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Characters play a pivotal role in the events displayed by an anecdote. Personas are in fact the main pillars of the story and developments revolve round characters’ behavior, remarks, and thoughts. In critical study of any anecdote, the main element of the story is assessed and analyzed which is the characters. Hence, the story is synonymous to the acts and thoughts of characters, which are developed and displayed within the framework of the story’s plot. In contemporary Iranian stories; multilateral characters have been created by Sadeq Hedayat in his literary works, namely Three Drops of Blood and The Blind Owl, while this approach has been copied by other authors. In the majority of works which have been under the influence of Hedayat’s book Blind Owl, multilateral personalities are evident.
This study has analyzed personalities in the books Blind Owl and Three Drops of Blood, penned by Sadeq Hedayat, in addition to Prince Ihtejab penned by Hushang Golshiri, and ‘Hereafter’ written by Bahram Sadeqi
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Child literature Received: 2010/04/6 | Accepted: 2012/05/21 | Published: 2013/01/22