character arc

English

Etymology

Compound of character +‎ arc.

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.

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