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The name of the stock character comes from the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32), in which the young son who has lost his way symbolizes the sinners and tax collectors (see Luke 15:1), the hardworking elder brother symbolizes the self-righteous Pharisees, and the kind father symbolizes God.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Archetype of a cute, kind, unassuming, and honest woman or girl, often in a romantic story This article is about the stock character. For other uses, see Girl Next Door (disambiguation). Dik Trom and the blind girl next door (by Johan Braakensiek) The girl next door is a young female ...
M. M (James Bond) Constance MacKenzie; Heather MacLeod; Moira MacTaggert; Malvina Monroe; Mama Fratelli; Lucie Manette; Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Mantis (Marvel Comics)
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.
[5] [8] [14] Colombina became the most common name used to describe the sobretta character, especially as Colombine in France and Columbine in England. [15] One of the actresses who made this character famous was Silvia Roncagli, the first woman recorded doing a seretta role named Francheschina in about 1570. [7]
Film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term in 2007 in his review of the 2005 film Elizabethtown for The A.V. Club.In discussing Kirsten Dunst's character, he said "Dunst embodies a character type I like to call The Manic Pixie Dream Girl", a character who "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its ...