Stock characters

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• Leerjaar 4

Year 4

Commedia Dell Arte 

& 

Stock Characters

You are going to learn:

* what stock characters are

* how they are still used

&

*how they are linked to the book we are going to read in class

Commedia Dell Arte

- Italy 1600s

- Popular theatre

- First time women were allowed on stage

- Everyone got paid

- Improvised stories

- Short scenes

Stock

characters

 = 

stereotypical characters

Stock characters in The Lion King

Commedia Dell Arte

Il Capitano - arrogant, intimidates townspeople but in fact not brave at all

Zanni - servants

The Lion King

Inamorati - the young lovers

Vecchi - the master, nobleman

Arlecchino - a witty prankster of a servant, very popular

Brighella - thieving, mean-spirited and occassionally violent especially to people with a lower rank

Now....

INTRODUCTION

The author of "One of us is lying" put five stereotypical teenagers in a room.  Let's dive into some stereotypes first.

One of us is lying was turned into a series

One of the 'advantages' of stereotypes is that we can easily recognise people. Now, did the director of the series choose the right people for the 5 stereotypes depicted in the book and movie? 

What is a stock character?