The popular, old-fashioned Frost and the elite, modern Frost--these roles point to a division in the audiences for poetry that emerges clearly in this period.

这个大受欢迎，旧式的弗罗斯特和那个高雅的，现代的弗罗斯特，这些角色指出了观众的分化,因为诗歌在这个阶段表现的是那个。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

For example, if you're familiar with Peter and the Wolf, the different instruments play different characters.

举例说,如果你熟悉《彼得与狼》,不同的乐器用来表现不同的角色

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

However dimly that light came through to you, suffering so acutely from the rough denial of the very existence of American ideals, part of it must have come through American delineation of American characters.

不管遇到何种艰险，哪怕翻山越岭,哪怕趟水滚沙，这些都需要,生动的角色来表现出来。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

As excited -- as aroused -- as we might find ourselves by this imagining of Milton actually playing Comus, of course his performance in that role can't be asserted in any way definitively.

我们会发现自己很兴奋,当在我们想象弥尔顿真的在饰演Comus的时候，当然他演那个角色的表现,我们不能以任何方式来判断。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

At least, the way he's presented, he's a very likable character.

起码，他表现出来的样子，是个非常讨喜的角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选