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   William Vetter to William Vetter   
   Re: Plausible Characters?   
   23 Aug 14 10:38:34   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 6:57:22 PM UTC-4, William Vetter wrote:   
   > For me, "character flaw" means   
   > Coriolanus can only relate to the common man adversarially.   
   > Alexander is completely susceptible to flattery.   
   > Cicero is addicted to clever sarcasms so that he makes enemies unnecessarily.   
   >   
   I thought of a better example.   
      
   Huckleberry Fin loves freedom, but his mind is incapable of connecting that   
   emotion with Abolitionism.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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