fishing. B. hunger
C. oppression
D . hatred - “I am the helpless
fish”, in line 1
denotes the use
of …………
A. metaphor B . simile C. personification
D. oxymoron - “feed the needs….”, is an example of……..
A. internal rhyme
B. personification
C. repetition
D. alliteration - The tone of this
poem is ……….
A. celebratory
B. happy C. joyful
D. Melancholic - The poem is
written in the
form of……
A. a ballad
B. a panegyric poem
C. sonnet
D. a dramatic monologue
POEM
Death, be not proud,
though some have
called thee
Mighty and dreadful,
for thou act not so;
For those whom thou think”st thou
dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death,
nor yet canst thou
kill me .
From rest and sleep,
which but the pictures be ,
Much pleasure,then
from thee much more must flow ,
And soonest our best men with thee
do go ,
Rest of their bones ,
and soul”s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance,Kings ,
and desperate men ,
And dost with poison, war, and
sickness dwell,
And Poppy or charms can make
us sleep as well
And better than thy
stroke;why swell”st
thou then?
One short sleep past,we wake eternally
And death shall be
no more; Death,
thou shalt die.QUESTIONS
- The rhyme scheme of the first
four lines of the poem is………
A. aabb B. abab
C. Abba D. baab - Line 1 , illustrates
the use of……..
A. personification
B. oxymoron
C. analogy D. aside - This poem is a
…………
A. praise poetry
B. epic
C. panegyric
D. sonnet - The last line of
the poem is called
a ………..
A sestet B. tercet
C. couplet D. quatrain - This 14 lines
poem is an example
of a………
A. Miltonic sonnet
B. Petrarchan sonnet
C. Spencerian
sonnet
D. Shakespearean
Sonnet
Kindly write only your answers in the
form provided below.
Correction for 13/8/2020
1.A 2.B 3.A 4. A 5.A 6.B
7. D 8. C 9. C 10.A 11.B
12. C
13/8/2020
Hello Students,
Below are Revision exercises on General Knowledge
of Literature -in- English
- Figures of speech
are……. devices
(a) Literary
(b) grammatical
(c) technical
(d) dramatic - She has been in
the family way is
an example of……
(a) hyperbole
(b) euphemism
(c) satire (d) climax - Stanza is to…….
what acts are to…..
(a) poetry/play
(b) play/prose
(c) story/action
(d)pun/netro - A sestet in poetry
is a form of……..
(a) stanza (b) line
(c) chapter
(d) sceno - A short nonsensical poem
of five lines is a/an
…………
(a) limerick (b) lyric
(c)dirge (d) epic - Another name for
tragic flaw is……..
(a) mistake (b)harmatia
(c) conflict
(d) tragedy - In drama, one of
the following is not
necessary……..
(a) action
(b) dialogue
(c) costume
(d)motto - Pick out the odd
item ……..
(a)plot (b) setting
(c) stanza
(d) character - ………is very essential to the
plot of a play
(a)satire (b) irony
(c) conflict
(d) character - Traditionally
tragedy, deals
only with the
plight of……..
characters
(a) important
(b) comic
(c)flat (d) round - In tragedy, the
audience usually
empathlses with
the fall of the…….
(a) villain
(b) tragic hero
(c) antagonist
(d) author
(12) Drama is
centered on
human experience
as an act of……..
(a) coping
(b)impersonation
(c) imitation
(d) history
Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below
Thursday, 30TH JULY, 2020.
Hello dear students!
Below are the exercises for today’s class.
Identify the figures of speech in the following.
- There was a deafening silence in the crowd.
A. oxymoron
B. onomatopeia
C. mood
D. setting - “Meow,” the cat announced as he entered the room is an example of
A. onomatopeia
B. personification
C. metaphor
D. alliteration - A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
A. theme
B. symbol
C. verse
D. hyperbole - A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
A. characterization
B. foreshadowing
C. hyperbole
D. flashback - A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
A. nemesis
B. allusion
C. allegory
D. inversion - He is the last of the luckless labourers.
What literary device has been used ?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Simile - Kindness poured down like honey.
