Grey's+Anatomy+Characterisation




 * __Elements of characterisation include:__**
 * Stereotypes
 * Dialogue
 * Costume and appearance
 * Actions/Reactions
 * Character relationships (postitive/negative)




 * __Meredith Grey__**

Meredith narrates the show (with [|some exceptions] ), usually with voiceovers at the beginning and conclusion of the program. Meredith is the daughter of Dr. Ellis Grey, who suffers from advanced [|Alzheimer's disease] and was a close friend of Dr. [|Richard Webber], the chief of surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital. She began a love affair with Dr. [|Derek Shepherd] the night before she began her [|career] as an intern, not knowing he was a surgeon at the hospital. She falls in love with him only to discover he is married when his wife [|Addison] comes to join the staff at Seattle Grace. She [|shares] her house, which once belonged to her mother, with fellow intern [|Izzie]. [|George] used to live with her as well, but moved out following his disastrous one night stand with Meredith. A talented young doctor and a graduate of [|Dartmouth College], Meredith frequently battles self-doubt and mild depression over the respective situations with her mother and Derek.

__**Izzy**__ A statuesque blonde, Isobel "Izzie" Stevens put herself through medical school by [|modeling]. Underwear. Wow. When this fact is publicized by Dr. [|Alex Karev], who pinned pictures of her up in the locker room, Izzie flew off the handle. She later warmed up to Alex, however, and dated him briefly before catching him sleeping with a [|nurse] and breaking it off. They remain friends, though. At first, Izzie butted heads with [|Meredith] over the latter's relationship with [|Dr. Shepherd]. Izzie initially believed it was a plot for Dr. Grey to get ahead of her fellow interns, but the two have become good friends. They live in the same house, one that was also inhabited by [|George] until the most recent episode.

She's abrasive, afraid of commitment, doesn't "do" emotion and is extremely competitive about getting the "cool" surgeries. She is of Korean descent and is a native of Beverly Hills, California. Cristina graduated from the [|Stanford University School of Medicine] and maintains a love-hate relationship with her mother. Despite being his polar opposite in many respects, she began [|dating] Dr. [|Preston Burke] during Season One. She became pregnant, only to have him break off their relationship for professional reasons.
 * __Christina__**

When we first got to know Dr. O'Malley, he harbored a secret crush on [|Meredith], with whom he [|shares] a house, from day one. George also has a host of other insecurities. His positive outlook on life, and the fact that he is more emotional than most men, often lead to conflict with other doctors. George doesn't fit in with his own family, either. A Thanksgiving hunting [|trip] resulted in a George unloading a lot of emotional baggage during a conversation with his blue-collar dad and brothers (one of whom later shot the dad, forcing George to operate). A friend and confidant of [|Izzie], George won praise among the entire hospital staff for saving a man's life in an elevator during a power failure. With Dr. Burke talking him through it, George stopped the bleeding in a patient's heart single-handedly after [|Alex] choked under pressure. After great inner strife, he admitted his feelings for Meredith and slept with her in a moment of peak vulnerability for both. After some disastrous [|fallout], he moved out of her house and onto [|Dr. Burke's] [|sofa]. He remained there until Season Two came to a close - and he found a spot in bed next to his girlfriend, Callie Torres.
 * __George__**

The arrogant, handsome [|intern] who we first got to know as the man's man, both repulsive and irresistible to [|Izzie]. The two had an on-again, off-again relationship that ended as Alex got caught sleeping with a nurse - in an attempt to regain confidence after "performance [|anxiety] " problems with Izzie. A former wrestler at the [|University of Iowa], he often tries to act more tough and aloof than he actually is. He and [|George O'Malley] often clash due to their different personalities. 
 * __Alex__**