This provokes character Louis Holland to fight with his sister and mother over a grandmother's inheritance, and to meet a Harvard seismologist, a weapons company and anti-abortion activists, among other urban American characters.
They all have thought-provoking characters who rivet us.
In "Red Dragon" and "The Silence of the Lambs," Mr. Harris exploited Lecter's archcriminal brand of Operation Head Start, with the character provoking and stimulating particularly damaged serial killers to do their work.
Each player in the real or imagined plots -- the seekers of secrets and the keepers of secrets -- inevitably performs to character, provoking what Professor Goldberg explains is the requisite confrontation that conspiracism demands.
As his wife, Martha, Morton excels at provoking the George character at every possible opportunity.
Their appeal lies not only in the comic and unsettling combination of human and animal traits, but also in the way they provoke other characters to reveal themselves through their reactions to them.
The drama that develops inside these stories emerges from revelations of deep-seeded beliefs or of long-kept secrets that challenge and even provoke other characters to react strongly.
But, personally, and not having re-watched "Cheers" recently, I recall Long's Diane as a tremendously anxiety-provoking character — the butt of the show's jokes as much, if not more, than she was its heroine.
While hardly provoking sympathy, their characters' seemingly unapologetic lack of internal moral conflict makes for an interesting contrast with Yekel and Sarah.
But towards the middle of the game, you can loot people's desks in front of them and even shoot one major character without provoking reactions.
His proud and pretentious character provoked frequent attacks.
