Scaramouche only appears in Dante's Inferno.
A stock character is a stereotypical person whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition .. stereotypical. stereotypical. tradition. tradition. Stock characters are archetypal characters distinguished by their flatness .. archetypal. archetypal. flatness. flat character. As a result , they tend to be easy targets for parody and to be criticized as cliches .. parody. parody. The presence of a particular array of stock characters is a key component of many genres .. The point of the stock character is to move the story along .