![]() ![]() And Darth Vader, in spite of his respect for the Force, is completely committed to defending the Death Star. ![]() He never has second thoughts, he’s completely dependable, he never does anything that is selfish or shocking or controversial or uncharacteristic. It’s true that Luke Skywalker - at the beginning - is reluctant to join the rebellion. ![]() They are rarely confused, and their behavior doesn’t confuse us. But I have to admit that there is not a lot of depth to these characters - in the sense that they are, for the most part, stable. I think it’s a fascinating narrative with captivating and memorable characters. What I would like to suggest is that these characters are flat characters. How do we know that Obi-Wan Kenobi is a good character? He has white hair and a white beard, he looks like a religious figure - like a monk, or someone who is pure, etc. Which is very predictable and very superficial. How do we know he’s bad? He’s dressed in black, of course. ![]() How do we know that he’s good? He has blue eyes, he has blond hair, he wears white - we can talk about that when we talk about symbolism- as opposed to Darth Vader, who is a bad character. When we talk about flat characters and round characters, what we mean is that there is a difference - or some kind of distinction - between characters who are superficial, predictable, or otherwise not very sophisticated - we usually call these characters flat- and, on the other hand, round characters: characters that have a certain kind of depth or complexity.Īnd the question is: What exactly is this depth? What makes a round character more interesting or more complex? If we look at a very famous narrative - let’s take for example the very first Star Wars movie - Episode 4, A New Hope, 1977 - we can see that Luke Skywalker, for example, is a good character. Click HERE for Spanish Transcript)īy Gilad Elbom, Oregin State Senior Lecturer in English What is a Flat Character vs a Round Character? Transcript (Spanish and English Subtitles Available in Video.
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