What literary device has been used ?
A. Metaphor
B. Alliteration
C. Simile
D. Onomatopoeia - The road was tight and winding as a coiled snake.
What literary device has been used ?
A. Assonance
B. Simile
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor - Night is a black beast, prowling on fear.
What literary device has been used ?
A. Simile
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Metaphor
D. Alliteration - When you came into my life, it was the end of winter
What literary device has been used ?
A.Onomatopoeia
B.Symbolism
C. Simile - D. Personification
- “The sun was like a large ball of butter” is an example of what literary technique?
A. Personification
B. Paradox
C. Simile - “The wall stared at me silently” is an example of what type of literary tool? A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Metonymy - “If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die” is an example of what type of literary device?
A. Paradox
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole - “The road was a ribbon of moonlight,” is an example of which of these literary techniques?
A. Personification
B. Oxymoron
C. Metaphor - “The wise fool is burning my taco” employs what kind of literary device?
A. Iron
B. Oxymoron
C. Metaphor
20/7/2020
Correction for 16/7/2020
- A 2. B 3. B 4. A
- C 6. D 7. A 8 .C
- D 10 .C 11. C
- A 13. C 14. D
16/07/2020
Hello students, how are you doing?
Today’s Topic: Context and Objective Questions on William Shakespeare’s ‘A midsummer night’s dream’.
Read the passage below and carefully answer the questions that follow:
If that may be, then all is well. Come sit down, every mother’s son, and rehearse your parts. Pyramus, you begin when you have spoken your speech, enter into that brake; and so everyone according to his cue. (Act III, Scene 1)
- Who is the speaker?
(A) Quince (B) Bottom
(C) Flute (D) Puck - “Pyramus, you
begin…”You begin
what?
(A) the counting
(B) the play
(C) the singing (D) the
hunting - Does Pyramus begin
immediately? (A) Yes
(B) No (C) Not sure
(D) was not there - Why does Pyramus
not begin at once?
(A) interruption by Punk
(B) interruption by
Bottom
(C) interruption
by Flute
(D) interruption by
Oberon - The magic juice first
affected one of these
young Athenians
(A) Demetrius
(B) Hermia
(C)Lysander
(D) Helena - Hermia’s father
wanted her to marry
one of the following
men:
(A) Philostrate
(B) Theseus
(C)Lysander
(D)Demetrius - The duration of A
Midsummer Night’s
Dream is: (A) four days
(B) two days
(C) three nights
(D) two nights - Who is the Master of
the Revels? (A) Puck
(B) Peaseblossom
(C) philostrate
(D) Pyramus - The changeling boy
eventually went to
(A) Bottom, the
ass-headed
(B) Robin Starveling,
the tailor
(C) Quince, the
carpenter
(D) Oberon,
the king of the
fairies - The non-Athenian in
the play is
(A) Demetrius
(B) Lysander
(C) Hippolyta
(D) Egeus - The play is not about
any of the following
events:
(A) It is a play centred
on mistaken
identity.
(B) It is about what
magic could
possibly do.
(C) It is what artisans
could achieve.
(D) It is a play in
which dreams
play a
part. - Only one of the
following claims is
true of Nick Bottom
(A) overconfident
weaver
(B) handsome
without the
ass- head
(C) wonderful
magician
(D) secret to love by
Titania - Who are the set of
fairies ordered to
attend to Bottom, the
lover?
(A) Quince, Snout,
Flute and
Changeling Boy
(B) Snug, Cobweb,
Mustardseed and
Starveling;
(C) Peaseblossom,
Cobweb, Mote and
Mustard seed;
(D) Peaseblossom,
Mustardseed,
Snout
and Mote. - Only one of the
following is true of
Puck:
(A) He is a
professional
carpenter.
(B) He manufactures
love-potions.
(C) Initially a fairy
and later a human
being.
(D) All through the
play Oberon’s
prankster. kindly write only your
answers in the form
provided below.
9TH JULY, 2020.
TOPIC : A Review of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Hello dear students!
