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stock character in American Englishnouna character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer Examples of 'stock character' in a sentencestock character Another stock character in the modern godfather management cadre stands in stark contrast.Absurd scenarios are juggled with ludicrous stock characters.Stock characters and situations give way to nuanced characterizations.The same is true of the individualistic touches he gives to what might otherwise be stock characters.Instead, we get stock characters and themes: the boorish businessman, the feuding parents, the vulgarity of the rich.However, the main problem is that the characters feel like variations on stock characters rather than freshly minted ones.Wertenbaker's dialogue injects emotional veracity into stock characters, but can't quite square their more incredible behaviour. |