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Character (arts) In fiction, a character or personage, [ 1] is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game ). [ 2][ 3][ 4] The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be ...
A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής prōtagōnistḗs 'one who plays the first part, chief actor') [ 1][ 2][ 3] is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant ...
Characterization or characterisation is the representation of characters (persons, creatures, or other beings) in narrative and dramatic works. The term character development is sometimes used as a synonym. This representation may include direct methods like the attribution of qualities in description or commentary, and indirect (or "dramatic ...
A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses [ 1] —in other words, a strategy applied in the delivering of a narrative to relay information to the audience and to make the narrative more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a ...
Character arc. A character arc is the transformation or inner journey [1] of a character over the course of a story. If a story has a character arc, the character begins as one sort of person and gradually transforms into a different sort of person in response to changing developments in the story. Since the change is often substantive and ...
Lists of book characters. List of recurring Albert Campion characters. List of Alex Rider characters. List of minor characters in the Alice series. List of Amelia Peabody characters. List of Angels & Demons characters. List of minor Animorphs characters. List of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter characters.
The role of the soubrette is often to help two young lovers overcome the blocking agents (e.g. chaperones or parents) that stand in the way of their blossoming romance. Violet Gray. Susanna ( The Marriage of Figaro) Gretchen Wieners ( Lacey Chabert in Mean Girls) Poison Ivy ( DC Comics) Southern belle.
Three notable examples are The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, where the narrator is Death, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, where the narrator is the titular character but is describing the story of the main characters, and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, where a young girl, having been killed, observes, from some post ...