Stock character
A stock character is a fictional character that relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. Stock characters are instantly recognizable to members of a given culture. Because of this, a frequent device of both comedy and parody is to wildly exaggerate the expected mannerisms of stock characters.
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- antihero
- archetype
- antagonist
- blackface
- Central casting
- Commedia dell'arte
- hero
- Heroines in literature
- Igor
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- stereotype
- Passion play
- villain
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