I provided instruction by on the board outlining the meaning and function of characterization. I further provided instruction on how to analyze character by inferring and then addressing a character's motives, traits, bias, and personal history. I then noted how setting can also convey or reflect character. We then applied these theoretical constructs to three of the short stories we have already studied,"Two kinds, The Yellow Wallpaper, and The Story of an Hour. " Next, I explained some of the functions of character as at times providing contrast between values or illustrating an archetypal character development from ignorance to knowledge.