Assertion: clown's character | /r/CapableOf | begin as satire
Facets:
value: on italian "types"
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Characters such as Pantalone (the miserly Venetian merchant), Dottore Gratiano (the pedant from Bologna), or Arlecchino (the mischievous servant from Bergamo), began as satires on Italian "types" and became the archetypes of many of the favorite characters of 17th- and 18th-century European theatre.