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protagonist
[proh-tag-uh-nist]
noun
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
a proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc.
the leader or principal person in a movement, cause, etc.
the first actor in ancient Greek drama, who played not only the main role, but also other roles when the main character was offstage.
Physiology.agonist.
protagonist
/ əʊˈæɡəɪ /
noun
the principal character in a play, story, etc
a supporter, esp when important or respected, of a cause, political party, etc
protagonist
The principal character in a literary work. Hamlet, for example, is the protagonist of the play by William Shakespeare that bears his name.
Other Word Forms
- protagonism noun
- ˈٲDzԾ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of protagonist1
Word History and Origins
Origin of protagonist1
Example Sentences
Watching his victims struggle to stay alive is cinema to this twisted soul and Zephyr will be his next unwitting protagonist.
Walter is a slyly adept social critic, and has clearly invested his protagonist with all of the outrage and heartbreak he himself feels about the dark course our world has taken.
It starts from afar, has an animal with human characteristics as its protagonist - in this case a lion - with its vices and virtues.
But we soon learn it's Savita, the film's protagonist, waking from an impossible dream - her real life, like that of many Indian women caught in the tradition of arranged marriage, is the exact opposite.
When he sat down to write the script, he tried to fictionalise the backstories of the two protagonists until the point that they took the journey during Covid – which is the beginning of Peer's article.
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