<span><span>A character is an imaginary person who takes part in the action of a play.</span><span>Drama tends to compress and simplify the personalities of characters, often relying on types to quickly sketch out and draw contrasts between them. </span>Unlike fiction, plays do not usually have narrators who can provide the reader or viewer with background information on characters. Consequently, the information we receive about them is limited to the dialogue they themselves speak.<span>The main character, or leading role, of a dramatic text is called the protagonist.</span><span>The antagonist is the counterpart or opponent of the protagonist.</span><span>In more traditional or popular dramatic texts, the protagonist may be called a hero or heroine, and the antagonist may be called the villain. </span><span>Dramatic texts also include minor characters or supporting roles. </span><span>Sometimes a supporting role can be said to be a foil, a character designed to bring out qualities in another character by contrast. </span>All the characters in a drama are interdependent and help to characterize each other.<span>Because of time constraints and the lack of narrators or room for exposition in dramatic texts, playwrights use shortcuts like stereotypes to convey character. Everyone involved, including the audience, consciously or unconsciously relies on stereotypes, or assumptions about various social roles, to understand characters. </span><span>In the United States today, casting—or typecasting—usually relies on an actor's social identity, from gender and race to occupation, region, age, and values. </span>Sometimes playwrights, directors, and actors overturn or modify expectations or conventions of characterization in order to surprise the audience.</span>
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Which Henson? there is more than one Henson
Mrs. Hale is the most sympathetic to Minnie Wright because she knows about Minnie's unhappy marriage to Mr. Wright. Her sympathy is also evident when Mrs. Hale asks Mrs. Peters to lie to Minnie about her preserves. Mrs Hale tells Peter, " If I was you, I wouldn't tell her her fruit was gone. Tell her it ain't. Tell her it's all right. Take this in to prove it to her. She—she may never know whether it was broke or not."
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The best summary of the information in the excerpt is <em>B. There are many theories about ...</em>
- Many theories have attempted to explain the <em>causes</em> of humor among humans. While they are alike, every researcher tends to have an opinion on why humans laugh or smile.
- Obviously, humor is triggered by some factors. Studies have also uncovered the importance of humor both for recreational and recovery purposes.
- Humor is the grease that lubricates human existence, enabling one to avoid medical and psychological complications arising from our stressful world today.
- Humor connects one with others for shared human understanding. And being around people who are humorous increases the ability of one to laugh. Humor eases the stress of life.
Thus, laughter plays an indispensable role in human society and should be encouraged.
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