Character

Characters obviously are the center pieces in any story. They provide the backbone to the story. Depending upon what kind of story you are reading, the role they play can differ. For example, in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, The characters play roles of extreme opposition of each other, whereas in pride and prejudice, the characters tend to, despite their differences, eventually find ways to coexist. Such characters include Darcy and Elizabeth, who started out hating each other, but eventually got married. In Hamlet. Hamlet and Claudius hate each other in the beginning, and end up hating each other to the point of killing each other at the end