what would you say?
Dorian Gray?
the most famous name in literature
what would you say?
Dorian Gray?
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
No, I'd say Sherlock Holmes.
Virgil ?
Tie: Adam and Eve
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Haha....I like this but how famous/infamous are they compared to others more infamousOriginally Posted by Calidore
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it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Mickey Mouse.
Not Donald Duck? Aww!!
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Sherlock Holmes, Alice, Superman, Gandalf, and Harry Potter
Romeo and Juliet, perhaps.
King Arthur or Robin Hood
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Helen of Troy
Voices mysterious far and near,
Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
Are calling and whispering in my ear,
Whifflingpin! Why stayest thou here?
John Lennon because of Come Together? (amongst others)
Freddy Mercury because of Bohemian Rhapsody? (amongst others)
Robert Plant because of Stairway To Heaven? (amongst others)
Jimi Hendrix because of Purple Haze? (amongst others)
So many... ...
Ummm... the key word was "literature".
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And I listed a song, a libretto, a ballad, and an out-of-this world poem.
I'll take my list over most of what's been listed so far.
I'd rather watch a Shakespeare play than read it, which is only second best, and if performance isn't your strong point maybe a busking stint will wake you up
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Zhuge Liang, Ximen Qing, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, etc. probably Cao Cao or Zhuge Liang. Not only is Cao Cao traced in core texts of Chinese culture, his own poetic career was also noteworthy.
As for females, probably Cui Yingying as the most beautifully constructed female character of the Chinese canon.
The beauty of Chinese literature is that stories are retold in new and interesting ways - the core evolves as a sort of literary performance, so that Cao Cao goes from heroic bard to tragic romantic, to new money, to vile conqueror, to usurper, to schemer, to villain, to pure evil. The actual fluidity of the character as it transcends can only be compared to something like Faust in the west, as he is rewritten. Our works do not work in recasting cycles, but rather in inventing new personages, which is perhaps a weakness.
Then again, Jesus is also a brilliant dynamic character, as is Satan, and many other Christian characters and Jewish biblical characters.
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