It’s so good to reach out to you through this medium.
You will be reading Midsummer Night’s Dream this week and answer the simple questions provided on the portion read.
Read Act 1 of Midsummer Night’s Dream and answer these questions :
Act 1,Scene 1
(1) Where is the play set?
—In and around Genoa
—-In and around Athens
– – In and around London
(2) What is Theseus planning as the play opens?
—His wedding to Titania
—His wedding to Hermia
– – – His wedding to Helena
(3) Why has Egeus come to see Theseus?
—His daughter won’t marry the man he wants her to marry. – – His daughter refuses to attend Theseus’s wedding.
– – His daughter refuses to act as Hippolyta’s lady in waiting.
(4) What phrase from scene i emphasizes the theme of love’s difficulty?
—“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
—“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
—“I have had a most rare vision.”
– – -“Ay, love! What has happened to me?”
(5) What does Lysander propose to Hermia?
—That they have a double wedding with Helena and Demetrius
– – – That they ask the fairies for help overthrowing Theseus – – That they run away to the home of Lysander’s aunt
Act 1, scene 2
(6) Why has a group of labourers gathered at Peter Quince’s house?
– – They’re writing and rehearsing several songs to honor Theseus.
—They’re discussing the repairs that need to be made at Theseus”s palace before his wedding.
– – – They’re rehearsing a play that the men hope to perform at Theseus”s wedding.
(7) Why does Quince have trouble conducting the meeting?
—Because he has fallen in love with Theseus’s fiancee
—Because he can’t remember why the men have gathered at his house
– – – Because Bottom keeps interrupting him
(8) What is the name of the play to be performed?
—The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe
– – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
—The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Lysander and Hermia
– – – The Twisted Tale and Lamentable Woes of Athenian Lovers
(9) How does Quince convince Bottom to play Pyramus?
—By appealing to Bottom’s vanity
– – By appealing to Bottom’s sense of humor
– – – By appealing to Bottom’s love of wine
(10) Why are the laborers worried?
—-They’re worried that the audience won”t find the play amusing.
– – – They’re worried that the lion will upset the ladies in attendance.
—-They’re worried that they haven”t been invited by Theseus to attend his wedding.
Correction for 02/07/2020
1). C 2) C 3). D 4). B. 5) C. 6) A. 7) C 8). D 9) A 10) C 11) D 12) A 13) D 14) C
2/7/2020
Hello Students, how are you doing?
Today’s Topic: REVISION EXERCISE UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer questions 1–5
Ralph wormed his way through the thicket towards the forest, keeping as far as possible beneath the smoke. Presently, he saw an open space and the green leaves of the edge of the thicket. A smallish Savage was standing between him and the rest of the forest, a Savage striped red and white, carrying a spear.
Ralph launched himself like a cat, stabbing, snarling, with the spear, and the Savage double up. There was a shout from beyond the thicket and then Ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth. He came to a pig-run, followed it for perhaps a hundred yards and then swerved off. Behind him the ululation swept across the island once more and a single voice shouted three times. He guessed that was the signal to advance and sped away again till his chest was like fire.
Then he flung himself down under a bush and waited for a moment till his breathing steadied. He passed his tongue tentatively over his teeth and lips and heard far off the ululation of the pursuer.
- The passage is (A) narrative (B) expository (C) descriptive (D) argumentative.
- “Ralph wormed his way” is an example of (A) irony (B) apostrophe (C) metaphor (D) allusion.
- The mood of the passage is (A) anger (B) sarcasm (C) indifference (D) fright.
- The Literary device used in “Ralph launched himself like a cat” is (A) assonance (B) simile (C) contrast (D) personification.
- The writer’s diction portrays (A) repetition (B) irony (C) tension (D) humour.
Read the poem below and answer questions 6–10
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure’s free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as joy confined.
Pleasure’s a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy’s a Butterfly, that loves
To spread it’s wings in Nature’s light.
