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Atticus Finch
Associated work: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Features of caricature: Wise lawyer, epitome of integrity and moral courage, defends an unjustly accused man
Tom Sawyer
Associated work: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain; Features of caricature: Mischievous boy, clever and imaginative, avoids work and responsibility
Ebenezer Scrooge
Associated work: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; Features of caricature: Miserly, unfeeling, eventually redeems himself
Don Quixote
Associated work: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; Features of caricature: Delusional gentleman, satirizes chivalric ideals, tragicomic figure
Uriah Heep
Associated work: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens; Features of caricature: Obsequious, deceitful clerk, uses humility as a disguise
Madame Bovary
Associated work: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; Features of caricature: Romantic idealist, disillusioned with provincial life, seeks escapism
Jay Gatsby
Associated work: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Features of caricature: Mysterious millionaire, embodies the American Dream, tragically flawed
Dorian Gray
Associated work: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde; Features of caricature: Narcissistic, indulges in hedonistic lifestyle, his portrait ages instead of him
Falstaff
Associated work: Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 by William Shakespeare; Features of caricature: Boisterous, cowardly, fond of drink and jest
Basil Fawlty
Associated work: Fawlty Towers (TV show); Features of caricature: Rude, snobbish hotel owner, prone to fits of anger
Emma Bovary
Associated work: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; Features of caricature: Idealistic, seeks romantic fulfillment, often disillusioned
Homer Simpson
Associated work: The Simpsons (TV show); Features of caricature: Dumb but loveable, epitome of American laziness and indulgence, often causes mayhem
The Wife of Bath
Associated work: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer; Features of caricature: Worldly, experienced with men, challenges medieval views on women
Prof. Moriarty
Associated work: Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle; Features of caricature: Criminal mastermind, highly intelligent and cunning, Holmes’s archenemy
Elizabeth Bennet
Associated work: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; Features of caricature: Witty, independent-minded, challenges social norms
Gulliver
Associated work: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift; Features of caricature: Naive traveler, exposes absurdities of human nature, political satire
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Associated work: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; Features of caricature: Eccentric, two-headed ex-president of the Galaxy, wildly irresponsible
Oscar Wilde
Associated work and features of caricature: The Picture of Dorian Gray and other works; Witty, flamboyant, critiques Victorian society and morality
Yossarian
Associated work: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller; Features of caricature: Absurd, paranoid World War II bombardier, desperate to survive
Ignatius J. Reilly
Associated work: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Features of caricature: Slothful, deluded intellectual, critical of modern society
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