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    Lajos Egri's Character Bone Structure

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    Lajos Egri was a Hungarian author and playwright who developed the concept of "Character Bone Structure" to help writers design well-rounded characters. Character Bone Structure examines a character's physiology, sociology, and psychology. Physiology looks at basic attributes like gender and appearance. Sociology considers a character's interactions with their environment and society. Psychology is the most complex and important dimension, exploring a character's behaviors, attitudes, and internal motivations. By understanding characters across these three dimensions, writers can create believable, compelling characters that drive the plot rather than simply serving it.

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    Lajos Egri's Character Bone Structure

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    Lajos Egri was a Hungarian author and playwright who developed the concept of "Character Bone Structure" to help writers design well-rounded characters. Character Bone Structure examines a character's physiology, sociology, and psychology. Physiology looks at basic attributes like gender and appearance. Sociology considers a character's interactions with their environment and society. Psychology is the most complex and important dimension, exploring a character's behaviors, attitudes, and internal motivations. By understanding characters across these three dimensions, writers can create believable, compelling characters that drive the plot rather than simply serving it.

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    Lajos Egri was a Hungarian author and playwright who developed the concept of "Character Bone Structure" to help writers design well-rounded characters. Character Bone Structure examines a character's physiology, sociology, and psychology. Physiology looks at basic attributes like gender and appearance. Sociology considers a character's interactions with their environment and society. Psychology is the most complex and important dimension, exploring a character's behaviors, attitudes, and internal motivations. By understanding characters across these three dimensions, writers can create believable, compelling characters that drive the plot rather than simply serving it.

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    Lajos Egri's Character Bone Structure

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    Lajos Egri was a Hungarian author and playwright who developed the concept of "Character Bone Structure" to help writers design well-rounded characters. Character Bone Structure examines a character's physiology, sociology, and psychology. Physiology looks at basic attributes like gender and appearance. Sociology considers a character's interactions with their environment and society. Psychology is the most complex and important dimension, exploring a character's behaviors, attitudes, and internal motivations. By understanding characters across these three dimensions, writers can create believable, compelling characters that drive the plot rather than simply serving it.

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    The key takeaways are that Lajos Egri believed characters should be well-rounded and developed using a 'Character Bone Structure' approach considering their physiology, sociology, and psychology. He contradicted Aristotle's view that character is secondary to plot.

    Lajos Egri believed characters should be designed using a 'Character Bone Structure' approach to understand them on a deeper level beyond simple traits. He emphasized the importance of understanding 'why' a character is a certain way.

    The three dimensions of character according to Lajos Egri are physiology, sociology, and psychology - with psychology being the most important and complex as it is the product of the other two dimensions.

    Lajos Egri’s

    Character Bone
    Structure
    GROUP 1
    Who is Lajos Egri?
    • Born on June 04, 1888.
    •
    • An author, playwright, and a teacher
    of playwriting.
    •
    • Wrote his first three-act play at the age
    of 10.
    •
    • Died on February 07, 1967 (78).
    The Art of Dramatic Writing
    • Originally published titled ‘How to write a
    play’ in 1942 but was revised and
    published as the ‘The Art of Dramatic
    Writing’ in 1946.
    •
    • Contradicts against Aristotle’s view of
    character being secondary to plot.
    •
    • Regarded as one the best works and guides on
    the subject of playwriting.
    •
    Character Design
    To Egri, “It is not enough, in your study of a man, to
    know if he is rude, polite, religious, atheistic… you
    must know why?”

    Thus, the idea of Character Bone Structure as a


    tool was used for character design.
    The Three Dimensions:
    Physiology - The most simple out of the three.

    Sociology - The interactions with society.

    Psychology - The most important but complex.
    PHYSIOLOGY
    Tackles about the basic status of a character.

    Should not be the defining aspect of a character.

    Affects the characters emotion, decisions, and outlook
    in life.
    Sex/Gender
    Age
    Height & Weight
    Color of Hair, Eyes, and Skin
    Posture
    Appearance
    Defects
    Heredity

    SOCIOLOGY
     The interactions with the characters society around.

     “Ifyou were born in a basement, and your playground was a dirty
    street, your reactions would differ from those of a boy who was
    born in a mansion.”

     Sociological factors affect how other people view the character.
    Class
    Occupation
    Education
    Home Life
    Race/Nationality
    Religion,
    Political Affiliation
    Social Standing (e.g. influential, outcast, etc.)
    PSYCHOLOGY
    The product of the other two.

    The characters’ response and behaviour.

    Psychological aspect makes your character more
    interesting.


    Moral Standards
    Aspirations
    Frustrations
    Temparament
    Extrovert-Introvert-Ambivert
    Idiosyncrasies
    Attitude toward life (ambitious, defeatist, etc.)
    By using the three dimensions of Character
    Bone Structure, it can help you create a well-
    rounded and developed character. As what
    Lajos Egri believes, the character is the one that
    drive the plot themselves. The foundation of the
    character is essential in creating a well crafted
    story.

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