Character
comes from the Latin
persona
which meant the mask worn by the actors in the theater, before designating the actors themselves.
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The character is exceptional
This term corresponds today to the heroes of literary works, such as The Miser, The Magnificent Gatsby or Tintin.
But the characters are not only found in books, they also exist "for real".
Father Pierre and Che Guevara are proof of this.
It was fame that made them characters.
The same cannot be said of Madame Michu, who will never be on TV.
Although ... With her fashion-proof dress style and old-fashioned quirks, she is a character in her own way.
Does this mean that any remarkable person can claim to be a character?
Why not?
Remember Mother Denis!
We all know sad characters, but they don't deserve our attention.
Let us leave to the word character its exceptional side.
The individual is infrequent
The one we qualify as sad is rather
the individual
: sinister, there is nothing attractive about it.
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