Stock Characters of Commedia dell'Arte

• Romeo
• Tumblrites are emotional 
• Bullied kid who has given up
• Instagrammer who lives a double life online

• Japanese smart-kid- Doesn't care about other people. Focuses on studies mostly. Shows off his good grades all the time and acts smart. Talks all the time. When he says something, he says it very confidently. Stays to himself in the most of his performance

The smart kid is like Il Dottore. They both specialize in everything and they both tend to go on and on about dialogue that no one cares about. They both tend to be stingy and like a show-off. They both don't care what other people are thinking about them.

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• Quiet introverted fat girl- Stutters when trying to say something. Moves slowly. Get pushed around and no one pays attention. Tries to stay away from people. Eats a lot all the time as people make fun of her for it. Doesn't have eye contact with anybody.

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• Kid trying to fit in with the "cool" kids- Feels out of place with the people around her. People pretend to like her but backbite about her in reality. Completely unwanted and unliked because she makes very lame jokes about everything and spoils conversations

The "trying to fit in kid" is like the Arlechinno. They both pretend to be something they aren't to convince people they're something they aren't but they fail miserable. They both make fools of themselves and other people believe they don't belong.

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• Jocks- Confident big guys who yell and swear and joke loudly. Move together, stay together. Doesn't talk to other people "below" them. Probably has a  football close to them and bullies other people. Ladies love him and he goes to many parties. Due to this, he has become a jerk to most people. 

The jock is a lot like Il Capitano. He pretends to be bold and confident and powerful but in reality is extremely cowardly and scared of everything. Both of them would try to take advantage of smaller, less powerful people lower in the "social scale". 

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• Queen bee- Body language shows she is very open. Uses lots of hand gestures and has annoying high voice. Center of attention. Very beautiful. Makes fun of other people. Hangs out with jocks. 

The queen bee of the secondary school is very much like Isabella. Headstrong and beautiful, they both tend to be able to influence anyone around her. Men constantly fall in love with her charming looks and they both play as prima donnas who exaggerate everything.

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PART 3:
Commedia characters are alot like the people we see in our current everyday life. Though our society has changed through technology and science, our basic emotions and traits stay the same and that is what Commedia dell'Arte tries to show. Each stock character has it's own personality which at least some parts of it everyone can compare with.

Many of these characters are found in chick flicks where the main focus is on Isabella and her adventures. The jocks and nerds traits are greatly exaggerated to show what is going on in a normal high school.

Plays such as Hamlet and Grease normally have 2 main characters who love each other dearly but has one person trying to stop them such as a mistress or jealous lover. This is just like the plotline of Commedia plays.

I constantly feel like I am in the middle of many different social groups and I get a chance to see how everyone looks at the other and I believe commedia dell'Arte characters are such that they can be representatives of each group or clique.