dramatic character

C5059
concept

A dramatic character is a fictional persona in a narrative work whose desires, conflicts, and actions drive the emotional and thematic development of the story.

All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
dramatic character canonical 202
tragic heroine 32
romantic hero 14

Instances (286)

Instance Via concept surface
the Princess
surface form: the Princess (L'Histoire du soldat)
Marquis de Montauran romantic hero
Caesar
Heavenly Finley tragic heroine
John Buchanan Jr.
Old Servant of Creusa
Chorus of Creusa’s attendants dramatic character group
Berenice Sadie Brown in The Member of the Wedding
surface form: Berenice Sadie Brown
Will Dearth
Anna Arkadyevna Karenina tragic heroine
Antigone tragic heroine
Ronnie Winslow
Four Tempters
Three Priests
Three Knights
Lord Bornwell
Shylock
Sir Thomas Bornwell
Edward Chamberlayne is a troubled husband
surface form: Edward Chamberlayne
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a psychiatrist-like figure
surface form: Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Joe Keller
Macaulay Connor
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Countess of Narbonne
the Athenian Stranger
surface form: Athenian Stranger
Platonic character
Young Socrates Platonic character
Polonius
Laertes tragedy character
Clinias of Crete Platonic character
Eleatic Stranger Platonic character
The Ghost
Megillus of Sparta Platonic character
Frank Hunter
Hermogenes Platonic character
Judge Danforth
Medea tragedy character
Lysimachus Platonic character
the Laws of Athens (personified)
surface form: Laws of Athens (personified)
Protarchus Platonic character
Luka
Grigori Otrepyev (False Dmitri)
surface form: Grigori Otrepyev
Arthur Winslow
Brabantio
Hippolitus de Vereza romantic hero
Valancourt romantic hero
Ophelia tragic heroine
Shuisky
The Templar is Christian
Dr. Ned Darrell
Shallow