Famous characters?

[ladyofastolat]

I just saw a reference to someone who is "undoubtedly the most famous character in literature." Who do you reckon they were talking about?

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[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

Hamlet?
Romeo?
MacBeth?
Don Quixote?
Heathcliff?
Mr Rochester?

- I think that disproves the 'undoubtedly', if nothing else.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

ETA: Possibly also Frankenstein's Monster, cheating and looking at some other people's ideas.

Of course *adopting snotty academic voice* we are only discussing the Western canon here ...

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Indeed. And also, for the most part, being rather highbrow about the definition of "literature." ;-)

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

That's probably because we get (or got, I don't know what happens now) taught Highbrow Stuff as English Literature at skule.

Winnie the Pooh, then.