Character (arts)
Person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game).
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Stock character
A stock character is a stereotypical fictional person or type of person in a work of art such as a novel, play, or a film whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition.
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places in ways that are imaginary or inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility.
Characterization
Representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works.
Such a personage is called a character.
Dramatis personae
Dramatis personae (Latin: "persons of the drama") are the main characters in a dramatic work written in a list.
Narrative
Any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.).
Narratives may also be nested within other narratives, such as narratives told by an unreliable narrator (a character) typically found in the genre of noir fiction.
Play (theatre)
A play is a work of drama, usually consisting mostly of dialogue between characters and intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading.
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who frequently appears from time to time during the series' run.
Television show
Any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.
When a person or company decides to create a new content for television broadcast, they develop the show's elements, consisting of the concept, the characters, the crew, and cast.
Poetry
Form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.
In many poems, the lyrics are spoken by a character, who is called the speaker.
Mimesis
Term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings, including imitatio, imitation, nonsensuous similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of expression, the act of resembling, and the presentation of the self.
He posited the characters in tragedy as being better than the average human being, and those of comedy as being worse.