A voice or character representing a speaker or narrator of a literary work.
A player/character on GrassRoots. We prefer persona because it gets away from the "gaming feel" of many MOOs.
All members are expected to develop an alter ego, that being of a person who could have lived in 5th century Ireland. Members have gone to various depths in assuming this task.... from simply choosing an appropriate period name, to developing a fictional history of that persons' past experience. Dont be too fantastic or pretentious!!! These aren't Fantasy Role Playing characters, this is YOU as you would have lived in the Dark Ages.
The 'comforting cloak' of the Ego (q.v.); the self-image which the Ego builds up to reassure itself and to present to the world.
the mask from behind which an author (character) speaks, a facade presented to others by an individual
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
a character you create to place within the fictional Calypso
a construct , a character fleshed-out from demographic, psychographic and topological factors, for whom you design a specific navigation pathway through your site
a fictional person we create to represent a particular class of real users or system participants
a fictional user created to represent a user group
a social mask that allows a man to interact in society in a civilized and effective way
Latin for mask. The ego's means of social adaptation and the roles we play.
or persona mask. Another way of saying narrator when the words of the narrator can be seen to differ or diverge from what the author must think or feel. The narrator of the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales is a persona because he has only enthusiasm for pilgrims, like the Monk or Friar, who do not merit such praise.
A personality that a person projects in public, often representing a character in a fictional context.
Your character in the game. You have three personae, and can thus play under three different names (but only one at a time). If one persona is killed, the others aren't affected. Only wizzes can tell whether two mortal personae belong to the same account or not, and they won't tell if you want to pretend to be two different people...
(Plural: personae.) Latin word translated as "person." Tertullian used this word in his trinitarian formula, "una substantia et tres personae" ("three persons in one substance"). Early Latin usage did not restrict the word to its modern meaning of a self-conscious being. At that time, it could mean a mask worn by an actor, a role in a drama, or a legal party to a contract. However, it apparently could also apply to individual persons. It did carry connotations of individualized personality that the Greek word hypostasis did not have originally. (See Chapter 11 - TRINITARIANISM: DEFINITION AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.) Although the Nicene Creed used hypostasis, which was later translated as "persona," Tertullian had already used persona much earlier to describe the members of the trinity.
Biographical details, minutiae, and motives for a living history character. See also “Blocking.
the role assumed for a game. The persona is brought to life by the player acting and speaking "in character."
The voice of the author of an essay or story, even if that voice never uses the first person or gives any further details about its "self." Your persona, in an academic essay, might be that of a concerned citizen, a sociological researcher, or a literary critic.
the collective noun for both members and roles; since roles can be assigned roles, and members can be assigned members, as well as roles.
Literally, a person is a mask. In literature, a persona is a speaker created by a writer to tell a story or to speak in a poem. A persona is not a character in a story or narrative, nor does a persona necessarily directly reflect the author's personal voice. A person is a separate self, created by and distinct from the author, through which he or she speaks.
A character assumed by an SCA member.
the Latin word for the mask worn by the actors of the theater and, by extension, the identity or "mask" assumed by the speaker or narrator: the fictional "I" of a literary work. The term persona is often used to avoid the assumption that the "I" is the true voice of the poet or author.
(Latin, "actor's mask"). One's social role, derived from the expectations of society and early training. A strong ego relates to the outside world through a flexible persona; identification with a specific persona (doctor, scholar, artist, etc.) inhibits psychological developments.
The role one plays within the SCA. This can be as simply-defined as a general idea of a period and nationality of interest, or a detailed character one portrays in the SCA. Staying In Persona
the voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story and who may or may not share the values of the actual author.
Latin, "actor's mask." It is the partially calculated public face an individual assumes in relating to others. The persona is derived from the expectations of society and the early training by parents and teachers. It is the role one plays in society, useful both in facilitating contact with others and as a protective covering, but inhibiting when one identifies with it.
is the narrator, or the storyteller, of a literary work created by the author. A persona is usually either a character in a story who acts as a narrator or an "implied author," a voice created by the author to act as the narrator for himself or herself. Example: The narrator of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a persona.
The character assumed by an SCA member. This may involve anything from adopting a name to developing a full history for a person born and raised at some specific place and time in the period covered by the SCA.
Fictional person created to model and describe the goals, needs, and characteristics of a specific type or group of users. Does not describe a real, individual user nor an average user. Often includes made-up personal details to make the fictional person more "real".
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role, or a character played by an actor. The word derives from the Latin for "mask" or "character", derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning.
The Persona series of console role-playing games is a set of three games for the Play Station home console from the game developer Atlus. While fairly distinct in nature, the Persona series is actually a collection of spin-offs of one of Atlus' main franchises, the Shin Megami Tensei series. Currently, the Persona series encompasses three games; however, a Persona series game was confirmed at the 2004 Tokyo Game Show for Japanese release for the Sony PSP.
