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The bit player (minor character whose specific background the audience is not aware of)
A fool is the witty character in a particular film whose role is to produce a fun element in the movie. Thus shifting audiences attention from emotional scenes to more humourous ones
A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (protagonistes), meaning "one who plays the first part, chief actor") is the main character (the central or primary personal figure) of a literary, theatrical, cinematic or musical narrative, who enters conflict because of the antagonist. The audience is intended to mostly identify with the protagonist
The deuteragonist is the second most important character, after the protagonist and before the tritagonist. The deuteragonist may switch from being with or against the protagonist depending on the deuteragonist's own conflict/plot.
Erving Goffman's character theory suggests that there are four main types of broad character in a media text or production;
The protagonist (leading character)
The deuteragonist (secondary character)
The bit player (minor character whose specific background the audience is not aware of)
The fool (a character that uses humor to convey messages)
The work of Erving Goffman has been influential in media studies, primarily via adaptations of selected concepts like "region" and "frame". However, relatively little attention has been paid by media researchers to Goffman's own theoretical work on the mass media. In some cases, particularly regarding the use of Goffman's dramaturgical approach, the appropriation has been overly selective and has led to an underestimation of his work.
Now we will be talking about Erving Goffman's Character Theory.
Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 20 November 1982), a Canadian-born sociologist and writer, was considered "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century"
A character theory in the context of media, such as print or electronic media texts or productions such as films and plays, is useful for analysing and understanding media in which people take on the role of an actor or social actor.