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character arc

character arc noun: the transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story.

Noun

character arc (plural character arcs)

  1. The transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story.
    • The transformation of William Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet from a young scholarly prince full of promise into a melancholic brooder after his father's death is an example of a character arc.

Forms of character arc

pluralcharacter arcs

Origin of character arc

Compound of character + arc.

Questions about character arc

What does character arc mean?
Character arc means the transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story.
What part of speech is character arc?
Character arc is a noun.
What is the plural of character arc?
The plural of character arc is character arcs.

Words near character arc in the dictionary

  1. character actor
  2. character actors
  3. character actress
  4. character actresses
  5. character amnesia
  6. character arc
  7. character arcs
  8. character assassinate
  9. character assassinated
  10. character assassinates
  11. character assassinating

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