Briana Character Analysis

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Character name: Briana Characteristics of the characters: knows what she wants, respect for honesty and vulnerability, a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. Scene: At a restaurant, a couple are seated at the table and arguing. The man started to harass the woman. The woman sat there with tears pooling in her eyes. And as much as she tried to hold it in, the pain came out like an uproar from her throat in the form of a silent scream. The beads of water started falling down one after another, without a sign of stopping. Briana, who was watching the situation from the table next to them stood up, sat next to the girl and calmly said to the man: “The greatest mistake that any man could ever make is

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