Protagonist

Entertainment / Literature / Protagonist: The main character in a work, on whom the author focuses most of the narrative attention. See character.
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Protagonist Noun Synonyms: hero, heroine, anti-hero, anti-heroine, principal, leading character, lead, leading role, title role
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Mythology

Entertainment / Literature / Mythology: A system of stories about the gods, often explicitly religious in nature, that possibly were once believed to be true by a specific cultural group, but may no longer be believed as literally true by t MORE

Antihero

Entertainment / Literature / Antihero: A protagonist who is a non-hero or the antithesis of a traditional hero. While the traditional hero may be dashing, strong, brave, resourceful, or handsome, the antihero may be incompetent, unlucky, c MORE

Conflict

Entertainment / Literature / Conflict: The opposition between two characters (such as a protagonist and an antagonist), between two large groups of people, or between the protagonist and a larger problem such as forces of nature, ideas, pu MORE

Character

Entertainment / Literature / Character: Any representation of an individual being presented in a dramatic or narrative work through extended dramatic or verbal representation. The reader can interpret characters as endowed with moral and di MORE

Besterman

Entertainment / Literature / Besterman: A typical protagonist or anti-hero from the science fiction stories of Alfred Bester, such as Ben Reich in The Demolished Man, or Gully Foyle of The Stars My Destination. These complex characters embo MORE

Convention

Entertainment / Literature / Convention: A common feature that has become traditional or expected within a specific genre (category) of literature or film. In Harlequin romances, it is conventional to focus on a male and female character who MORE