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Circe and the Underworld
Freshman Literature, Fall 2014
Date
Aug. 29, 2014
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A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story. Also referred to as "two-dimensional characters" or "static characters," flat characters play a supporting role to the main character.
Examples: Polyphemus, the Stingray teacher in Finding Nemo, Cinderella's evil step-mother, Lord Voldemort, Gaston, Jafar...
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, Noah, one of the few faithful left on earth, was told by God that all civilization would be destroyed by a flood that would last forty days and nights. Noah built an ark and populated it with two of each kind of animal. His family rode out the flood with the creatures. Most religions and cultures throughout history and around the globe have a flood story of their own, including Hindu, Babylonian, Greek, and Hittite mythologies, and Chinese, Malaysian, Korean, Incan, and Native American cultures.