Question

Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?

She looked longingly at the always-empty chair at her kitchen table.


Her loneliness was so strong that at times she almost could touch it.


Never was there as lonely a person as poor Eleanor.


Eleanor used to have friends, until a major turning point in her life occurred.

Answer 1

The first option is indirect characterization.

Answer 2

Option A is the correct Answer, She looked longingly at the always empty chair at her kitchen table.

Indirect Characterization is the description of the character through speech, actions or appearance by the writer.

In this example, the writer is describing the action of the character, that she looked longingly at the empty chair at her kitchen table.