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A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. [1] The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples.
The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children's book by Michel Rodange.. The trickster is a common stock character in folklore and popular culture.A clever, mischievous person or creature, the trickster achieves goals through the use of trickery.
A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a type of character in a narrative (e.g. a novel, play, television show, or film) whom audiences recognize across many narratives or as part of a storytelling tradition or convention. There is a wide range of stock characters, covering people of various ages, social classes and demeanors.
This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero—a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [1]
For example, Shakespeare has an emotional young male character named Mercutio, John Steinbeck has a kind, sweet character named Candy in Of Mice and Men, and Mervyn Peake has a Machiavellian, manipulative, and murderous villain in Gormenghast named Steerpike. The charactonym can also indicate appearance.
A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and a character entity reference refers to a character by a predefined name. A numeric character reference uses the format &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh; where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form.
Character Title Character's Disability Actor Ref. 2010 Hiccup How to Train Your Dragon: Has a prosthetic left leg Jay Baruchel [175] 2011 Heinz Doofenshmirtz (2nd Dimension) Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension: He has an eye-patch with a scar running over it, which covers his left eye socket. Dan Povenmire [176] [177] [178 ...
Ordinal indicator – Character(s) following an ordinal number (used of the style 1st, 2nd, ...