Talk:Persona

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Could you please suggest a reference about the use of persona in design ???

--200.158.15.217 03:01, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Better to include a picture of an actor or literary figure rather than a picture of masks to best describe "persona". seventhtrilogy 02:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Persona in Literary Theory

The following statements, "The persona may be a narrator, such as in Huck Finn"

and

"The persona cannot be a character in the story but an “implied author”, that is, a voice not directly the author’s but created by the author and through which he speaks"

are mutually-exclusive, as Huck Finn is the narrator of his own story, and, as such, is a character in that story. Can somebody clear this up? Buck 20:08, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Never mind; I fixed the problem myself. The rest of the article could still probably use a bit of fleshing-out, but as far as literary personae are concerned, I think it looks pretty good now. Buck 23:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Is itr possible to discuss the mask in Islam - the key examples are the Burka and veil?

Also the negative feelings about masks - Batman, hangmen, Man in the Iron Mask, bank robbers....

The persona of no face?

[edit] Meaning of persona

Doesn't "persona" come from the latin meaning "to sound through"? (Per + sonare) If I understand correctly the masks worn back when had a certain shape that made the voices louder. (Or at least this may be one theory).

Interesting also that our word "person" comes from this. --Lindy (talk) 17:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)