Character and setting in the novel "Endful Beginnings"

Authors

  • المدرس المساعد ميامي حسين جسام الجامعة العراقية /كلية الاداب

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58564/ma.v16i43.2523

Keywords:

Character development, narrative setting, narration, psychological conflict, symbolic meaning, dialectical relationship.

Abstract

The novel "Endful Beginnings" explores character development and setting as integral elements in shaping narrative meaning. Characters evolve through a psychological and social trajectory that reveals their transformations and internal conflicts, ultimately leading to fates that reflect the harshness of reality and the pressure of circumstances. Setting plays an active role in the narrative, transcending its descriptive function to become an influential element in character formation. Enclosed spaces symbolize oppression and suffocation, while open spaces evoke the dream of liberation. The dialectical relationship between character and setting is highlighted, reflecting the duality of beginning and end in the human experience.

Published

2026-06-02