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Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English. A–C Aaronic ... Pythonesque – Monty Python, fictional character name from television comedy ...
Stock characters from Commedia dell'Arte — which gave each character a standard costume, so easily identifiable — continued across many types of theater, dramatic storytelling, and fiction. A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Character Date introduced Last appearance Character traits Charlie Brown: October 2, 1950 February 13, 2000 The main character, an average yet emotionally mature, gentle, considerate, and often innocent boy who has an ever-changing mood and grace; he is regarded as an embarrassment and a loser by other children and is strongly disliked and rejected by most of them; he takes his frequent ...
Captain John Yossarian is a fictional character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 and its sequel Closing Time, and the protagonist of both books.In Catch-22, Yossarian is a 28-year-old Captain (later Major) and the bombardier of a North American B-25 Mitchell in the 256th Bombardment Squadron of the Army Air Forces, stationed on the small island of Pianosa off the Italian mainland during World ...
The children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events and its film and television adaptations features a large cast of characters created by Daniel Handler under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. The original series follows the turbulent lives of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet , Klaus , and Sunny , after their parents are killed in an ...
A smart, impatient, sarcastic, and seemingly naive boy who lives in New York City.He is a kind, polite, thoughtful and sensitive boy, but reveals a quick temper when provoked or impassioned.
Numerous characters in the plays are servingmen. Also, "servingman" is a common designation for supernumerary characters. See also Servant. For Servitor, see Servant. A Sexton supervises Dogberry's inept examination of Conrade and Borachio, in Much Ado About Nothing. Pompey or Sextus Pompeius is the enemy of the Triumvirate in Antony and Cleopatra.