: What is another word for "character-building"? I want to say that the author uses Character A's "character development" to explore Character B. In other words, the author builds on the personality of A to exemplify the nature

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Hm, good question. Since you stated that one character’s development can explore another, then there is a synthesis, some symbiosis. I am not in reach of a dictionary, but if I could give an opinion instead of a real word in this case, I would say “commetamorphous” or “commetamorphicity”

The Latin prefix cum + Greek meta + Greek morph?

cum = with (this prefix implies more than one)
meta = after (this prefix implies a timescale)
morph? = shape, form, appearance

An obvious example is metamorphosis, which implies a change of form.

The only addition is cum which, by some laws of language I forget, changes to com- in the prefix. We now have a word to denote a change together (character ? & ?), thus they develop together.

In this case I would define as such:

Commetamorphicity: a character development method which uses one character to develop another.

I hope this helps (:

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Obviously, there are a lot of words that might work, but I'm not sure if they are exactly what you are looking for:

Complimentary, contrast, juxtapose: All mean to compare, possibly opposing, elements.

Take a look at some of the language in this blog post referencing Robert McKee.