Character
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[[Image:Friar John and Panurge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Friar John]] and [[Panurge]] are two [[fictional character]]s created by [[François Rabelais]]]] | [[Image:Friar John and Panurge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Friar John]] and [[Panurge]] are two [[fictional character]]s created by [[François Rabelais]]]] | ||
+ | [[Image:“Character Heads” (1839) is a lithograph by Matthias Rudolph Toma (1792-1869) of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s busts.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Friar John]] and [[Panurge]] are two [[fictional character]]s created by [[François Rabelais]]]] | ||
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Character may refer to:
- Character (arts) or fictional character, an agent in a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc
- Character (symbol), a sign or symbol
- Character sketch
- Character structure, a person's traits
- Moral character, an evaluation of a particular individual's durable moral qualities
- The Characters, a book by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus
Etymology
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktēr, “type, nature, character”) from χαράσσω (kharassō, “I engrave”).
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