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  2. Character (arts) - Wikipedia

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    Mary Sues are characters that usually appear in fan fiction which are virtually devoid of flaws, [20] and are therefore considered flat characters. Another type of flat character is a "walk-on", a term used by Seymour Chatman for characters that are not fully delineated and individualized; rather they are part of the background or the setting ...

  3. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Static web page - Wikipedia

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    A static web page, sometimes called a flat page or a stationary page, is a web page that is delivered to a web browser exactly as stored, [1] in contrast to dynamic web pages which are generated by a web application.

  5. Stock character - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Static - Wikipedia

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    Static pressure, in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics . Static port, a proprietary sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure; White noise or static noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density

  7. Foil (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho Panza, as illustrated by Gustave Doré: the characters' contrasting qualities [1] are reflected here even in their physical appearances. In any narrative, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character, typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist.

  8. Tax Brackets vs. Flat Tax Structure: Pros and Cons - AOL

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    The ongoing debate about progressive vs. flat taxes isn’t likely to end, as what some view as a pro for a certain system is seen as a con by those on the other side of the argument.

  9. Static (DC Comics) - Wikipedia

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    The character was created by Milestone Comics founders Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Derek T. Dingle, and Christopher Priest. [1] The character first appeared in a 3-page preview in Icon #1 (May 1993) with his first full appearance in Static #1 (June 1993), written by McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III and illustrated by John ...