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A character arc is the transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story. If a story has a character arc, the character begins...

[citation needed] The first act, or opening narration, is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the...

escape character is a character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular...

1977) is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver. She played Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the...

special character schools under Sections 155 and 156 of the act. The Ministry of Education defines a Designated Special Character School as "a state school...

a character is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may...

camera (except when the act is a deliberate breaking of the fourth wall). One of the most common ways of breaking character is corpsing, in which an...

The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 seeks to maintain and protect the religious character of places of worship in India. The full text...

As a character, a tritagonist may act as the instigator or cause of the sufferings of the protagonist. Despite being the least sympathetic character of...

of an act often coincides with one or more characters making an important decision or having an important decision to make, a decision that has a profound...

The Servants' Characters Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 56) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It came about following a petition to Parliament by...

A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears...

A non-player character (NPC) is any character in a game that is not controlled by a player. The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games...

incarnation of the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Since his introduction, the character has appeared in a number of X-Men titles, including spin-offs and several limited...

The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically...

The Act is an American biographical crime drama television limited series that premiered in eight parts on March 20, 2019, on Hulu. The plot is based...

Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, the character first...

persona is a theater character developed by entertainer Thomas D. Rice (1808–1860) and popularized through his minstrel shows. The character is a stereotypical...

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...

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...