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Character in Slumdog Millionaire
 * Ram**
 * Background:**

Ram is an everyman character whose name symbolises the modern Indian -a synthesis of the major religions. Note the details within the history of each name that make it even more apt.He is also like a chivalric hero protecting the honour of women in distress.

In literature and drama, the term **everyman** has come to mean an ordinary individual, with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily, and who is often placed in extraordinary circumstances. The name derives from a 15th century [|English] [|morality play] called //[|Everyman]//. The contemporary everyman differs greatly from his (or her) medieval counterpart in many respects. While the medieval everyman was devoid of definite marks of individuality to create a universality in the moral message of the play, the contemporary storyteller may use an everyman for amoral or, to some ways of thinking, immoral purposes. In [|adventure] stories, the protagonist is often the idealized [|competent man] who possesses [|charm], [|wit], [|charisma], exceptional [|intelligence], [|sex appeal], athletic and fighting ability, and a multitude of talents that help him through his adventures. Such characters are expected to and usually do emerge as victors from every scenario they encounter. The everyman character, however, is constructed so that the audience can imagine itself in the same situation without having to possess knowledge, skills, or abilities outside everyday experience. Such characters react realistically in situations that are often taken for granted with traditional heroes; an everyman character who gets into a fight is likely to hurt his hand if he punches another character.

Rama is one of the many popular figures and [|deities] in [|Hinduism], specifically [|Vaishnavism] and Vaishnava religious scriptures in [|South] and [|Southeast] [|Asia].[|[3]] Most of the details of Rama's life come from the [|Ramayana], one of the two great [|epics] of India.[|[4]] Born as the eldest son of [|Kausalya] and [|Dasharatha], king of [|Ayodhya], Rama is referred to within Hinduism as //Maryada Purushottama//,[|[5]] literally //the Perfect Man// or //Lord of Self-Control// or //Lord of Virtue//. Rama is the husband of [|Sita], whom Hindus consider to be an [|avatar] of [|Lakshmi] and the embodiment of perfect womanhood.[|[5]][|[6]] Rama's life and journey is one of perfect adherence to [|dharma] despite harsh tests of life and time. He is pictured as the ideal man and the perfect human


 * Muhammad [|ibn] [|‘Abdullāh]** ([|Arabic]: **محمّد**; [|Transliteration]: //Mu//// ḥ ////ammad//;[|[2]] pronounced [|[mʊħɑmmæd̪]]  ( [|listen]) ; also spelled **Mohammed** or **Muhammed**)[|[3]][|[4]][|[5]] (ca. 570 [|Mecca][مَكَةَ ]/[ مَكَهْ ] – June 8, 632 [|Medina]),[|[6]] is the founder of the [|religion] of [|Islam] [ إِسْلامْ ] and is regarded by [|Muslims] as a [|messenger] and [|prophet] of [|God] ([|Arabic]: [|الله‎] //Allāh// ), the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of [|Islamic prophets] as taught by the [|Qur'an] [|33:40–40]. Muslims thus consider him the restorer of the uncorrupted original [|monotheistic] [|faith] (//[|islām]//) of [|Adam], [|Noah], [|Abraham], [|Moses], [|Jesus] and [|other prophets].[|[7]][|[8]][|[9]] He was also active as a [|diplomat], [|merchant], [|philosopher], [|orator], [|legislator], [|reformer], [|military general], and, according to Muslim belief, an agent of divine action.[|[10]]
 * Thomas the Apostle**, also called **Doubting Thomas** or **Didymus** (meaning "[|Twin]"), was one of the [|Twelve Apostles] of [|Jesus]. He is best known for disbelieving Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in John 20:28. He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the [|Roman Empire] to preach the Gospel. He also crossed the largest area, which includes the [|Persian Empire] and [|India].

As one of the most influential works in medieval English Literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a representative of medieval English Romance. This genre, which appeared in Old French literature of the twelfth century, features in a tale of adventure in which the main figures are knights, kings, or distressed ladies, motivated by love, religious faith, or mere desire for adventure. Medieval romance often refers to the narrative of chivalric adventure that are set in a distant time or place and involve elements of the supernatural; and romance heroes are usually of high birth, and the world of romance is a world in which magical transformations are always a possibility. Heroes originate in the mists of time and myth. Morton W. Bloomfield surmises that "the original hero in early literature was probably based on the king who died for his people, the warrior who defeated the tribe's enemies ....These men ... were celebrated in song and story and.... presented again to the people so that they could participate in their magic" (Bloomfield, p. 30). In Indo-European the word 'hero' has the primary sense of 'protector' or 'helper,' but in Greek //eroe// "it came to mean a superhuman or semidivine being whose special powers were put forth to save or help all mankind or a favored part of it" (Bloomfield, p.27). The idea of the hero as the savior of his people dominates the early medieval epics such as //Beowulf// and //The Song of Roland//. Marshall Fishwick has written that style "in heroes, as in everything else, changes." In the later medieval romances, such as //Sir Gawain and the Green Knight//, the hero is no longer fighting for his people, but for his ideals. The study of the nature and cause of this change, then, is critical to the understanding of what, ultimately, is the essence of a hero. Epic literature is a stately, solemn celebration of national life in the heroic age. Its heroes are simple men, versed in the activities of common life.. .they are leaders not through class status or wealth or even birth, but through the excellencies of heart and mind and hands. Their motives are linked with the practical necessities of life. (Moorman. p.27-8)