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Tara2 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

The broadly drawn characters

What does the bold mean? Does 'drawn' mean 'popular'?

Lois: Oh, come on, Peter. Don't you miss TV just a little? The familiar stories, the broadly drawn characters, the convenient plot turns that bring a character around at exactly the right moment?

  

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Yes, I can understand your dilemma. The verb "draw" has about a thousand meanings! ) Here "drawn" means formulated, devised, constructed .

  • Yes, I can understand your dilemma.
  • The verb "draw" has about a thousand meanings!
  • ) Here "drawn" means formulated, devised, constructed .
  • , 'broad') stereotypes.
  • CJ
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Yes, I can understand your dilemma. The verb "draw" has about a thousand meanings! (But not "popular".)

Here "drawn" means formulated, devised, constructed.

The authors of those stories devised the characters in their stories according to obvious (i.e., 'broad') stereotypes.

CJ

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