From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <164f0216-3289-42ec-aad0-51a29b1af0c5@googlegroups.com>,   
   William Vetter   wrote:   
   >On Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:18:52 PM UTC-4, Shawn Wilson wrote:   
   >   
   >> Sorry, no.  I don't believe in characters having 'flaws'.   
   >Personalities, sure.  But not overt flaws.  How many people do you know   
   >in the real world (or fiction) with overt flaws?   
   >   
   >You should read Plutarch's Lives.  It's about character flaws.   
      
   Don't forget the Secret Histories of Procopius of Caesarea.   
      
   Thomasus: "You know what the Empress Theodora used to complain   
   about?"   
      
   Padway: "Yes," and told him what the Empress Theodora used to   
   complain about.  ... He didn't trouble to tell Thomasus that he   
   had read that particular bit of dirt in Procopius's Secret   
   Histories, which hadn't been written yet.   
      
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   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
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