protagonist

[US]/prəˈtæɡənɪst/
[UK]/prəˈtæɡənɪst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. main character of a play or story; leader or advocate in a real-life event

Example Sentences

the protagonists of big business

She was herself a vehement protagonist of sexual equality.

this film's protagonists are cardboard cut-outs.

in this colonial struggle the main protagonists were Great Britain and France.

he's a strenuous protagonist of the new agricultural policy.

Mrs Pankhurst was one of the chief protagonists of women's rights.

The negative protagonists in the play inspire hate in me.

Deuteragonist:The character second in importance to the protagonist in classical Greek drama.

The writer characterized the protagonist in his latest novel as lazy and selfish.

Through the consciousness of the protagonist, Roquentin, Sartre exhibited the character of the existence of human beings, i. e. the accidentalism, the universalism and the property of time.

Confined within his perverted consciousness, Leventhal, the protagonist of The Victim by Saul Bellow, is apathetically callous to the outside world.

Real-world Examples

Shelley never characterized her protagonist as crazy, or even a scientist.

Source: Vox opinion

In many survival films, this is what motivates the protagonist through hardship.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

She never directly has her protagonist and say my name is June.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

Ms. Hall teaches everyone that comes through her doors that they are the protagonist.

Source: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People

For example, have you ever noticed that Miyazaki's protagonists are often strong, female characters?

Source: Curious Muse

Instead it plumbs the depths of its protagonist's indecisiveness, and the tragic consequences thereof.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Here, James played the role of Bashir an Algerian young man who seduces the male protagonist.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

The main protagonist meaning Donald Trump.

Source: NPR News November 2016 Collection

At 24 years old, our protagonist was a widower.

Source: The legendary stories of business tycoons.

Today's protagonist is one of them.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

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