Klaus Character Roles

To begin, the name of the show that I watched is called: The Originals. A task role is “a role that helps a group achieve its goal and accomplish its work.” (Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy, 2008, p. 239) Likewise, there are many roles that people portray in a group conversation. Within this TV series, every one of the main characters plays multiple roles, sometimes simultaneously too. The two characters I’m going to use are Klaus & Hayley. Some people would say that Klaus is evil. He’s one of the original vampires that has been around for centuries. He’ll undoubtedly do anything to keep his family from getting hurt; which is basically all the time. He does what’s necessary, but carries that burden with him. He can be gentle and kind when he wants. On the other hand, Hayley is a wolf. Furthermore, She is intent on keeping her family safe. Also, she is friendly,
I chose these two characters because they have the same problems, but also go about handling them in a different way. The one feature that they have in common is that they are hybrids. Hybrid meaning half-vampire and half-wolf. At one point or another, both Klaus and Hayley have been in a social role or an individual role. In this episode, they both played the social role numerous times. A social role is “a role that helps the group manage relationships and affects the group climate.” (Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy, 2008, p. 239) In one scene of the show, both Hayley and Klaus are sent to the other side to talk to a dead witch. She was trying to explain to them how to defeat the enemy. Klaus was impatient, he wanted answers instead of explanations. Hayley was the voice of reason to him during this discussion. She knew that in order to defeat the enemy, they would have to come and fight together. She was playing a social role, because she was working to get everyone on the same page for a common goal. Unfortunately sometimes, the individual role