protagonist
- noun
- /prəˈtæɡənɪst/
- In the novel, the protagonist struggles to overcome her fears and ultimately finds herself.
- the novel's protagonist
- protagonist of the story
- protagonist's character
So there are consequences if that protagonist doesn't succeed.
- So there are consequences if that protagonist doesn't succeed.
- So the plot has there is a protagonist and there is an antagonist.
- Clary, like any young adult female protagonist, is a little clumsy.
- This is not what most horror protagonists have on their minds.
- Who are the main protagonists in female pornographic fantasy?
- And also stop stop hating female protagonists just because.
- I hope most of them weren't just agreeing with the protagonist.
- Hundreds of actors collaborated with the protagonist.
- And there was a movie, which I've never seen with Javier Bardeen as the protagonist.
- The strongest thing the Dresden books have going for them is they've got a likable protagonist.
- I loved that Rin was such an unlikable protagonist.
- Strikes me that you both have protagonists who are young people.
- Usually the main protagonist is chorus.
- They can't truly appreciate your movie, the character, the protagonist that is you.
Examples
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Between 1937 and 2005, there were only 13 female protagonists in animated movies.
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Historical fiction makes us feel, as the protagonist does, what would otherwise be dry facts.
Academic text (2011) -
Oh, people think the main character, the protagonist, has all the power.
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You see, it's important we give our protagonist a bit of mystery.
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And not surprisingly, our protagonist in that book was a cat named Tom.
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All my own rare editions have the same protagonist.
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If your script makes us want to see what happens next to the protagonist, that's enough.
Academic text (2011) -
Rather, the reader's identification with the protagonist is actually increased by the revelation of the truth.
Fiction book (1998) -
And for our audience, who doesn't know this story, the protagonist, her name is Connie.
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Prince Myshkin is the protagonist of Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot”.
Synonyms
The main character in a play, film, or book that the audience follows
The most important person in a story like a book or movie
The main female character in a story who is brave or admired
Antonyms
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Protagonist comes from Greek parts proto- ('first') and agon ('contest' or 'actor'), so it originally meant the 'first actor' in a play. Think of prototype for 'first' and actor for the person on stage, which is why a protagonist is the main character around whom the story centers.