- The poem says that “Joy” is (A) for the poor (B) natural and satisfying (C) artificial and transitory (D) for lovers
- The dominant device used in presenting “Joy” and “Pleasure” in the first stanza is (A) diction (B) oxymoron (C) personification (D) conceit
- The feelings associated with ” Joy” and “Pleasure” are conveyed through the use of (A) rhyme (B) euphemism (C) assonance (D) contrast
- “False glare” refers to (A) man-made light (B) nature’s light (C) the moon’s light (D) the sun’s light
- “Pleasure’s a moth” is an example of a (A) irony (B) hyperbole (C) metaphor (D) simile
Read the poem and answer questions 11–14
O serpent heart, his with a flowering face
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant; fiend angelical
Dove-feathered raven! wolfish raving lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!
A demand saint, an honourable villain
(Shakespeare)
- One of the following is lavishly used in the poem (A) hyperbole (B) onomatopoeia (C) innuendo (D) oxymoron.
- The tone is that of________ (A) Anger (B) wonder (C) optimism (D) pessimism.
- The dominant device deployed in the first line is______ (A) alliteration (B) inversion (C) innuendo (D) Synecdoche.
- The poem’s structure is______ (A) epigrammatic (B) parodic (C) apostrophic (D) dramatic
Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below.
25TH JUNE, 2020.
SUBJECT :LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TOPIC : REVISION EXERCISES ON FIGURES OF SPEECH
Hello dear students !✍️✍️👏
I want to believe you are all faring well even in this lock down. It will soon be over in Jesus name.
This week we shall be doing some revision exercises on FIGURES OF SPEECH.
Identify the following figures of speech.
1) The emeritus professor made a fiery speech.
2) At last, they agreed to disagree.
3) Even the sky shed tears when the general died.
4) He is the vulture of the state.
5) A cry that would raise the dead from the grave.
6) Idleness is the nursery of evil thoughts.
7) Words are easy like the wind.
8) Infancy is the beginning of life as dawn is the beginning of the day..
9).A lie has no legs.
10) Thus Nature spake – the work was done.
11) O, Captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done.
12). He is regularly irregular.
13). I heard the water lapping on the crag.
14). She is as firm as a rock.
15) Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow.
16) Life is but a walking shadow.
17). He is the pillar of the administration.
18). Love is blind.
19). Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
20). O sweet content! Where is thy mild abode?.
21) O Grave! Where is thy victory?
22). Life! I know not what thou art.
23). They were swifter than eagles and stronger than lions.
24). He is an innocent criminal
25). The best way to learn a language is to speak it.
Best of luck!
19/6/2020
Correction for 18/6/2020
1.(A) 2.(A) 3.(C) 4 (D) 5.(B)6.(A)7.(B)8.(B)9.(D)10.(A)11(D) 12(B)13(C)14(A)15(B)
18/6/2020
Hello students, we are here for another business. Please, get ready for work.
Correction for 11/6/2020
(1) Point of view is the position from which the writer presents his story.
(2) Subject Matter is the summary of the issues that make up a story while theme is the central idea in a work of art that the writer is trying to pass across.
Today’s Topic: REVISION QUESTIONS ON LITERARY APPRECIATION.
(1) A foil in drama is also known as……….
(A) antagonist (B) Protagonist (C) round character (D) Flat Character.
(2)Prose narration in Literature is also known as…………
(A) fiction (B) narrative technique (C) Plotting (D) setting
(3) The proposition that a play most not last longer than a day is………….(A) cohesion in time (B) agreement in period (C)unity of time (D) tragic time
(4) The expression”
Poisonous pleasure of wine” illustrates the use of………….
(A) metonymy (B) Synecdoche (C)Paradox (D) Oxymoron
(5) The character that portrays an exaggeration of traits or qualities is a/an… ……..
