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an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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most important element
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06367879-n:
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
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a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
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a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
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a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine
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hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill
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a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
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the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
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the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century
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a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
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the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
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09601049-n:
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
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09601571-n:
tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
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09602258-n:
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
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a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain
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in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages
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any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)
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a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
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the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island
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(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
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an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb
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10909303-n:
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)
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a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas
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a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
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Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC)
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11318171-n:
United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
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11377712-n:
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
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the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
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