"It must know of their character and ambitions, their opinions, their weaknesses, the influences which they can exert, and the influences before which they are frail.
It's something we naturally do when we interpret what people say in terms of what we already know of their character, personality, and underlying views.
I've long believed it to be a kind of narrative laziness or mere conventionalism on the part of filmmakers to suppress what they may know of their characters' lives and thoughts — who are their parents, who are their friends, where did they grow up, what are their passions and pleasures, how much money do they have in the bank, what do they like to read?
I've long believed it to be a kind of narrative laziness or mere conventionalism on the part of filmmakers to suppress what they may know of their characters' lives and thoughts who are their parents, who are their friends, where did they grow up, what are their passions and pleasures, how much money do they have in the bank, what do they like to read?
Heroes creator Tim Kring and the writers had created the character of Elle with the idea in mind that she was a "cautionary tale" of what could happen if the other characters had known of their abilities for the duration of their lives as Elle did.
"My name was going on certifications of these individuals, people I didn't know, where I had no idea of their character or moral turpitude," Senator Scutari said.
They claim that men and women should be judged by the content of their character, when nobody can know the content of another's character.
I know of no character in the literature of the last quarter-century who is such a complete pain in the neck.
But this awakening is suspect given what little we know of Cora's character.
Younger people unfamiliar with Elvis might prefer to shell out $2 for Justin Timberlake's signature fedora or $3 for a pair of Snoop Dogg Dobermans to raise the cool quotient of their characters, known as avatars.
Adopting Fielding's omniscient third-person narrative, he cheerfully set about subverting any authorial omniscience by humorously reflecting on how little he, the author, knew of his characters or their predicaments.