(A) Scarecrow (B) Clown (C) Caricatures (D)foil
(6) Traditionally, tragedy deals only with the plight of……
characters (A) important (B) comic (C) flat (D) round
(7)A Literary genre which directly imitates human action is (A) Comedy (B) Drama (C)Prose (D) Poetry
(8) A fable is a story in which………(A) Allegations are made about characters (B) Animals or things are used as characters (C) There is an important setting (D) The story is told in a poetic form
(9) The main aim of caricature is to………
(A) Describe (B)expose (C) Emphasize (D)Ridicule
(10) In drama, dramaturge is he who ……..(A) writes or edits a play (B)Directs a play (C)Acts a film (D) Features in a play
(11) A fable is a brief narrative illustrating wisdom and (A) urgency (B) origin (C)custom (D)truth
(12) The plot of a story generally refers to the……….
(A) Intrigues made by a character against the hero
(B) Way in which the events of the Story are organized
(C) Way in which the writer begins the story (D)Way the writer ends the story
(13) Lighting, music and drumming add to the……..of a play
(A) dialogue (B)cast (C) atmosphere (D) resolution
(14) A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as (A) Circular (B) Episodic (C )Organic (D) Open-ended
(15) Pun as a Literary device deals with (A) placing words side by side
(B) playing on words (C) Arrangement of words (D) placing two opposite phrases together
Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below.
11/06/2020
Dear students, how are you doing? Hope you are having fun on this platform.
This week we shall be looking at the following terms: subject matter, theme and point of view.
Topic: Subject Matter, Theme and Point of View
SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter of a work of literature is the major issue that the story is all about. The subject matter is different from theme in that the subject matter presents a summary of the issues in the story, the theme presents the writer’s idea or opinion about the issues. Either of ‘love’, ‘politics’, or ‘war’, may be taken as subject matter. ‘There’s love at first sight’ can be taken as a theme.
THEME
The theme is the central idea in a work of Literature. It is usually an expression of the writer’s personal idea about the subject which he writes on. For example, a writer may write on the subject of love. He idea may be that there is something like love at first sight. He will tell his story in such a way that it will convince his audience that truly, there is something like love at first sight.
POINT OF VIEW
Point of view is the position from which the writer presents his story. Point of view is also called narrative technique. The following at the types of point of view.
- First person point of view: Here the writer presents the story as involving himself and others. He, himself, is involved as a character in the story. The writer’s involvement makes the story more real to the audience.
- Third person point of view: Here the writer is not involved in the story. He is not a character in the story. The writer may use this point of view when he wants to eliminate all bias with regards to the theme he chooses to express.
- The omniscient point of view: Here the writer relates his story as one who as knowledge of all things. He knows the inner feelings of all the characters and can hint on what the character would do later.
- The limited point of view: This is the opposite omniscient point of view. Here the writer simply narrates events as they unfold and does not peep into the thought of the characters.
ASSIGNMENT
- Explain the term ‘point of view’.
- Differentiate between subject matter and theme.
Kindly write only your answers in the form below.
4TH June, 2020 .
SUBJECT :LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TOPIC : UNCOMMON LITERARY TERMS.
Hello dear students!
It is cool meeting you once again through this medium. I believe you are all faring well!
Last week, our revision was on Character and Characterization.
This week, we shall be looking at some Uncommon Literary Terms. Now, come along…. ✍️✍️✍️✍️
As literature in English students, there are some literary terms you need to know because literature has to do with application. As in, your knowledge of these literary terms /vocabularies will enable you to understand better your literature texts. Most of these terms are portrayed by characters in the texts or employed by the writers of any of the genres of literature. In other words, literary terms are essential tools a literature in English student needs to have as a background knowledge of the task ahead….
In this class today, we shall be taking a look at some of these uncommon literary terms. The first one is :
1) Epiphany
This is a moment of sudden emotion or strong emotional feelings generated in the audience /reader by a scene/action in a play, novel or poem. E. g. While reading Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen… We all feel outraged towards Francis Obi in solidarity for Adah Obi in various incidents in the novel, most especially when Francis burnt the manuscript of her first novel which Adah described as her brain child.
2) A Titular Hero
This is a hero whose name features in a play even though he does not feature in the actions. Another name for this is a nominal actor. Ẹ. g. – – – – – Alberta, Troy’s lover, in August Wilson’s Fences, we only heard her name being mentioned but she did not really feature in action in the play.
