Chaim Topol is an immortal icon for more than Tevye

“…Just as Sholem Aleichem’s book Tevye der Milchiker has been translated from Yiddish into many languages and has immortalized a fictional character who represented the typical Russian or Polish village Jew who always had too many children and not enough money, Chaim Topol, who portrayed him, forever will be identified with Tevye, no matter how many other productions there may be…”

Traditional, happy, generous, unconquerable. A good man.

Is that a description of Tevye or Chaim?

Both.