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A character whose speech and behavior are coherent, responsive, emotionally grounded, and embedded in a world where other characters also have inner lives.
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Real character
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "through this lens like the fictional characters uh are basically real characters like they're not really that's right like we're all sort of part..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "through this lens like the fictional characters uh are basically real characters like they're not really that's right like we're all sort of part..."
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"...think about it. Right? And this is what makes Agamemnon a real character to us. All right? But the other thing is that Achilles..."
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"...Agamemnon and Achilles. Okay? So not only are the two main characters have a life of their own, but the observers have a life..."
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"through this lens like the fictional characters uh are basically real characters like they're not really that's right like we're all sort of part..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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