Table 2.
Descriptives for conventional characterisation* performance.
| Play | Character | Identification (mean) | Moral approval† | Disposition | Attribution scale | Familiarity with play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| External | Situation | ||||||
| Antigone | Antigone | 5.3 ± 1.2 | 1.0 ± 1.5 | 6.2 ± 1.2 | 5.3 ± 1.2 | 4.8 ± 1.8 | 1.92 ± 1.7 |
| Ismene | 4.1 ± 1.0 | 0.1 ± 1.3 | 5.3 ± 1.2 | 5.4 ± 1.3 | 5.4 ± 1.2 | ||
| Creon | 4.2 ± 1.0 | −1.6 ± 1.4 | 5.9 ± 1.3 | 5.0 ± 1.5 | 4.6 ± 1.6 | ||
| Lear | Lear | 3.9 ± 1.1 | −2.2 ± 1.1 | 6.5 ± 0.7 | 3.7 ± 1.8 | 4.4 ± 1.4 | 2.31 ± 2.1 |
| Cordelia | 5.3 ± 0.7 | 1.1 ± 1.2 | 6.2 ± 1.0 | 4.6 ± 1.5 | 4.7 ± 1.4 | ||
| Goneril | 4.2 ± 1.1 | −0.9 ± 1.3 | 5.6 ± 1.2 | 5.3 ± 1.5 | 5.1 ± 1.4 | ||
| Edmund | 4.6 ± 1.0 | −1.5 ± 1.3 | 6.1 ± 0.8 | 5.8 ± 1.6 | 4.5 ± 1.7 | ||
| Gloucester | 4.7 ± 0.9 | −0.2 ± 1.3 | 5.4 ± 1.3 | 4.9 ± 1.5 | 5.3 ± 1.5 | ||
All values are Likert scores on a 1–7 scale.
*
For the reverse characterisation performances, see
†
Likert scores on this trait were converted so as to range from−3 (strongly disapprove) to+3 (strongly approve), with 0 as the midpoint.