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For the Plautus play, see <a href="/wiki/Miles_Gloriosus_(play)" title="Miles Gloriosus (play)">Miles Gloriosus (play)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIles_Gloriosus_(Grupo_Parrocha)_(6985293553).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/MIles_Gloriosus_%28Grupo_Parrocha%29_%286985293553%29.jpg/220px-MIles_Gloriosus_%28Grupo_Parrocha%29_%286985293553%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/MIles_Gloriosus_%28Grupo_Parrocha%29_%286985293553%29.jpg/330px-MIles_Gloriosus_%28Grupo_Parrocha%29_%286985293553%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/MIles_Gloriosus_%28Grupo_Parrocha%29_%286985293553%29.jpg/440px-MIles_Gloriosus_%28Grupo_Parrocha%29_%286985293553%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4540" data-file-height="3026" /></a><figcaption>The "braggart soldier" Pyrgopolynices in a 2012 production of the play <i>Miles Gloriosus</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>Alazṓn</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">ἀλαζών</span>) is one of three <a href="/wiki/Stock_characters" class="mw-redirect" title="Stock characters">stock characters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_comedy" title="Ancient Greek comedy">comedy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_ancient_Greece" title="Theatre of ancient Greece">theatre of ancient Greece</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the opponent of the <i><a href="/wiki/Eiron" title="Eiron">eirôn</a></i>. The <i>alazṓn</i> is an <a href="/wiki/Impostor" class="mw-redirect" title="Impostor">impostor</a> that sees himself as greater than he actually is. The <i><b>senex iratus</b></i> (the angry father) and the <i><b>miles gloriosus</b></i> (the braggart soldier) are two types of <i>alazṓn</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Miles_Gloriosus"><i>Miles Gloriosus</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Miles Gloriosus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miles_gloriosus" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:miles gloriosus">miles gloriosus</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <p><i>Miles Gloriosus</i> (literally, "braggart-soldier", in <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Stock_character" title="Stock character">stock character</a> of a boastful soldier from the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_(drama)" title="Comedy (drama)">comic</a> <a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_ancient_Rome" title="Theatre of ancient Rome">theatre of ancient Rome</a>, and variations on this character have appeared in <a href="/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">drama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a> ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-Frye_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frye-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character derives from the <i>alazṓn</i> or "braggart" of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_comedy#Old_Comedy" title="Ancient Greek comedy">Greek Old Comedy</a> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Aristophanes" title="Aristophanes">Aristophanes</a>). The term "Miles Gloriosus" is occasionally applied in a contemporary context to refer to a posturing and self-deceiving boaster or bully. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_instances">Literary instances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Literary instances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the play <i><a href="/wiki/Miles_Gloriosus_(play)" title="Miles Gloriosus (play)">Miles Gloriosus</a></i> ("Boastful Soldier") by <a href="/wiki/Plautus" title="Plautus">Plautus</a>, the term applies to the main character Pyrgopolynices. This foolish <i>Miles Gloriosus</i> brags openly and often about his supposed greatness, while the rest of the characters feign their admiration and secretly plot against him. Heavily borrowing from Plautus, the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a>-<a href="/wiki/Burt_Shevelove" title="Burt Shevelove">Burt Shevelove</a>-<a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> musical <i><a href="/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum" title="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</a></i> features a warrior named Miles Gloriosus. </p><p>An example in <a href="/wiki/Terence" title="Terence">Terence</a> of the <i>alazon</i> character is Thraso in the <i><a href="/wiki/Eunuchus" title="Eunuchus">Eunuchus</a></i>. Like Pyrgopolinices in the <i>Miles Gloriosus</i>, Thraso is attended by a flatterer or parasite who follows him round and attends to his wishes. Like Pyrgopolinices, Thraso is wealthy and is a rival of the young man in the story for the love of a courtesan. </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> uses the type most notably with the bombastic and self-glorifying ensign <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Pistol" title="Ancient Pistol">Ancient Pistol</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_2" title="Henry IV, Part 2">Henry IV, Part 2</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor" title="The Merry Wives of Windsor">The Merry Wives of Windsor</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_V_(play)" title="Henry V (play)">Henry V</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other examples are "fashion's own knight", the Spaniard Armardo, in <i><a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Labour%27s_Lost" title="Love's Labour's Lost">Love's Labour's Lost</a></i>, the worthless Captain Parolles in <i><a href="/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well" title="All's Well That Ends Well">All's Well That Ends Well</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Falstaff" class="mw-redirect" title="Falstaff">Falstaff</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1" title="Henry IV, Part 1">Henry IV, Part 1</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_2" title="Henry IV, Part 2">Part 2</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor" title="The Merry Wives of Windsor">The Merry Wives of Windsor</a></i>. Sir Tophas of <a href="/wiki/John_Lyly" title="John Lyly">John Lyly's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Endymion_(play)" title="Endymion (play)">Endymion</a></i> also fits the mold. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Baron_Munchausen" title="Baron Munchausen">Baron Munchausen</a> is a braggart soldier. