Character Analysis Teacher Resources

Organize your thoughts about two different characters using this printable worksheet. Five elements of character are covered. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters

An extensive resource for William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. Resources include but are not limited to: play overview, play analysis, character analysis, famous quotes from the play, and pronunciation. Exam questions and scene by...

This site provides a complete study guide for William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest including a plot summary of each act, commentary, a review of the characters, a character analysis, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous essay on The...

"A Streetcar Named Desire" study guide composed of 24 pages featuring useful information about author. Numerous, worthwhile teaching tips also included. In-depth character analysis provided for main characters. Comprehensive...

Professors discuss the book by Zora Neale Hurston. Gives insight into the style and character analysis.

An excellent site from the UK. Includes biographical information on Chaucer, historical context, and in-depth information on the Wife of Bath, complete with the relationship between the prologue and tale, character analysis, and essay...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a PDF Twelfth Night Workbook including comprehension, cloze exercises, character study, and context activities.

In this 4-session lesson, students explore the theme of betrayal from different perspectives in their own lives and in modern scenarios through discussions and activities where they create and talk about comic strip scenarios. They...

Students gain a deeper understanding of slavery by creating an accurate portrayal of a character from history. Each historical character file they create contains a portrait, a biographical narrative, a character map, a bibliography, and...

Students learn how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes by reading historical fiction about the Underground Railroad. This is a lengthy unit of four lessons that spans thirty lesson periods where students examine characteristics of...

This site on the book "The Ghost Belonged to Me," by Richard Peck, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources."

In this video [3:40] from the American Masters film Novel Reflections on the American Dream we meet Lutie Johnson, the African-American single mother heroine of Ann Petry's novel "The Street". The video gives an introduction to the novel...

This is a collection of four video lessons and a teacher's guide about Harper Lee and her masterpiece "To Kill a Mockingbird."

This is a video tutorial about Charles Dickens and his most famous work, A Christmas Carol. It focuses on analyzing the changes in Ebenezer Scrooge throughout the novella and the reasons for the changes. It also provides a series of 11...

In this lesson plan, students will consider Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and...

This lesson plan is for a character study that uses butcher paper, pens, pencils, and copies of assigned book. Young scholars then complete a character study on at least two major characters.

A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air.

Contains plans for lessons that examine the use of color in "The Great Gatsby." After studying the book, students write character analysis papers discussing the colors associated with the characters. In addition to objectives and...

A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, allusions, quotations, and more for "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs.

A site from the UK on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Complete with information on the historical context, character analysis, thematic elements, and review questions.

This site gives facts about the original Beowulf manuscript, its authorship, and its ties to archeology and culture. One may also read Beowulf in Old English or its translation to Modern English along with summaries of text portions and...

Background, character analysis, chapter-by-chapter summary and follow-up activities are all here in this 4 page .pdf.

Good for planning purposes, this 4 page .pdf offers background, summary, character analysis and some suggestions for post-reading activities.