Supporting Characters: Added Story Depth Without supporting characters, most plays would be akin to an orchestra without a violin section, i.e., the foundation is there, but it lacks completion and brilliance. Although supporting characters often have minor roles in the plot, they generally enhance the story and entertain the reader. They also add controversy and directly affect the main character's course of actions or the plot sequence. Sophocles's play Antigone, is greatly enriched by …showed first 75 words of 829 total…

…showed last 75 words of 829 total…points of the story: do not have hybris because, inevitably, it will lead to a bad end. The supporting characters in this play are much like the violins and cellos in an orchestra. With just the main characters, the conductor and soloist, for example, the "music" would lack depth and would, for the most part, not be pleasing. However, with the addition of the supporting characters-the orchestra- the end result is full, complete, and pleasing.