3) Myth
An ancient story that deals with spiritual, natural or historical events. Each culture has its myths, that is, stories about their origin, beliefs and traditions.
4) Theatre of Facts
A literary work that makes use of real facts and true events of life. Biographies and auto biographies, memoirs, e. t. c are examples of this.
5) Theatre of the Absurd
It is a literary work which presents an untrue imaginative situation of life. Ẹ. g. Alice in Wonderland.
6) Theatre of Cruelty
It is a literary work which invokes pain, suffering and disgust on the audience. Ẹ. g. Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird”
7) Harangue
This is a short literary work or speech made to criticize a character or social vices in the society.
8) Bard
A nationally or internationally acknowledged poet whose poems have won awards. It could also mean, a professional poet and singer.
9) Fatalism/Fate
It is the understanding of a tragic drama from which one can conclude that the downfall/tragedy which befalls the tragic hero is predestined or fate which cannot be altered no matter what. There’s also the belief that some supernatural forces are at work to ensure compliance with predestination, i. ẹ, that fate happens. Which in essence means that whatever has been predicted by the gods must surely happen to the tragic hero no matter what was done to avert it. Ẹ. g. Aderogun in Femi Osofisan’s Women of Òwu.
10) The Three Unities
Aristotle suggested this dramatic technique for use by playwrights. These Unities are :
unity of action , space and time. This simply means that all the actions of a play must unify into a plot, must take place at the same setting (place) and must happen in an orbit of the sun, (one single day). Wọlé Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel is a good example because all the actions in the play form a single plot and occur in the same place and on the same day. Another example is Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer.
*****Questions*****
In your own words (I mean, don’t copy and paste), explain what you understand about any five of the above literary terms. Give examples, where possible, from our literature texts.
Note – – – (I deliberately did not give examples to some of the terms because I want you to be able to give examples on your own. Some of you gave the exact examples that were given in the last lesson, instead of thinking outside the box and give entirely different ones. That’s not good enough!! So please be dynamic! be adventurous!! be creative!!!
28th May, 2020.
SUBJECT :LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TOPIC : CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION.
SUB – TOPIC :TYPES OF CHARACTER.
Hello dear students!
I am sure you are coping well with the lock down thingy. This too shall pass sooner than we all think in Jesus name.
Today in Literature in English, we shall be learning about…
What character and characterization mean.
Let’s go…..!
(1) Character
What is Character?
A character in a work of art could be a human being, an animal or abstract ideas used by the writer to act out his idea.
These characters interact through their actions and inactions as they bring the story to a successful end. A character could also be inanimate objects.
An example of a character is… Adah Obi in Buchi Emecheta ‘s Second Class Citizen.
(2) Characterization
Characterization means the way a character is presented or portrayed in a literary work. That is, it is a process of building a character around an actor by giving him certain attributes which include his costume , dialogue and cast.. It could also be described as the reader’s understanding of the personality of each character as obtained from the character’s physical description and actions including comments provided by other characters and the writer himself /herself.
Types of Character
(1) A Round Character
Is the one that plays many roles at different times in a story.
(2) A Flat Character
This is a character who acts a single specific role in a story.
(3) A Dynamic Character
A character who experiences change of personality as the story develops. E.g “Kambili” in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie.
(4) Static Character.
A character who remains stagnant and does not develop or change as the play/story progresses.
(5) Eponymous Character.
A character whose name is the title of a play or Prose. Ẹ. g. Continue “Macbeth” in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
(6)Choral Character /Chorus
This is a character who comments on actions of other characters in a play. It could also be a group of singers or dancers who present the comments at intervals as the play progresses, through this character, past or future events in the story or play are revealed. An example of this is used in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel.
(7)Major Character.
This is a character who plays a prominent role in a play. The storyline is built around his or her character. Ẹ. g. Adah Obi in Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen.
(8) Minor Character.
A minor character acts a supporting role in in a story. They play less prominent roles.. E.g. Mr Lockwood in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.
ASSESSMENT
(1)What is the difference between character and characterization?
(2) Describe three types of characters and give an example each from literature texts.