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  2. Protagonist - Wikipedia

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    This character may be more peripheral from the events of the story and are not as involved within the "main action" of the plot. The supporting protagonist may be telling the story while viewing another character as the main influence of the plot. [19] One example is Nick in The Great Gatsby. [citation needed]

  3. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    Historically, they were the main character in a Greek or Roman tragedy. The flaw often arises due to the character's hubris. Despite the character's flaw, the audience usually finds them to be admirable or appealing at a broader level, which increases the dramatic impact of their downfall. Michael Corleone, Jay Gatsby, Randle McMurphy Tupac Shakur

  4. List of fictional antiheroes - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Lists of fictional characters by work - Wikipedia

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    A list of lists of characters in fictional works, broken down by medium and sorted alphabetically by the name of the fictional work. Lists of book characters [ edit ]

  6. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Joker - The main protagonist of Persona 5 and leader of The Phantom Thieves of Hearts. The Pink Panther - A character featured at the start of the film and the animated series of the same name. Puck from Gargoyles - Based on the faerie trickster from A Midsummer Night's Dream, he plays a major role in the Disney animated television show ...

  7. First-person narrative - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    The ascending three, where each event is of more significance than the preceding, for example, the hero must win first bronze, then silver, then gold objects. The contrasting three, where only the third has positive value, for example, The Three Little Pigs, two of whose houses are blown down by the Big Bad Wolf.

  9. List of South Park characters - Wikipedia

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    Despite his friendship with the four main characters, Clyde serves as the main antagonist of the video game South Park: The Stick of Truth. He also plays a role as one of the main characters in South Park: The Fractured but Whole as his superhero alter-ego, Mosquito. who supposedly has the ability to control and has the abilities of a mosquito.