But its four characters never assume much life beyond their emblematic status as figures in a well-worn social debate.

Each team has had six members, led by a mysterious figure named Mockingbird, whom the characters assume to be one of the other five members.

It is here that the contradictory character of the inner city assumes such significance.

Through their colorfulness and quiet heroism, these characters gradually assume center stage.

The characters assume allegorical roles, and the resolution is meant to edify.

With so much going on, the sets themselves become the main events, and the characters often assume a proplike woodenness.

At the end, a minor character assumes the narration to report the death of our previous narrator.

As the show evolved, supporting characters assumed greater prominence.

Other characters assume it is the source of his sexual attractiveness and conquests.

The four characters in this play do not assumes a "role" in any traditional sense.