The character should be from The Romance of Silence by F. Regina Psaki (Prose translation)
I choose the character Silentius.
For this assignment, you will dig deeper into one character. You can approach this assignment two ways:
1) You can look at the character in one text.
2) You can look at one aspect of one character through two texts or through the original text and our society.
You may approach your analysis anyway you like, but make sure your essay addresses questions LIKE the following (Do not try to answer all the questions. These are simply questions to jump start your writing):
• What adjectives best sum up the personality of your character?
• What is the psychological make-up of your character?
• How does he/ she relate to the world around him/ her (moral/ immoral)?
• What motivates the character to do what he/ she does?
• How does the character's specific personality determine the way he/ she will react to certain circumstances and characters in the novel?
• What strategies does the character employ to help him/ her deal with difficult situations?
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