He describes the young Ellington as "a narcissistic character, a man who could not allow himself to be one-upped."

The protagonist changes from an angry, then narcissistic, later anxious character to a person who hides behind a mask of superficiality.

But given Mr. Swofford's sketchy plotting and narcissistic characters, readers may not make it that far.

Still others rejoice that the narcissistic characters finally got their comeuppance.

For the thriller Spirit Trap Catherwood lost weight and cut a severe fringe to portray the drug abusing, narcissistic character of Adele.

Ms. Hulslander is often charming, but Mr. Schauder's Johnny is one of those narcissistic characters whom, inexplicably, everybody in the movie adores.

These frieze-like images show bizarre social situations free of narrative, populated by narcissistic characters who never interact.

Portraying a narcissistic character that would do anything to please the audience, Keaton described her role as "the kind of woman you love to hate."

Each band member developed distinctive onstage characters, with McDermott adopting a nasty, mean persona, while Ferguson played a narcissistic character who was "gorgeous but stupid".

And the narcissistic character as the natural leader, aggressive and independent because of not internalizing a strong super-ego.