Question

Match each character to the correct character classification,

Answer 1

Answer:

Cassius-antagonist

Soothsayer-stock

Calpurnia-static

Brutus-protagonist.

Explanation:

An antagonist is a character that opposes or acts contrary to the main character. And in this play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, this antagonist is Cassius who is the anti-hero character, pitted against Brutus and influencing him.

Brutus is the protagonist of the play even though the story revolves around the death of Julius Caesar. The protagonist is the main leading character which Brutus is, and also plays the role of the main character who is the most important role around which the other characters revolve around.

A static character is one who undergoes no change or development throughout the whole story. The character is dynamic and remains the same even at the end of the story. Calpurnia is one such character in the play, despite being the wife of Caesar, she did not have much change in herself.

Stock characters are the characters that are representative of a specific type or class of characters, like the mean step-mother or the lover, or the joker, etc. In this play, the stock character is played by the Soothsayer, epitomizing the generalized type of characters who have a particular stereotype in themselves.