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protagonist

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[ UK /pɹə‍ʊtˈæɡənˌɪst/ ]
[ US /pɹoʊˈtæɡənəst/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
    they are friends of the library
    all their supporters came out for the game
  2. the principal character in a work of fiction

How To Use protagonist In A Sentence

  • The game's protagonist, Laharl, a self-absorbed demon who also happens to be prince to the throne of the netherworld, is as unlikely a ‘hero’ as one could expect.
  • In maieutic fiction, the protagonist is faced with a problem that requires a reflective reevaluation of self, with resolution achieved not by action but by realisation, in an epiphany that is not gnosis but rather logos. Archive 2009-07-01
  • The Christian conspectus or theatre in the old sense has a happy ending, whether the protagonist triumphs or is damned, because God's justice has been done.
  • The story, though shadowy, is starting to form in my head, as are the protagonists and antagonists. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Is NaNo a NoNo?
  • Though I’d argue that what you term stylistic urban fantasy also offers a wider range of protagonists than the stereotypical straight white “can-do” male. The new urban fantasy. Same as the old urban fantasy?
  • Mrs Pankhurst was one of the chief protagonists of women's rights.
  • Hallucigenia" hits a good cross section of themes and set pieces central to my work -- hard bitten protagonists, dark cults, insanity, gratuitous rumpy pumpy, esoteric lore, super science, monsters, and cosmic horror all tangled up in pulp-noir webbing. INTERVIEW: Laird Barron
  • His protagonists are too full of life and way too complicated to be the mere vehicles for ruminating on the contemporary dilemmas they face.
  • Least successful are the Bacon triptychs, which leave unanswered what is made of the displacement of a gay artist's male subjects by female protagonists.
  • Saddled with the most unfortunate perm in the history of the coiffeur, she still manages to create an incredibly believable teen protagonist, filled with instantly recognizable angst and insecurity.
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