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A stock character in opera, theater, and literature. She is a girl or young woman who is endearingly wholesome and innocent. Very similar to the girl next door.
She is generally portrayed as sweet, gentle, virtuous, beautiful, demure, with the wide-eyed innocence of a child and she is very often naive. She is often the victim of the libertine, whom she may have mistaken for the hero. Often she still lives with her parents, owing to her youth and naivete.
She is usually the foil for the dangerously seductive femme fatale.
She is often involved in a romantic subplot, usually with the boy next door and the romance is typically innocent and chaste.
The ingenue is typically played by a lyric soprano in opera and musicals.
She is generally portrayed as sweet, gentle, virtuous, beautiful, demure, with the wide-eyed innocence of a child and she is very often naive. She is often the victim of the libertine, whom she may have mistaken for the hero. Often she still lives with her parents, owing to her youth and naivete.
She is usually the foil for the dangerously seductive femme fatale.
She is often involved in a romantic subplot, usually with the boy next door and the romance is typically innocent and chaste.
The ingenue is typically played by a lyric soprano in opera and musicals.
The ingenue includes the following characters:
Joanna in Sweeney Todd
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz
Giselle in Enchanted
Pollyanna
Snow White
Rapunzel
Cosette in Les Miserables
Sandy in Grease
Maria in West Side Story
Christine in Phantom of the Opera
Ophelia in Hamlet
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
Ariel in The Little Mermaid
Belle in Beauty and the Beast
Penny in Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Mimi in La Boheme
Tatiana in Eugene Onegin
Joanna in Sweeney Todd
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz
Giselle in Enchanted
Pollyanna
Snow White
Rapunzel
Cosette in Les Miserables
Sandy in Grease
Maria in West Side Story
Christine in Phantom of the Opera
Ophelia in Hamlet
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
Ariel in The Little Mermaid
Belle in Beauty and the Beast
Penny in Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Mimi in La Boheme
Tatiana in Eugene Onegin
by Lorelili July 7, 2011
Get the ingenue mug.Nicky: "Schadenfruede, what's that, some sort of Nazi word?"
Gary Coleman: "Yep, it's German for 'Happiness at the misfortune of others!'"
Nicky: "'Happiness at the misfortune of others', that IS German!"
Gary Coleman: "Yep, it's German for 'Happiness at the misfortune of others!'"
Nicky: "'Happiness at the misfortune of others', that IS German!"
Gary Coleman: Right now you'r down and out, and feelin' really crappy.
N: I'll say.
Gary Coleman: And when I see how sad you are, it sorta makes me... HAP-PY...!!!
Nicky: HAPPY?!
Gary Coleman: Sorry Nicky, human nature, nothin' I can do. It's Schadenfruede, makin' me feel glad that I'm not you!
Nicky: Well that's not very nice, Gary!
Gary Coleman: I didn't say it was nice, but ev'rybody does it! D'jah ever clap when a waitress falls, and drops a tray of glasses?
Nicky: Yeah.
Gary Coleman: And ain't it fun to watch figure skaters fallin' on their asses?
Nicky: Sure!
Gary Coleman: Don'tcha feel all warm and cozy watching people out in the rain? That's
Both: Schadenfreude!
Gary Coleman: People taking pleasure in your pain!
N: I'll say.
Gary Coleman: And when I see how sad you are, it sorta makes me... HAP-PY...!!!
Nicky: HAPPY?!
Gary Coleman: Sorry Nicky, human nature, nothin' I can do. It's Schadenfruede, makin' me feel glad that I'm not you!
Nicky: Well that's not very nice, Gary!
Gary Coleman: I didn't say it was nice, but ev'rybody does it! D'jah ever clap when a waitress falls, and drops a tray of glasses?
Nicky: Yeah.
Gary Coleman: And ain't it fun to watch figure skaters fallin' on their asses?
Nicky: Sure!
Gary Coleman: Don'tcha feel all warm and cozy watching people out in the rain? That's
Both: Schadenfreude!
Gary Coleman: People taking pleasure in your pain!
by Lorelili October 23, 2004
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Get the siùrsach mug.A doll by another name, differing from a doll by being designed for tough, aggressive, "masculine" situations. Used by males to disguise their insecurity with being associated with traditionally "feminine" things. Just like a kilt is not caled a "skirt".
"Action figure"? What does that mean anyway? Is it an active thing? What does it mean? Call it what you like it, but any way that you look at it, an "action figure" is a doll by another name; "That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet."-Juliet, Romeo and Juliet
by Lorelili November 12, 2006
Get the action figure mug.A man of noble rank in a monarchy. Historically, lords governed land for the king under the feudal system, and thus served to provide for the people. Now, the title is just ceremonial, a figurehead.
All the same, "lord" (or "lady") can refer to somebody who is very skilled at something.
The female counterpart of a lord is a lady, being either the wife of a lord or a woman who holds the position of a lord in her own right.
All the same, "lord" (or "lady") can refer to somebody who is very skilled at something.
The female counterpart of a lord is a lady, being either the wife of a lord or a woman who holds the position of a lord in her own right.
In other European languages, the equivalent to "lord" is used as the form of address for men; Dominus, Signore, Señor, Monsieur, Herr, etc.
by Lorelili May 17, 2007
Get the lord mug.A more polite way of saying "slut"; remember that a whore gets paid while a slut does the same work for free.
From SNL parody of Girls:
Jessa: I had sex with a cab driver, alright? It's called being free.
Blerta: You are prostitute?
Jessa: No, it's not prostitution if you don't get paid.
Blerta: You are UNPAID prostitute?!? You are lower than dog!
Jessa: I had sex with a cab driver, alright? It's called being free.
Blerta: You are prostitute?
Jessa: No, it's not prostitution if you don't get paid.
Blerta: You are UNPAID prostitute?!? You are lower than dog!
by Lorelili December 18, 2013
Get the unpaid prostitute mug.The woman who gave birth to you and raised you.
Some mothers are known for embarrassing their children... or being cruel to them Joan Crawford was among the most prominent of this type, if not the worst.
Still others are wonderful, loving, devoted women. Mine is one of them.
Pet names for her would be "mom", "mommy", "mama", or similar names.
Some mothers are known for embarrassing their children... or being cruel to them Joan Crawford was among the most prominent of this type, if not the worst.
Still others are wonderful, loving, devoted women. Mine is one of them.
Pet names for her would be "mom", "mommy", "mama", or similar names.
by Lorelili March 3, 2005
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