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Columbia Broadcasting System 216 F.2d 945, 104 U.S.P.Q. 103 (9th Cir. 1954), the character Sam Spade, from The Maltese Falcon and other works, was held not to be distinctive enough that new works about the character would be infringements. This case was complicated by conflicting grants from the original author.
Let's say I've got an article for each character (and place, object, vehicle, etc) in my story. I can then write more or less detailed information concerning each character (or anything else). Let's say character X was born in city Z in country Zed, is the child of A and B, sibling of C, best friend of D, is polite to E despite hating them, etc.
The best way to conceptualize it is this. Picture your analysis as traveling through the plot of the story as you analyze it. Anything that is happening in the book at the point of your analysis should be rendered in the present tense. But things that are in the past relative to the moment of your analysis should be rendered in the past tense.
Anyways my situation is that for my English class I'm writing a paper depicting the similarities between characters in fiction that begin their stories with overwhelming abilities such as overpowered strength, speed or intelligence and how their "character" can be compared to characters that have to gain such abilities throughout their stories.
In the example text, that character is obviously Pancho. Usually that character either asks questions naturally that the audience might ask, or another character will understand that the "ignorant" character needs to be be brought up to speed in some way, depending on what makes the most sense for the characters and/or plot in question.
Whether or not the omniscient narrator follows a single character makes no difference; it’ll work more or less the same. The most important thing when it comes to subjective omniscient PoV is that the narrator has a strong “voice” and that all emotions in the story are filtered through the narrator’s words, not the characters’.
The person who has their patrician character from Ancient Rome sympathizing with slaves isn't going to get published—obviously. Make sure you have a good idea of everything that would be surrounding your character—architecture and clothing, how they would have done simple things like go to the bathroom or eat dinner—first, and if you ...
But if you picture a character in your mind as, say, having a broad nose and a dark sun tan, but this never comes up anywhere in the story and is never relevant, then sure, just don't mention it. If you don't give a description, the reader will generally assume that the character is like themself, or that he is typical for the setting.
Essentially the archetype gives you the outward appearance of the character whereas the enneagram gives you a clue as to the character's motivations for assuming their archetypal role. It's a bit complicated to go into here but basically the breakdown shows that people could be motivated to assume the role of the Chief because they are a Boss ...
So what if the character is mythical rather than fictional? I guess this leads to choices about when the historic present is appropriate. "In Greek mythology, Priam was the legendary king of Troy during the Trojan War." [Wikipedia] vs "In Greek mythology, Priam is the legendary king of Troy during the Trojan War." Both work. –