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theauthorintendsustopaymoreattentiontothethoughtsandfeelingsoftheolderwaiter,thecharacterwhosewordsechotheauthor’svoice.Onetryonthethememaybe:“TheolderwaiterundersttroublewiththeheroJordan,yetheisamaincharacterashiswifePilaris.Minorcharactersarethoseinremoteandstaticrelationwiththehero.Itiswrongtothinkthatminorcharactersareallunimportant.Insomenovels,oneorsomeoftheminorcharactersmayserveacriticalrole,structurallyorinterpretationally.Foilcharactersareonesthathelpenhancetheintensityoftheherobystrengtheningorcontrasting.Theymaybemaincharactersorminorcharacters.Inaword,theyserveasfoilstotheheroorheroine.CohninTheSunAlsoRisesisagoodexample.Heisoneofthemaincharacters.LikeJake,heisalso“lost,”tryingvainlytoescapethepastbycourtingwomenanddrinking.ButduringtheirstayinSpain,CohndisplaysqualitiesincontrasttothosecherishedbyJake,whichmakesJakerealizehisownproblemsandfinallyfindasolution,thoughtemporarily.Cohnworksmainlybycontrast.WilsoninTheGreatGatsbyworksbypresenting.GatsbylosthislovertoTomandWilsonlosthiswifetoTom.BypresentingWilson’scasethenovelistintendstopointouttheprofoundcauseofGatsby’stragedy.Dr.WatsoninthestoriesofSherlockHolmesservesasafoiltothehero,renderingthedetectivesmarterthanhewouldotherwiseappeartothereader.Bythedegreeoftheirdevelopment,characterscanbegroupedasroundcharactersandflatcharacters.ThisdivisionisproposedbyE.MForster.Roundcharactersarefullydevelopedwhileflatcharactersarenot.Orwecansaythatroundcharactersgrowwhileflatcharactersdonot.Usuallythereaderisallowedaccesstotheinnerlifeoftheroundcharacterandpermittedtolearnaboutmanysidesoftheroundcharacter.Theflatcharacterisa“closed”charactertowhoseinnerthoughtsthereaderisdeniedaccess.Usuallyonesideoftheflatcharacterisshowninthenovel.Mostheroesareroundcharacterswhogrowemotionallyorspiritually.ChapterThreeThemeAristotleinPoeticslistssixbasicelementsoftragedy.Melody(song)anddiction(language)fallinthegeneralcategoryofstyle,andspectacleisrelevanttosettinginourdiscussionoffiction.Theotherthreeaspectsaremythosorpl