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A stock phrase used to describe a character is known as a character trope. These tropes can be helpful for quickly conveying certain qualities or characteristics of a character to an audience.
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A stock phrase used to describe a character is a common and often repeated description or characteristic that is frequently associated with that specific character. It serves as a quick and easily recognizable way to identify or categorize the character based on certain traits or behavior.
A stock character is immediately recognised by the audience. They are often not the main character in the book or play. Stock characters have no requirement to be developed by the reader. An example of a stock character is the 'hero'.
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A good example of stock characters are Tom Walker and his wife from the story "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Devil_and_Tom_Walker
A phrase to describe the characteristic of a person - as in 'Richard the Lion Heart'An epithet is a short, descriptive phrase describing a person.Example: Calypso, the bewitching nymph, the lustrous goddess, held him back, deep in her arching caverns. (The Odyssey)
Grocer: "I have bananas in stock."
a stock character in a play is the typical character in a play