A character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the story.

A character who remains largely the same throughout the story; they do not experience significant change.

A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) to highlight particular qualities of the other character.

A stereotypical character easily recognized by readers or audiences.

How a character views and interprets events, shaped by their background, personality, biases, and relationships.

The reasons behind a character's actions and behaviors.

The process by which a character changes, evolves, or learns throughout a story.

When the author explicitly tells the reader about a character's traits or personality.

When the author shows a character's traits through their actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and interactions with other characters.

Dialogue reveals a character's personality, values, and relationships through tone, body language, and content.

Through characters' struggles for control, the consequences of wielding power, and the corruption it can cause.

Through characters' choices between right and wrong, the consequences of their actions, and the exploration of ethical dilemmas.

By examining characters' inherent traits, motivations, and behaviors, often revealing both the best and worst aspects of humanity.

Through Lear and Gloucester's literal and metaphorical blindness to the truth about their children.

Through characters' acts of disloyalty, the consequences of broken trust, and the emotional impact on those who are betrayed.

Through characters' pursuit of fairness, the consequences of injustice, and the exploration of different systems of justice.

Through characters' desires for retribution, the consequences of seeking revenge, and the moral implications of their actions.

Through characters' desires for success, the consequences of unchecked ambition, and the moral compromises they make to achieve their goals.

Through characters' relationships, the different forms of love (romantic, familial, platonic), and the sacrifices they make for love.

Through characters' efforts to atone for their past mistakes, the challenges they face, and the possibility of finding forgiveness and renewal.

The Fool is criticizing Lear for his foolish decisions, suggesting he should have gained wisdom before reaching old age.