Stock character = If the reader can imagine the flat characters actions beforehand, they are called as stock characters, stock characters are used for comic & Satirical Effects. They generally exaggerated. In Landlady there are 4 stock characters, The Porter, Mr. Greensdale, Christopher Mullholand, and Gregory W. Temple. They all are stock characters because their role in the story are not really influentual to the story such as the porter: