Could you have with a bad character, an actively hostile house?

The other way would have been so Hollywood, which makes characters either good or bad but never both.

By having him play at home near those friends, would that bring out the worst characters in his life?

We look for signs that speak to us of character - good or bad.

The French people, like our own, include both good and bad characters.

But, he would never allow bad characters to touch his feet.

A rat with a lovely face but a bad character.

Yet it's not just the bad characters who have been swept out.

You have said yourself that Poison is a man of bad character.