Portrayal | Mean of portrayal in English Dictionary

/poɚˈtrejəl/

• Noun
• the act of showing or describing someone or something especially in a painting, book, etc.
1. We will examine Edgar Allan Poe's portrayal of women in his stories.
2. The book is an accurate portrayal of his life.
3. I don't accept his portrayal of himself as an innocent victim. [=I don't believe that he is an innocent victim, as he claims to be]
• the way in which an actor plays a character
1. Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Hamlet was brilliant.