personae

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By extension, if these things happen and are posted on the Internet, others will likely take note of each new i-star, and the reaction could propel some of them to incredible levels of worldwide fame if their looks and (later, if more is learned via interviews or self-made profiles on social networking sites) their personae are the exact right combination required.

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  1. noun A voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work.
  2. noun The characters in a dramatic or literary work.
  3. noun The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.

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  • It is the first edition to include dramatis personae, the first to attempt a systematic division of all the plays into acts and scenes, and the first to give to scenes their distinct locations. —  Some Account of the Life of Mr William Shakespear
  • The dramatis personae, as refashioned from the crude fact and the central passions of the poem, were such as would naturally call forth what was characteristic in Browning's genius. —  Robert Browning
  • Matt jerked him off his feet and body-slammed him face-first against the lockers. —  The Pull of the Moon
  • "Everybody knows that zoo of yours in Trenton, Baker. —  The Stars My Destination
  • By extension, if these things happen and are posted on the Internet, others will likely take note of each new i-star, and the reaction could propel some of them to incredible levels of worldwide fame if their looks and (later, if more is learned via interviews or self-made profiles on social networking sites) their personae are the exact right combination required. —  boy culture
 

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