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A description of the protagonist's origin cited that during the early period of Greek drama, the protagonist served as the author, the director, and the actor and that these roles were only separated and allocated to different individuals later. There is also a claim that the poet did not assign or
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When a supporting protagonist appears, the story is told from the perspective of a character who appears to be minor. This character may be more peripheral from the events of the story and are not as involved within the "main action" of the plot. The supporting protagonist may be telling the story
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primarily because he only gave actors their appropriate part. However, these actors were assigned their specific areas at the stage with the protagonist always entering from the middle door or that the dwelling of the deuteragonist (second most important character) should be on the right hand, and
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may be considered to have two protagonists, though one at a time. Phaedra is the protagonist of the first half, who dies partway through the play. Her stepson, the titular Hippolytus, assumes the dominant role in the second half of the play.
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An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero) or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality.
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Though many people equate protagonists with the term hero and possessing heroic qualities, it is not necessary, as even villainous characters can be protagonists. For example
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introduced the idea of one actor stepping out and engaging in a dialogue with the chorus. This was the invention of tragedy, and occurred about 536 B.C. Then the poet
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In Ancient Greece, the protagonist is distinguished from the term "hero", which was used to refer to a human who became a semi-divine being in the narrative.
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rabbits, led by the protagonist Hazel, escape their warren after seeing a vision of its destruction, starting a perilous journey to find a new home.
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The protagonist is not always conventionally good. Contrasting the hero protagonist, a villain protagonist is a protagonist who is a
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The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the
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Adams, Richard, 1920–2016. Watership Down. London: Rex Collings Ltd, 1972. Print.
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A novel may contain a number of narratives, each with its own protagonist.
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depicts fifteen major characters involved in or affected by a war.
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while viewing another character as the main influence of the plot.
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create the protagonist as well as other terms for actors such as
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Byford, Andy; Doak, Connor; Hutchings, Stephen (2020-01-30).
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the tritagonist (third most important character), the left.
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The earliest known examples of a protagonist are found in
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Index

Main protagonist
Protagonist (disambiguation)

Shakespeare
Hamlet
Ancient Greek
πρωταγωνιστής
plot
subplot
antagonist
Ancient Greek
πρωταγωνιστής
πρῶτος
ἀγωνιστής
ἀγών
ἀγωνίζομαι
Ancient Greece
Poetics
Aristotle
Thespis
Aeschylus
Sophocles
deuteragonist
tritagonist
hero
Superman
Katniss Everdeen
The Hunger Games
Antihero
Holden Caulfield

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