A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre.

There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction. They may even be found objects. As Oscar Wilde wrote, "There are many advantages in puppets. They never argue. They have no crude views about art. They have no private lives".

Contents

• 1 Origins
• 2 Types of puppetry
• 3 See also
• 4 Non-puppetry related usages of the word
• 5 Notes
• 6 References
• 7 Books and articles

Origins

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) discusses puppets in On the Motion of Animals.

The movements of animals may be compared with those of automatic puppets, which are set going on the occasion of a tiny movement; the levers are released, and strike the twisted strings against one another.

Noun

Puppet

Wikipedia puppet (plural puppets)

1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings, rods or in the form of a glove.
2. (figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.

Derived terms

• glove puppet
• hand puppet

• puppeteer
• puppet government
• puppetmaster

• puppet regime
• puppetry

• shadow puppet
• sock puppet

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