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Is there a term for a character that is used to represent or criticise a wider issue?

Is there a term for a character that is used to represent or criticise a wider issue?

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About to sit my English lit GCSE. Doing some essay plans as revision and looking at how ambition is presented in Frankenstein. One of my ideas is that essentially Victor's whole character is used by Shelley to criticise ambition, just wondering if there was a technical term for a character that is used to represent something bigger like this? I think this could also apply to An Inspector Calls, like how Eva Smith is used to represent the impact of class prejudice and treatment of women etc in society? Thanks

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taylor2317

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You could describe this character as being 'didactic' - meaning "intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive"

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