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte" title="Commedia dell'arte">Commedia dell'arte</a>, the figure of <a href="/wiki/Il_Capitano" title="Il Capitano">Il Capitano</a> is a <i>miles gloriosus</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the novel, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces" title="A Confederacy of Dunces">A Confederacy of Dunces</a></i>, the main character, Ignatius J. Reilly, believes himself to be better than everyone because of his apathy towards modern society and his Medievalist views. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Dr_Strangelove" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Strangelove">Dr Strangelove</a>, Gen. Buck Turgidson reveals himself as a boastful soldier when we discover that his tough talk about torture is to cover up his own fear of it; whereas Capt. Mandrake - the eirôn - actually was tortured, and seems to have dealt with it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_media">Other media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In music, the title role of <i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A1ry_J%C3%A1nos" title="Háry János">Háry János</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kod%C3%A1ly" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodály">Kodály</a> is an example of the character. </p><p>In the PC game <i><a href="/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_III:_Morrowind" title="The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind">The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind</a></i>, there is a non-playable character named Miles Gloriosus, willing to brag about his accomplishments as soldier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senex_iratus"><i>Senex iratus</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Senex iratus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>senex iratus</i> or heavy father figure is a comic <a href="/wiki/Archetype" title="Archetype">archetype</a> character who belongs to the alazon or impostor group in <a href="/wiki/Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater">theater</a>, manifesting himself through his rages and threats, his obsessions and his gullibility. </p><p>His usual function is to impede the love of the <a href="/wiki/Lovers_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovers (character)">hero and heroine</a>, and his power to do so stems from his greater social position and his increased control of cash. In the <a href="/wiki/New_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="New Comedy">New Comedy</a>, he was often the father of the hero and so his rival. More frequently since, he has been the father of the heroine who insists on her union with the bad fiancé; as such, he appears in both <i><a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i>, where he fails and so the play is a comedy, and <i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a></i>, where his acts are successful enough to render the play a tragedy. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pantalone" title="Pantalone">Pantalone</a> in <a href="/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte" title="Commedia dell'arte">Commedia dell'arte</a> acts as a <i>senex iratus</i>. </p><p>In his <i><a href="/wiki/Anatomy_of_Criticism" title="Anatomy of Criticism">Anatomy of Criticism</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Frye" title="Northrop Frye">Northrop Frye</a> considered all blocking humors in comedy to be variations on the basic function of the <i>senex iratus</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boasting" title="Boasting">Boasting</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bomolochus" title="Bomolochus">Bômolochus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eiron" title="Eiron">Eirôn</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exaggeration" title="Exaggeration">Exaggeration</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carlson (1993, 23) and Janko (1987, 45, 170).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFrye1973" class="citation book cs1">Frye, Northrop (1973) [1957]. "First Essay: Historical Criticism". <i>Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays</i>. Princeton University Press. p. 39. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-691-01298-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-691-01298-9"><bdi>0-691-01298-9</bdi></a>. <q><i>alazon</i>, which means imposter, someone who pretends or tries to be something more than he is. The most popular types of <i>alazon</i> are the <i>miles gloriosus</i> and the learned crank or obsessed philosopher.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=First+Essay%3A+Historical+Criticism&rft.btitle=Anatomy+of+Criticism%3A+Four+Essays&rft.pages=39&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=0-691-01298-9&rft.aulast=Frye&rft.aufirst=Northrop&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlazon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Frye-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Frye_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frye, Northrop. 1957. <i>Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays</i>. London: Penguin, 1990. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-012480-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-012480-2">0-14-012480-2</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Victor L. Cahn, Shakespeare the Playwright: A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances, Praeger, Westport, 1996. p.468.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Rudlin, <i>Commedia dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook</i>, p. 120, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-04770-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-04770-6">0-415-04770-6</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carlson, Marvin. 1993. <i>Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present.</i> Expanded. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-8154-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-8154-3">978-0-8014-8154-3</a>.</li> <li>Janko, Richard, trans. 1987. <i>Poetics with Tractatus Coislinianus, Reconstruction of Poetics II and the Fragments of the On Poets.</i> By <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a>. Cambridge: Hackett. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87220-033-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87220-033-7">0-87220-033-7</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alazon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/dial/sfclass/Fryechar.htm">Character Functions</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090318110008/http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/dial/sfclass/Fryechar.htm">Archived</a> 2009-03-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" 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