characters

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The camera is almost always static; the frame is frozen in a way that virtually imprisons the characters, suggesting that their blinkered belief systems similarly constrain their thoughts and direct their deeds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This curriculum involved storybooks featuring queer and gender-nonconforming characters.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

But, entertaining as it is to watch them slay one another with smiling faces, I am not sure the characters are representative of the culture at large.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The alias has been used by a number of different characters over the years, but they all usually possess shape-shifting abilities due to their clay-like bodies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

And there is a special kind of irony called “dramatic irony,” which is when the audience of a play knows more than the characters onstage do.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood